Ethnic Studies Sem 1 Wk 2 Independent Studies

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Which of the following statements best describes the message of the poem “What Do We Do with a Difference?”
Options:
What we do with a difference depends on our beliefs, values and social norms
What we do with a difference can only have negative consequence
What we do with a difference can have an impact on our ability to understand others
All of the above

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What we do with a difference can have an impact on our ability to understand others

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Which of the following best defines the “Universe of Obligation?

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It’s the circle of individuals in groups toward whom rules apply and who's injuries call for amends.

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What is the main idea of Reading 4 “First Encounters in the Americas”?

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When two groups or people meet they often focus on their differences creating negative viewpoints

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Why did Anthony Johnson’s son lose the claims to the lands of his father?

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Status and power had been limited by the Virginia legislature to wealthy land and slave owning white males.

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According to Frederick Douglas, why would white Americans accept the ideas of “Race Science”?

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it made them feel superior and they were entertained by a world without blacks

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In reading 9, who is “We the People of the United States” referring to when written in 1787?

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White Land Owning Men

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What title refers to the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child?

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The Speech of Polly Baker

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What would happen to women in colonial America who had a child out of wedlock?

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They were put on trial, publicly punished and fined.

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18th century publishing “Advice to a Daughter” argues all of the following EXCEPT? Women should stay home and read books, Women are inferior to men in many forms, Men are to think on behalf of women and to protect them, Women are meant to be gentle towards men

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Women should stay home and read books

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Which of the following writers wrote “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”?
Abigail Adams, Mary Wollstonecraft, Dolly Madison, Emma Willard

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Mary Wollstonecraft