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WorksheetsOppression: Sexism
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following is an example of suffrage?
Women in the USA earning the right to vote in 1920
The pain that women in Ancient Rome felt as they were believed to be solely responsible for not being able to have children
Women in Ancient Greece suffering under the control of their Kyrios
The Revolutionary War cry of "no taxation without representation"
The "prejudicial attitudes and discrimination against people on the basis of their sex. It ranges from the individual to the institutional level and includes (a) beliefs, (b) behaviors, (c) use of language and (d) policies reflecting and conveying a pervasive view that a certain sex is inferior."
Classism
Sexism
Racism
Linguistic Oppression
When considering the following historical empires, in which empire did women have relative equality with men?
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Israel
People who are Athenian are from the city of Athens. Athens is a city in what ancient empire?
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Israel
A dowry is...
Money or property brought to a husband from the bride's family
Money or property brought to a wife from the husband's family
The price that a husband pays to his wife's family
The price that a brides's family pays to her husband in set installments for the rest of her life
True/False: Of the graves and skeletal remains discovered in China, those that were from hunter-gathering times showed clear differences between the lives of men and women
True
False
All of the following are CONs of the Agricultural Revolution, EXCEPT...
wars over resources
creation of power structures and governments
creation of social divisions based on class, race, and sex
surplus of food
TRUE/FALSE: There is an abundance of ancient texts that were written by women, demonstrating that they were educated equally along with their males peers
True
False
What contributed to the undernourishment of women in China after the Agricultural Revolution?
They started doing harder labor
They started eating food that was not as nutritious
Many women died during childbirth
Women were only given meat to eat
kyrios is a Greek term for a woman's...
husband
father
gaurdian
dowry
Much of what we know of the lives of women in Ancient Israel comes from what source?
the Bible
Greek comedies and tragedies
a variety of ancient texts written by women
Ancient art works
True/False: Billy Jean King threatened to boycott the US Open unless women received equal prize money
True
False
Rosalind Franklin used xray technology to capture the first images of, what?
DNA's double helix structure
The human blood cell
the theory of relativity
the human brain
True/False: Globally, women attended school less frequently and for less time than their male peers
True
False
All of the following have had a historical impact a woman's ability to build wealth, EXCEPT...
access to land ownership
equal educational opprotunities
societal norms concerning a women's role in raising children
All of the above
TRUE/FALSE: Women are underrepresented in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields
True
False
All of the following are TRUE regarding the position of women in the Ancient World, EXCEPT?
Single women had a hard time making an independent living
the majority of women were forced to marry in order have access to necessary land and resources
a women's role in the house was unimportant during during Ancient time
though literacy was not widespread, women were just as literate as men during ancient times
A dowry can include all of the following, EXCEPT
Money
Food
Animals
Children
True/False: Although it was rare, women could become Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt
True
False
True/False: Europeans NEVER used differences in sexual behavior and gender roles as the justification for colonizing various places in the world
True
False
True/False: Despite relatively equal status, women did not occupy many high ranking Egyptian positions in government or society and they did not seem to be as literate as men of similar status
True
False
True/False: Much of what we know of Athenian women was written by Athenian men
True
False
TRUE/FALSE: In Ancient Israel, daughters and sons were loved equally but daughters were preferred because boys left the household to start their own family
TRUE
FALSE
In colonial Spain, women were forbidden to read anything that was considered to be secular. Secular is best defined as...
teachings that are based on Christian ideas
something that doesn't concern religion or isn't spiritually based
information about equal rights and the right to vote
something that was written by a women
TRUE/FALSE: When women participate in peace agreements, there is a greater likelihood the treaty will last
TRUE
FALSE
