KAP ELA Grade 7 Practice Questions - Kansas Assessment Program Summative ELA - Grade 7 Exam

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Read the passage: "During the 1930s Dust Bowl, severe drought and improper farming practices devastated the Great Plains. Topsoil blew away in dark clouds called 'black blizzards.' Families faced crop failures, financial ruin, and respiratory illnesses. In response, the federal government established the Soil Conservation Service to teach farmers sustainable plowing and crop rotation methods." What is the central idea of this passage?

The Dust Bowl was caused entirely by high winds in the Great Plains. Farmers in the 1930s preferred traditional plowing methods over crop rotation. Environmental disaster during the Dust Bowl led to government soil conservation initiatives. Black blizzards were named for their unusual color and sudden appearance.

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Environmental disaster during the Dust Bowl led to government soil conservation initiatives.

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