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WorksheetsWorld History Semester #2 Exam Review
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 42mins
Differential treatment based on social class or perceived social class
Classism
Racism
Sexism
Oprression
The system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on social or economic status
Oppression
Class
Privilege
Race
A system that maintains advantage and disadvantage base on social group memberships
Privilege
Oppression
Class
Identity
Unearned access to resources only readily available to some people as a result of the advantaged social group membership
Classism
Power
Identity
Privilege
The systematic assignment of characteristics of worth and ability based on social class
Oppression
Sexism
Racism
Classism
The ability to decide who will have access to resources; the capacity to direct or influence the behavior of others, oneself, and/or the course of events.
Privilege
Power
Identity
Social Construct
The following are examples of, what?
Members of the LGBTQIA+ community; women; Mexican-Americans; disabled persons
Social Norm or Construct
Social Group
Classism
Class
The following are examples of, what?
having a 'fit' body-type; speaking English without an accent; men being 'providers' and women being 'mothers'; heterosexual
Social Norm or Construct
Social Class
Classism
Class
A negative outlook toward a person or group; based on perceived status or characteristics of that person or group
Prejudice
Discrimination
Racism
Sexism
An action or practice that excludes, disadvantages, or merely differentiates between individuals and groups on the basis of some ascribed or perceived trait
Prejudice
Discrimination
Racism
Sexism
Why is it hard to always see the existence of oppression? (Select ALL that apply!)
when it becomes apart of our legal system
when it becomes apart of our institutions--like education, judicial, and governmental
when we normalize it through cultural norms
All of the above
Which of the following is a "subordinated" group member?
Ruling-class
Working-class
Middle-class
Owning-class
When considering classism, which of the following is a more "dominant" group member?
a person who is homeless
an undocumented worker
a teenager working two jobs while attending school
the adult child of a wealthy family
The acceptance and justification of classism by working class and poor people.
Internalized Classism
Internalized Superiority
Class privilege
Intersectionality
All of the following are examples of Internalized Classism, EXCEPT?
feelings of inferiority to higher-class people
disdain or shame about traditional patterns of class in one's family or a denial of heritage
hostility or blame towards other working-class people
belief that classist institutions are NOT fair
The acceptance and justification of class privilege by middle-class and wealthy people
Internalized classism
Internalized superiority
Intersectionality
Power
Examples of class privilege include all of the following, EXCEPT
Personal contacts with employers
"legacy admissions" to higher education
Inherited money, good childhood healthcare and education
speaking in a different dialect and accent as people with power
A person whose attitudes and behaviors are anti-classist
Identity
Power
Privilege
Class ally
All of the following would be behaviors of class ally, EXCEPT
doing nothing when noticing an injustice
becoming educated on issued related to classism
actively increases their understanding of issues related to classism
works to eliminate classism from all laws and institutions
The potential that a person has to change their social class
classism
Social power
Social mobility
Intersectionality
Based on what you know: which grouping of intersecting identities would, most likely, face the most societal oppression?
A homosexual, middle-class, white man
A wealthy, immigrant, woman from India
A black male, who is heterosexual and wealthy
A mixed-raced female, who is a member of the LGBTQIA+ and currently without a permanent home.
Based on what you know: which grouping of intersecting identities would, most likely, face the most societal oppression?
A homosexual, middle-class, white man
A wealthy, immigrant, woman from India
A black male, who is heterosexual and wealthy
A mixed-raced female, who is a member of the LGBTQIA+ and currently without a permanent home.
All of the following had to happen before humans started to have classist ideas and practices; EXCEPT
Agriculture
Civilization
Industrialization
Job Specialization
A form of social stratification where a person's social class was determined by birth and the work that one's parents did.
caste system
estates system
classism
internalized superiority
The Ancient Indian caste system affected all of the following, EXCEPT
where they could live and work
who they could marry
where and who they could eat with
what gods they had to worship
Under the structure of the Ancient Indian caste system, How were individuals able to experience social mobility?
by studying dharma
by fulfilling one's karma and being reincarnated into a higher caste
being educated and specializing in a certain job
by marrying someone of a higher caste
In the events leading up the French Revolution, which group paid the majority of the taxes?
The First Estate; because the Catholic Church owned the majority of valuable farm land
The Second Estate; because they were nobility and had the most money to spare
The Third Estate; because they were the biggest and, therefore, had the most power
The Third Estate; because they had no political power to make the 1st and 2nd groups pay their fair-share
Which of the following classist idea is associated with the antisemitism (prejudice and discrimination against people of Jewish descent) that was present in Medieval Europe?
Jewish people couldn’t own land and could only perform certain jobs within societies
Jewish people had their possessions taken away in order to enforce communist ideas
Jewish people were forced to pay the majority of the taxes and Christians didn’t have to
A Jewish woman’s social status was directly associated with the status of her husband
The social structure in Ancient China was a little different than most social structures that are associated with occupation, in that…?
Women had a higher social status than men
Farmers were of higher social status than merchants
Artisans were the most respected group
They did not have an emperor or ruling class
The following are characteristics of capitalism, EXCEPT
Lack of government intervention
Means of production owned by private firms
Goods and services distributed according to price mechanism
Government controlled housing
The following are all PROs of capitalism, EXCEPT
incentives encourage innovation
incentives encourage efficiency
prevents large governments
consumers have few choices in products
Capitalism is associated with all the following CONs, EXCEPT?
firms can gain monopoly power
externalities damage the environment
firms are known to pay employees fair, living wages
tends to lead to large inequalities
When considering the 3 G's of colonization, social and political motivations for colonization most closely aligns with...?
Glory
Gravy
Gold
God
When considering the 3 G's of colonization, economic motivations for colonization most closely aligns with...?
Golf
Glory
Gold
God
When considering the 3 G's of colonization, the motivation to spread culture as an aspect of colonization most closely aligns with...?
Glory
Gaga, Lady
Gold
God
Identify whether the following geographical region is apart of the "New World" or the "Old World":
South America
New World
Old World
Identify whether the following geographical region is apart of the "New World" or the "Old World":
Western Europe
New World
Old World
Identify whether the following geographical region is apart of the "New World" or the "Old World":
Southeast Asia
New World
Old World
Identify whether the following geographical region is apart of the "New World" or the "Old World":
Western Africa
New World
Old World
Identify whether the following item is native to the "New World" or the "Old World":
corn (maize)
New World
Old World
Identify whether the following geographical region is apart of the "New World" or the "Old World":
the Caribbean
New World
Old World
Identify whether the following item is native to the "New World" or the "Old World":
potatoes
New World
Old World
The following are all cash crops, EXCEPT...
tobacco
sugar
cotton
grapes
The Congo was a colony of what European nation?
Britian
France
Germany
Belgium
What was responsible for killing the majority of native Americans after European colonization
slavery
death in battle
Old World diseases
starvation from poor harvests
What was Columbus trying to do when he sailed west from Spain in 1492?
Find a shorter route to India
Sent out to discover the known American continents
Enslave the Taino people
Conquer and control the Silk Road through Asia and the Middle East
All of the following countries were former Spanish colonies, EXCEPT...
Mexico
Brazil
Cuba
Columbia
All of the following countries were former British colonies, EXCEPT...
The United States
India
Australia
Japan
All of the following are steps in the Triangular Slave Trade, EXCEPT...
Valuable natural resources are transported to Europe to be sold directly for profit or turned into manufactured goods
Old World diseases killed a large number of African slaves before they could make the trip across the Atlantic Ocean
Manufactured goods and valuable natural resources are sold and/or exchanged for African slaves destined to work on New World plantations
Slave labor is used in New World plantations extracting valuable natural resources
Why did some African emperors willing participate in the Slave Trade during the 16th, 17, and 18th centuries?
Because they wanted European goods and guns to support and protect their own Empires
Because they were especially cruel and knew the horrors involved in the Atlantic Slave Trade
Because Africa was under complete control by different European nations
Because the trade benefited them as much as it benefited Europeans
Which of the following ideologies was used as justification for historical prejudice and discrimination against people of African descent?
Africans could be enslaved because they were not Christians
Africans could be kept in slavery because of their race
Africa should be colonized in order to bring proper European civilization to the African people
All of the above
This country had the only successful slave revolt and established its independence in 1804
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
The United Sates
What below is NOT associated with the process of colonization
Sending in settlers
Imperialism as the driving idea behind colonization
Protecting native culture and customs
Enforcing the colonizer's political and economic ideals
Why did the Industrial Revolution provide additional motivation for imperialism in the 19th century?
Because certain important resources can only be found on certain locations of the planet
Because European nations were completing with each other to be the most powerful nation and resources were important in this goal
Because with the new technology that was created out of the Industrial Revolution, colonization of Africa and Asia was much easier.
All of the above
TRUE/FALSE:
The effects of colonization can still been seen today with the economic prosperity of many European nations and over that of most South America, Africa, and many Asian nations.
True
False
Complete the Prompt:
Colonialism is the action. ________________________ is the idea driving the action.
Rasicm
Social Darwinism
Imperialism
Oppression
The Curse of Ham was used for justification of the enslavement of Africans for a time. This story can be found in what book of the Bible?
Genesis
Exodus
Matthew
John
Slavery has existed...
since the time of colonization
since the earliest civilizations
since the 15th century
since the Roman empire
TRUE/FALSE:
The memoir of Olaudah Equiano transformed the abolitionist movement in Europe by being one of the first accounts of what slavery and colonization was like from the viewpoint of a former slave.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE/FALSE:
The ideas and influence of several great Enlightenment Thinkers were never used to justify the practice of slavery nor race-based discrimination and prejudice.
TRUE
FALSE
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"
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
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
