Read the passage. The smoke of the confederate council fire shall ever ascend and pierce the sky so that other nations who may be allies may see the council fire of the Great Peace…

What does the council fire represent in this passage from the Iroquois Constitution?

the power of the lords of the confederacy and their people

the authority of the Iroquois Constitution over public affairs

the living example of the peaceful alliance among the Five Nations

the desire to spread Iroquois teaching to the rest of the world

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader