It permitted the expansion of slavery beyond the southern states.
In Southwest Asia, WWI forced the Ottoman Empire to disperse and lose all of its land but Turkey, who modernized shortly after. Republics were formed and different people took over, mainly men with military positions.
The question refers to the book "Zlata's Diary", of f Zlata Filipovic, a Bosnian girl living in Sarajevo during the Siege of Sarajevo.
She describes the adults around her as strong and people who try to make the best out of the situation, for example they plant vegetables in the flowewr gardens to fight with the hunger.
So the correct answer is C.as emotionally resilient and powerful
