Variations in Gender Roles

Variations in Gender Roles

READING THE SECTION 

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the correct word or phrase.

Multiple Choice

1. In a famous work of _______________________, Margaret Mead explored how gender roles vary from culture to culture.

• ethnography

• archaeology

Multiple Choice

2. The ancient _______________________ may have given rise to the myth of the Amazons.

• Egyptians

• Scythians

Multiple Choice

3. Research has shown that _______________________ can vary from culture to culture.

• biology

• gender roles

Multiple Choice

4. _______________________ over time have included political leaders, factory workers, celebrities, politicians, and tradeworkers.

• Women’s roles

• Roles restricted to women

Multiple Choice

5. Margaret Mead was an _______________________ who explored the issue of variation in gender roles from culture to culture.

• anthropologist

• archaeologist

DIRECTIONS Read each of the following descriptions, and write who or what is “speaking” in the space provided.

Multiple Choice

1. “I am the study of human cultures.”

• Anthropology

• Archeology

• History

Multiple Choice

2. “I may vary from person to person and culture to culture.”

• Gender Type

• Gender Role

• Cars

Multiple Choice

3. “I am the queen of England who died in 1603.”

• Queen Victoria

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Queen Elizabeth II

• Queen Latifa

POST-READING QUICK CHECK 

DIRECTIONS Look at each set of four terms. On the line provided, write the letter of the term that does not relate to the others. 

Multiple Choice

1. Which term does not relate?

• a. Margaret Mead

• b. ethnography

• c. Mundugumor

• Scythians

Multiple Choice

2. Which term does not relate?

• a. Egypt

• b. Assyria

• c. United States

• d. Akkad

Multiple Choice

3. Which term does not relate?

• a. Abraham Lincoln

• b. Queen Elizabeth I

• c. Sarah Bernhardt

• d. Sandra Day O’Connor

Multiple Choice

3. Which term does not relate?

• a. Abraham Lincoln

• b. Queen Elizabeth I

• c. Sarah Bernhardt

• d. Sandra Day O’Connor