Question 1 Refer to the Newsela article "Who Was the Most Powerful Woman in Ancient History?"

Part A

What does the text say about ancient women and power?

They never held power of any kind.

They had political influence.

Women held many different types of power.

Women only held military power.
Question 2
Part B

Which line from the text best supports the answer in Part A?

"'All too often, power is often wrongly attributed to just the public, political sphere.'"

"'Because that space is particularly male-dominated, power and men become equated.'"

"'What makes sense to us as power isn't always what power is to people in other times and places.'"

"'While influence is a form of power, it's not the same as direct control and authority over others.'"

The correct answers are

Part A: D: Women held many different types of power

Part B: C: "'What makes sense to us as power isn't always what power is to people in other times and places.'"

Explanation:

which speech are you talking about?

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."