History 111 - The Women in America » Spring 2021 » Reading Quiz Week 1

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Question #1
The Metis are:
A.   Indigenous men and women who converted to Christianity
B.   the children of mixed unions between Indigenous and European parents
C.   Indigenous women who married fur traders
D.   Indigenous women who negotiated major trade agreements with the Spanish government
Question #2
The practice where a man relocates and goes to live with his wife's family after marriage is called:
A.   matrilineal
B.   patrilineal
C.   patrilocal
D.   matrilocal
Question #3
The ____________________ in the Iroquois nation is a group of highly respected elder women who decide to depose/replace the chief and play a role in deciding who the next chief will be.
A.   Warrior Women
B.   Circle of Matrons
C.   Berdache
D.   Millennial Mammas
Question #4
Religious stories and rituals offered women a bigger role in their societies and within religious practice.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
Women were responsible for growing and harvesting crops, child-rearing, clothing production, food preservation, and often had a say in decisions about trade, warfare, and political situations in the Pueblo community.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
Women were responsible for growing and harvesting crops, child-rearing, clothing production, food preservation, and often had a say in decisions about trade, warfare, and political situations in the Algonquin community.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
Within the Iroquois community, women were responsible for growing and harvesting crops, child-rearing, clothing production, food preservation, and often had a say in decisions about trade, warfare, and political situations. Women even had a say in who would become the next chief.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
Iroquois and Algonquin women were expected to be quiet and obedient wives. They had little say in their partnerships, treatment within the home, or in how their children were raised.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #9
According to the Acoma origin story mankind is birthed from a man and a woman.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
Two sisters are given the responsibility of growing, naming, and recognizing the plants and animals of the earth.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
Mary Musgrove spent her early childhood with her mother, a British woman.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #12
The British upheld their treaties and land grants they gave to Mary Musgrove.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
Mary Musgrove's behavior was dismissed as crazy or the result of having too much to drink, rather than takeing Musgrove's anger at face value.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #14
Gillespe argues the British sanctioned marriage between indigenous women and British men because:
A.   they supported romance and wanted their settlers to be happy.
B.   they believed it would help convert indigenous peoples to Catholicism.
C.   they believed these unions would prevent ghastly wars they did not want.
D.   these unions were useful for establishing trade, negotiating politically, and enabled colonial interests.
Question #15
Mary Musgrove's popularity and skills protected her from British colonials from seizing her property and respecting her land rights when James Oglethorpe fell out of power.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #16
Gillespe argues Musgrove expected to have a seat at the table for negotiations and recognition of her land claims because of her status as a woman in her own culture, her previous role as interpreter, and the role she played in enabling the British survival in the region.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #17
Mary Musgrove did not write this letter, it was instead written for her by her husband.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #18
Mary Musgrove uses threats throughout the letter rather than logic, examples, and previous service to justify her land claims.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE

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