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Oppression: Sexism

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of suffrage?

a)

Women in the USA earning the right to vote in 1920

b)

The pain that women in Ancient Rome felt as they were believed to be solely responsible for not being able to have children

c)

Women in Ancient Greece suffering under the control of their Kyrios

d)

The Revolutionary War cry of "no taxation without representation"

2.

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."

a)

Classism

b)

Sexism

c)

Racism

d)

Linguistic Oppression

3.

When considering the following historical empires, in which empire did women have relative equality with men?

a)

Ancient Egypt

b)

Ancient Greece

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

Ancient Israel

4.

People who are Athenian are from the city of Athens. Athens is a city in what ancient empire?

a)

Egypt

b)

Greece

c)

Rome

d)

Israel

5.

A dowry is...

a)

Money or property brought to a husband from the bride's family

b)

Money or property brought to a wife from the husband's family

c)

The price that a husband pays to his wife's family

d)

The price that a brides's family pays to her husband in set installments for the rest of her life

6.

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

a)

True

b)

False

7.

All of the following are CONs of the Agricultural Revolution, EXCEPT...

a)

wars over resources

b)

creation of power structures and governments

c)

creation of social divisions based on class, race, and sex

d)

surplus of food

8.

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

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What contributed to the undernourishment of women in China after the Agricultural Revolution?

a)

They started doing harder labor

b)

They started eating food that was not as nutritious

c)

Many women died during childbirth

d)

Women were only given meat to eat

10.

kyrios is a Greek term for a woman's...

a)

husband

b)

father

c)

gaurdian

d)

dowry

11.

Much of what we know of the lives of women in Ancient Israel comes from what source?

a)

the Bible

b)

Greek comedies and tragedies

c)

a variety of ancient texts written by women

d)

Ancient art works

12.

True/False: Billy Jean King threatened to boycott the US Open unless women received equal prize money

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Rosalind Franklin used xray technology to capture the first images of, what?

a)

DNA's double helix structure

b)

The human blood cell

c)

the theory of relativity

d)

the human brain

14.

True/False: Globally, women attended school less frequently and for less time than their male peers

a)

True

b)

False

15.

All of the following have had a historical impact a woman's ability to build wealth, EXCEPT...

a)

access to land ownership

b)

equal educational opprotunities

c)

societal norms concerning a women's role in raising children

d)

All of the above

16.

TRUE/FALSE: Women are underrepresented in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields

a)

True

b)

False

17.

All of the following are TRUE regarding the position of women in the Ancient World, EXCEPT?

a)

Single women had a hard time making an independent living

b)

the majority of women were forced to marry in order have access to necessary land and resources

c)

a women's role in the house was unimportant during during Ancient time

d)

though literacy was not widespread, women were just as literate as men during ancient times

18.

A dowry can include all of the following, EXCEPT

a)

Money

b)

Food

c)

Animals

d)

Children

19.

True/False: Although it was rare, women could become Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True/False: Europeans NEVER used differences in sexual behavior and gender roles as the justification for colonizing various places in the world

a)

True

b)

False

21.

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

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True/False: Much of what we know of Athenian women was written by Athenian men

a)

True

b)

False

23.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

24.

In colonial Spain, women were forbidden to read anything that was considered to be secular. Secular is best defined as...

a)

teachings that are based on Christian ideas

b)

something that doesn't concern religion or isn't spiritually based

c)

information about equal rights and the right to vote

d)

something that was written by a women

25.

TRUE/FALSE: When women participate in peace agreements, there is a greater likelihood the treaty will last

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE