Read the excerpt from the ancient city. middle and upper class [athenian] girls learned to read, write and probably play the lyre from a female tutor at home. they only performed physical exercises at festivals, and probably never in public as spartan girls did. but the spartans regarded physical health in girls as an important factor in producing future generations of warriors. what is the main idea of the excerpt? wealthier girls received some education. spartan girls performed exercises in public. girls had a female tutor come to their home. physical health was taught to spartan girls.

The rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. which choice combines these two sentences from paragraph two to achieve a coherent flow of ideas? a) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden" and permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. b) permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago and the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." c) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden; " and so the permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. d) because of the rich natural resources which made the sacramento valley a ‘garden of eden,’ native americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.