Ethnic Studies Sem 1 Wk 2 Independent Studies

Which of the following statements best describes the message of the poem“What Do We Do with a Difference?

• 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

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

• t’s the beliefs, values, and material objects that form a person’s ideology

• t’s the circle of individuals in groups toward whom rules apply and who's injuries call for amends

• They are culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful and that serve as broad guidelines for social living

• They are specific values that people hold to be true, regardless if they aren’t

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

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

• The concept of race is a result of power relationships. This concept allowedEuropeans to conquer the indigenous people of America

• Indigenous people did not include Europeans into their universe of obligation, which led to their eventual colonization

• The power of law creates a fluid identification of other races

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

• Virginia law had always forbade land ownership by those of African descent and since Anthony Johnson was black he had no claim to the land

• He was able to secure his freedom at the expense of his land claim.

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

• Land ownership in colonial society depended much on one’s religion than it did on skin color

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

• It was a proven theory taught by professors and politicians at the time

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

• It was a cultural custom that was brought over from the Old World were no black people lived

• It gave poor white farmers the power to claim black farms.

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

• White Land Owning Men

• Poor White Farmers

• African American Freemen

• White, land owning women

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

• The Speech of Polly Baker

• The Salem Witch Trials

• The Scarlet Letter

• The Unreported Resistance

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

• Women often went unpunished

• They were branded with a letter A

• They were imprisoned without trial

• They were put on trial, publicly punished and fined

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

Which of the following writers wrote “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”?

• Abigail Adams

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Dolly Madison

• Emma Willard