History 111 - The Women in America » Spring 2022 » Reading Quiz Week Two Part 1

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Question #1
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.   Berdache
C.   Circle of Matrons
D.   Millennial Mammas
Question #2
The practice where a man relocates and goes to live with his wife's family after marriage is called:
A.   patrilocal
B.   matrilineal
C.   patrilineal
D.   matrilocal
Question #3
The Metis are:
A.   Indigenous women who married fur traders
B.   Indigenous women who negotiated major trade agreements with the Spanish government
C.   the children of mixed unions between Indigenous and European parents
D.   Indigenous men and women who converted to Christianity
Question #4
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.   True
B.   False
Question #5
Women in indigenous societies had a role in the public sphere and enjoyed more involvement in events, chores, and decisions outside of the home.
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 Pueblo community.
A.   True
B.   False
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.   False
B.   True
Question #8
Women in the Algonquin and Iroquois community had virtually no say in economic dealings in their societies.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #9
The two sisters are asked to learn how to say "thank you" to the deities and pass the information along to the next generation.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #10
There are several deities involved in the creation of the earth and they serve both positive and negative functions.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #11
Mary Musgrove became an interpreter for the British and Creek communities.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #12
Mary Musgrove married within her indigenous culture first.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #13
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.   True
B.   False
Question #14
The leadership of Georgia respected Mary Musgrove and saw her as an equal.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #15
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 #16
Mary Musgrove played all of these roles EXCEPT:
A.   Make sure to choose what Mary Musgrove did not do in her lifetime.
B.   Was a successful trader of goods and merchandise
C.   Functioned as a translator between the Creek and British communities
D.   Married the Cherokee leader outside of Georgia.
E.   Behaved as a negotiator between the Creek and British communities.
F.   Served as the main translator for the governor of Georgia for ten years
Question #17
Musgrove argues she has power and troops to call on if the British do not respect her land rights.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #18
Mary Musgrove was not truly a princess, instead she was using her relationship to a chief to create an understanding of her power and role in terms the British could understand.
A.   True
B.   False

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