Deck 5: Western History and the Construction of Gender Roles

Question 1

When their husbands were serving in the military, Roman women could legally

A) carry out the business of the family
B) sell their children into slavery
C) engage in extramarital affairs
D) divorce their husbands

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Women accused of witchcraft in both Europe and America were likely to be

A) young and married
B) dependent on others for support and protection
C) active, independent and deviant from the norm of womanhood
D) passive and religiously pious

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The foundations of Western culture are most often traced to the Greek and Roman societies of classical antiquity.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Feudal system developed in response to

A) rebellious independent farmers
B) the ongoing threat of war
C) the spread of Christianity
D) wealth acquired during the Crusades

Question 5

Martin Luther believed women

A) were inferior to men
B) were beautiful handiworks of God
C) bore a greater burden for original sin
D) all of the above

Question 6

A missionary view of American Indian women during the 1600s saw them as

A) beasts of burden and slaves
B) powerful leaders in their tribes
C) carrying out the same tribal tasks as men with many overlapping roles
D) primitive but strong and independent

Question 7

The most disruptive force to ancient tribal patterns was

A) American Indian literacy
B) colonization and Christianity
C) industrialization
D) warfare with other Indian tribes

Question 8

__________ appeared to be common in Native American tribal systems.

A) Gender role balance
B) Gender segregation
C) Patriarchy
D) Pater Familias

Question 9

When colonial women entered into "Civil Death", this meant they were

A) accused of witchcraft
B) recently married
C) divorced
D) widowed

Question 10

Considering the historical record, demonstrate how periods of gain for women have been offset by losses. Which events/periods increased women's power and prestige?

Question 11

According to the "Cult of True Womanhood", women were expected to

A) be strong and as independent as possible
B) be homemakers as well as breadwinners
C) engage in the production and sale of household necessities
D) exhibit the qualities of purity, piety and submissiveness

Question 12

Lystra's research on the private correspondence of middle-class Victorian women finds them

A) sexually repressed and unhappy
B) exhibiting marked sexual expression and erotic intensity
C) fearful of indicating they were attracted to the men they actually loved
D) writing in controlled styles with lack of passion

Question 13

During industrialization, the women most likely to be employed outside the home were

A) middle-class and married
B) young, single and working-class
C) children under the age of 16
D) native-born rather than immigrants

Question 14

The first labor union which admitted both women and blacks and called for equal pay for equal work was the

A) Knights of Labor
B) International Ladies Garment Workers Union
C) American Federation of Labor
D) Coalition of Labor Union Women

Question 15

Historically, compared to unions of male workers, unions of women workers were

A) financially stronger
B) more isolated
C) larger
D) all of the above

Question 16

During World War II, women were encouraged to work in defense plants

A) but there were no government mandates for day care
B) but mothers with preschoolers who did so were negatively viewed
C) so day care and other arrangements for children became an acceptable and positive option
D) but people felt their children were now at social and psychological risk

Question 17

Near the end of World War II, most women who worked in the defense industry were

A) married
B) elderly
C) non-white
D) all of the above

Question 18

_________ wrote her husband to "remember the ladies" in formulating the policies of a new government.

A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
B) Abigail Adams
C) Susan B. Anthony
D) Mary Wollstonecraft

Question 19

Early feminists recognized their secondary status when they found themselves on the sidelines of a social movement that focused on

A) temperance and reducing alcoholic consumption
B) greater access to birth control
C) ending slavery
D) improving the plight of America's poor

Question 20

The reawakening of contemporary feminism was encouraged by three major events. Which was not one of these?

A) the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
B) the publication of The Feminine Mystique
C) John Kennedy's establishing the Commission on the Status of Women
D) the founding of the National Organization of Women

Question 21

Although the current feminist movement has many diverse groups and different agenda items, all factions agree that

A) men should become part of their groups
B) the Equal Rights Amendment should be passed
C) reproductive rights should not be part of the movement
D) all of the above

Question 22

The Minoan Crete were goddess worshipers.

Question 23

Explain how war and adversity have helped to alter and advance women's roles.

Question 24

In a matrilineal system, the descent is traced from the male line.

Question 25

Compare and contrast Greece and Rome in terms of their attitudes about the roles of men and women.

Question 26

During feudalism, the lord was allowed to test the virginity of the serf's new bride on their wedding night.

Question 27

Demonstrate how World War II can be seen as a watershed in changing the roles of women.

Question 28

Women's "contribution history" documents

A) the work of exceptionally notable women
B) the experiences of the majority of women
C) the contributions made by women to specific social movements
D) the contributions of women to their own families and communities

Question 29

Puritan men were to provide for the economic and physical needs of their family and to love their wives.

Question 30

Discuss the successes of the three stages of the feminist movement with reference to tactics and goals.

Question 31

The notion of women's "compensatory history" focuses on

A) exceptionally notable women
B) the experiences of the majority of women
C) the non-elites of any society
D) women who exerted behind-the-scenes influence

Question 32

The term misogyny refers to

A) partnership societies
B) the disdain and hatred of women
C) gender role socialization
D) the positive roles women have held throughout history

Question 33

A multicultural framework is useful in studying women's history because it

A) recognizes the intersection of race, class and gender
B) highlights diversity
C) provides for more inclusiveness
D) all of the above

Question 34

Countering the historical theme of women as victims is the theme of

A) patriarchy
B) men as victims
C) courage and survival of women
D) the primacy of the family

Question 35

Feminist historical scholarship has challenged the traditional dichotomy of

A) work and family
B) nature and nurture
C) public and private spheres
D) all of the above

Question 36

Greek mythology saw the Amazons as

A) societies to trade with because of much gold
B) societies to conquer for their wealth
C) societies with capable female warriors who had little need of men
D) easily conquered societies headed by peace-loving, passive men

Question 37

In which realm did women of ancient Greece maintain a degree of power and prestige?

A) Religion
B) Politics
C) Education
D) Medicine

Question 38

Plato believed women could

A) become educated
B) participate in all occupations
C) distract men from pursuit of knowledge
D) all of the above

Question 39

Plato championed the emancipation of Greek women because he believed that

A) women should hold positions of political authority in the state
B) women are the naturally stronger sex
C) a class of uneducated women could work against democratic principles
D) all of the above

Question 40

Aristotle believed that women were

A) creative, active and could achieve what men could achieve
B) able to be political partners with men
C) more virtuous and therefore more divine than men
D) naturally meant to be ruled by men

Question 41

Most Athenian women could be realistically described as

A) privileged and indulged
B) chattels
C) having control over their families and all decisions related to their homes
D) all of the above

Question 42

In Athens, two main groups of women were successful in this world. These were wives and mothers of powerful men and

A) high-level courtesans
B) women who were educated in coeducational academies
C) business owners
D) Vestal virgins

Question 43

Sparta practiced infanticide of

A) female infants if they were firstborn
B) female infants if there was already more than one daughter in the family
C) male infants if they were deemed unfit to be warriors
D) twins

Question 44

Women in Sparta

A) were expected to be physically fit
B) retained control of their dowries
C) could inherit property
D) all of the above

Question 45

The "pater familias" is associated with

A) Greece
B) the Reformation
C) Rome
D) Feudalism

Question 46

Pater familias had authority

A) to extend the death sentence on family members
B) to sell his children into slavery
C) over his daughters for life
D) all of the above

Question 47

In the first century C. E., legislation was passed in Rome that allowed a free woman to be emancipated from a male guardian if

A) her father died
B) she married
C) she bore a son
D) she bore three children

Question 48

In Rome, the one area where women exercised much control was

A) the broader economy outside the home
B) religion
C) the political system
D) in the schools