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WorksheetsMiddle Ages Women
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which grouping of women were also referred to as 'noble women'?
Peasant Women
Housewives
Aristocratic Women
Ladies
Medieval Abbesses in Asia ruled over which people?
Both Men and Women, regardless of status
Peasant Men and Women
Women
Men
A traditional women's craft during the time of the Middle Ages was:
Knitting
Tapestry
Spinning
Cooking
The leading cause of death for (strictly) women in the Middle Ages was:
Disease
Child-Birth
Execution
True or False? Aristocratic women actually had less liberties than Peasant women.
True
False
True or False? Peasant women often were forced into arranged marriages.
True
False
Women in the Middle Ages were tasked with the important job of:
Tending to the Children
Housework and Cleaning
Cooking
All of the above
The Chinese character for women exhibits what?
a person inside a house
a dress
a flower
The Chinese Character for man exhibits what?
A person with money
A cow
A person in the fields
A Lion
True or False: Women in both Medieval Europe and Asia could get jobs of high prestige.
True
False
In the event that their husbands died, would women have the opportunity to inherit their land?
No, the land always went to the eldest child.
Yes, they could, only if no other beneficiaries were given.
Yes, in some cases, they would have the option to inherit their husbands land.
No, the land would have to be forfeited to the government.
After their husbands deaths, were women allowed to remarry?
Yes, under harsh consequences.
No, her father and her late husband would always forbid it.
No, second marriages were not allowed by the catholic church.
In both societies, labour varied by sex.
Yes, labour varied by sex in both Medieval Europe and Asia.
No, labour only varied by gender in Medieval Europe.
No, labour only varied by gender in Medieval Asia.
Which grouping of women had to submit to the power of a lord?
Asian Peasant Women
English Peasant Women
Asian Aristocratic Women
English Aristocratic Women
None of the Above
Which was a luxury that Aristocratic women were given?
Literacy
Education
Privacy
Pets
Who would be disgraced more if they were to be caught as not a virgin before marriage?
Peasant
Aristocratic
Monarch
A man
The social class in which women were viewed as commodities were _____?
Monarchs
Peasants/Serfs
Farmers
Merchants
Noble Women
________ wasn’t allowed for Peasant Women?
Having a family
Choosing their Husbands
Owning land
Advancing social classes
If the husband were seen to be the "baseline", then what were their wives seen as
melody
counter melody
harmony
apart of the baseline
Explain the extent to which the lifestyle of peasant women was better than aristocratic women.
Plutarch excerpt from “Women’s Life in Greece and Rome,”
Moralia 242 C.E. 27.
When music is played in two parts, it is the bass part which carries the melody. So in a good and wise household, while every activity is carried on by husband and wife in agreement with each other, it will still be evident that it is the husband who leads and makes the final choice.
How does Document 1 support the prompt?
without baseline there is no melody
the aristocratic women had to be in harmony with their husband
the men carried the women
Explain the extent to which the lifestyle of peasant women was better than aristocratic women.
The Code of Hammurabi
1792-1750 B.C.E.
If a man’s wife, who lives in his house, wishes to leave it, plunges into debt, tries to run her house, neglects her husband, and is judicially convicted: if her husband offers her release, she may go on her way, and he gives her nothing as a gift of release. If her husband does not release her, and if he takes another wife, she shall remain as a servant in her husband’s house.
If a woman quarrels with her husband and says: “You are not congenial to me,” the reasons for her prejudice must be presented. If she is guiltless, and there is no fault on her part, but he leaves and neglects her, then no guilt attaches to this women, she shall take her dowry and go back to her father’s.
How does Document 2 support the prompt?
aristocratic women were looked down upon
if an aristocratic women were to go against the rules, they would be severe consequences
strict rules for peasant women
women had a lenient time
Explain the extent to which the lifestyle of peasant women was better than aristocratic women.
How does this image support the prompt?
societal pressures for aristocratic women
peasant women were the lowest class
aristocratic women had it easier
Between peasant women and aristocratic women, which class had more chances to make a societal impact? Which grouping of women had a bigger impact?
aristocratic women
peasant women
neither, they had the same impact
Taking into consideration that aristocratic women were betrothed and that peasant women had the choice to wed whomever they wanted, today, which would be more ideal, to wed out of love and out of choice, or have a spouse chosen?
wed out of love
chosen
neither
Which grouping of women suffered more prejudice?
aristocratic women
peasant women
queens
noble women
How do the women of the European Middle ages compare to the women of the Asian Middle Ages?
European women were much more free and faced less harsh consequences
European women had it worse
Asian women could face penalties such as death if they did not obey the code
Asian women were free to do what they wanted.
How did women’s fashion show the restrictive nature of the Aristocratic women’s lifestyle?
corsets resemble restrictive nature
tall hats showed their status
their big dresses showed how free they were
their fashion had no correlation
