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242 mastering the grade 10 global history curriculum
the grim laws that i would spend the rest of my life fighting stared back at me from the page: the value of a womans life was half that of a man (for instance, if a car hit both on the street, the cash compensation due to the womans family was half that due the mans); a womans testimony in court as a witness to a crime counted only half as much as a mans; a woman had to ask her husbands permission for legal advice. the drafters of the penal code had apparently consulted the seventh - century for legal advice. the laws, in short, turned the clock back fourteen hundred years, to the early days of islams spread, the days when stoning women for adultery and chopping off the hands of thieves were considered appropriate sentences.

• shirin ebadi, iran awakening

1. based on this passage, which statement is a valid conclusion about iran following the revolution in 1979?
2. men were often penalized for their treatment of women.
3. laws were changed to reflect western legal principles.
4. the legal system discriminated against women.
5. legal decisions were based on economic values.
6. which statement offers a view that supports the author of this argument?
7. racism is being presented in the form of religion.
8. self - interest is being sacrificed for the sake of religious beliefs.
9. laws in iran are not reflective of modern - day culture.
10. religious beliefs in iran have no impact on people breaking the law.
11. a key factor that lead to the events in this passage came about as a result of the
12. partition of india in 1947
13. camp david agreement in 1978
14. islamic revolution in iran in 1979
15. world trade center attack in 2001

the shah of iran was overthrown by massive public demonstrations.
ayatollah khomeini returned to iran from exile.
ayatollah khomeini became the supreme leader and iran became an islamic republic.
ayatollah khomeini declared that irans government would be based \100% on islam.\

1. this chain of events that occurred in iran during the 1979 revolution created a move toward
2. an increased degree of cultural diversity in iran
3. a nations growing respect for human rights
4. adoption of radical islamic fundamentalism
5. a move that welcomed other religions in iran

Explanation:

1. The passage details how women's life - value, testimony in court, and need for husband's permission for legal advice show legal discrimination against women in post - 1979 Iran.
2. The passage implies laws were based on old religious concepts and not modern culture.
3. The events described in the passage are related to the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.
4. The chain of events led to Iran becoming an Islamic Republic based 100% on Islam, indicating a move towards radical Islamic fundamentalism.

Answer:

1. 3. The legal system discriminated against women.
2. 3. Laws in Iran are not reflective of modern - day culture.
3. 3. Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979
4. 3. adoption of radical Islamic Fundamentalism