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

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Question #1
What is the term for the system of government or society in which men hold power and women are largely excluded from holding power?
A.   paternity
B.   masculinity
C.   paternalistic
D.   patriarchy
Question #2
Which is the term for when kinship and property is passed down through the mother's line?
A.   maternal reign
B.   maternal
C.   matrilineal
D.   matrilocal
Question #3
Which of these is the term for when a husband lives with the wife's family or community?
A.   femelocal
B.   matrilineal
C.   matrilocal
D.   feminism
Question #4
Which of these groups lived by the doctrine that all are created equal in the eyes of God?
A.   Women
B.   Quakers
C.   Native Americans
D.   Puritans
Question #5
Under which of these laws was a woman considered to be "protected" by marriage?
A.   Feme Sole
B.   Matriarchy
C.   Feminism
D.   Feme Covert
Question #6
Under which of these laws did a woman have the most legal independence (was able to act alone)?
A.   Solitary woman
B.   Singulare Feme
C.   Feme Covert
D.   Feme Sole
Question #7
Who was an important influence on Anne Hutchinson in questioning and searching for truth?
A.   Her grandmother
B.   Her brother
C.   Her father
D.   Her mother
Question #8
Why was Anne Hutchinson a threat to the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A.   she encouraged colonists to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony
B.   she published illegal documents
C.   she was urging women to fight for the right to vote
D.   she challenged the political base of the Puritan government
Question #9
What is gender?
A.   the biological state of being that cannot be changed
B.   the opposite of race
C.   a social construct
D.   the biological difference of being a man or a woman
Question #10
Based on the video of colonial women's clothing, what did colonial women use to fasten their clothing?
A.   pins
B.   velcro
C.   buttons
D.   zippers

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