Question

PLEASE HELP While doing research for a thesis paper about how human migration and population distribution can greatly alter or destroy the natural landscapeyou come across an article discussing American settlers traveling to the Great Plains to farm. Which sentence from the article best supports your thesis?
A) Many of the farmers on the Great Plains soon gave up because they could not farm the land.

B) Traveling to the Great Plains often took months because most settlers used ox-pulled carts.

C) Over time, the settlers who stayed were able to adapt and modify the landscape for farming.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A)  Many of the farmers on the Great Plains soon gave up because they could not farm the land.

The sentence from the article that best supports the thesis is "Many of the farmers on the Great Plains soon gave up because they could not farm the land.

The excerpt says that "human migration and population distribution can greatly alter or destroy the natural landscape..." So when American settlers traveled to the Great Plains, they got desperate because the land conditions for farming were not good. Human migration can affect the land when they settle in but do not have the conditions and do not take care of the land to maintain it in proper conditions to be farmed. People use raw materials and natural resources but do not do anything to repair them.

So now, for a thesis, you need to find a good thesis statement to capture the attention of the readers.

Answer 2

While doing research for a thesis paper about how human migration and population distribution can greatly alter or destroy the natural landscape, you come across an article discussing American settlers traveling to the Great Plains to farm. Which sentence from the article best supports your thesis?   
C) Over time, the settlers who stayed were able to adapt and modify the landscape for farming.  
Explanation: This sentence describes how settlers changed the landscape where they chose to settle. This supports the thesis that human migration (by the settlers) can alter the natural landscape (as settling and farming altered the landscape in the Great Plains).