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Question #1

Please match the term with the most appropriate answer. Primogeniture

A. The price in goods, properties, or monies that were given to a male family in exchange for marrying a European woman

B. Law that gives all property and monies to the first-born male. This is a system of property that ensures allegiance to the male head of household.

C. Laws governing the status of women in European society.

D. Legal status of a married European woman. As a married woman she became the property of her husband. She could not buy or sell a property, sue or be sued, or act on her behalf legally.

Question #2

Please match the term with the most appropriate answer. Patriarchy

A. Legal status of a single woman over 21 and/or a widowed woman in European cultures. This legal status allowed for limited rights in the public sphere.

B. Laws governing the status of women in European society.

C. Legal status of a married European woman. As a married woman she became the property of her husband. She could not buy or sell a property, sue or be sued, or act on her behalf legally.

D. a sytem of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

Question #3

Please match the term with the most appropriate answer. Coverture

A. Laws governing the status of women in European society.

B. A period of increased religious activity and a religious revival in the early 1700s that inspired woman to join in large numbers.

C. Law that gives all property and monies to the first-born male. This is a system of property that ensures allegiance to the male head of household.

D. a sytem of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

Question #4

Please match the term with the most appropriate answer. Feme Sole

A. A man or woman who signed a contract and agreed to serve as a servant for 5-7 years without rights in order to gain passage to the British colonies.

B. Legal status of a single woman over 21 and/or a widowed woman in European cultures. This legal status allowed for limited rights in the public sphere.

C. Legal status of a married European woman. As a married woman she became the property of her husband. She could not buy or sell a property, sue or be sued, or act on her behalf legally.

D. A period of increased religious activity and a religious revival in the early 1700s that inspired woman to join in large numbers.

Question #5

Please match the term with the most appropriate answer. Feme Covert

A. a sytem of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

B. Law that gives all property and monies to the first-born male. This is a system of property that ensures allegiance to the male head of household.

C. Legal status of a single woman over 21 and/or a widowed woman in European cultures. This legal status allowed for limited rights in the public sphere.

D. Legal status of a married European woman. As a married woman she became the property of her husband. She could not buy or sell a property, sue or be sued, or act on her behalf legally.

Question #6

Please match the term with the most appropriate answer. Dowry

A. A period of increased religious activity and a religious revival in the early 1700s that inspired woman to join in large numbers.

B. A man or woman who signed a contract and agreed to serve as a servant for 5-7 years without rights in order to gain passage to the British colonies.

C. The price in goods, properties, or monies that were given to a male family in exchange for marrying a European woman

D. a sytem of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

Question #7

Please match the term with the most appropriate answer. Great Awakening

A. Laws governing the status of women in European society.

B. Legal status of a single woman over 21 and/or a widowed woman in European cultures. This legal status allowed for limited rights in the public sphere.

C. A man or woman who signed a contract and agreed to serve as a servant for 5-7 years without rights in order to gain passage to the British colonies.

D. A period of increased religious activity and a religious revival in the early 1700s that inspired woman to join in large numbers.

Question #8

Please match the term with the most appropriate answer. Indentured Servant

A. a sytem of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

B. Law that gives all property and monies to the first-born male. This is a system of property that ensures allegiance to the male head of household.

C. Laws governing the status of women in European society.

D. A man or woman who signed a contract and agreed to serve as a servant for 5-7 years without rights in order to gain passage to the British colonies.

Question #9

Most women who came to the colonies were highly literate and from the elite classes.

A. True

B. False

Question #10

Women were considered the ideal parent and were relied upon to do the education, moral training, and religious study with their children.

A. True

B. False

Question #11

Traditional British society, rules and morality were in place and fully practiced by the 1750s because of heavy migration, development of urban spaces, and an increase in life expectancy in the colonies.

A. True

B. False

Question #12

Women indentured servants were well-treated, their sexual autonomy was respected, and they lived long lives after their period of servitude.

A. True

B. False

Question #13

After the growth of cities and urban areas in the 1740s, single women and widows came to make up larger parts of society. They found work in urban centers in markets, stores, and by housing renters or taking out laundry.

A. False

B. True

Question #14

Europeans were aware that European diseases greatly impacted the Native American communities, and in some cases saw these diseases as intervention by God on their behalf.

A. True

B. False

Question #15

Slavery required an ongoing use of physical, emotional, and mental intimidation by both female and male owners.

A. True

B. False

Question #16

Male and female slaves were encouraged to marry by British masters.

A. True

B. False

Question #17

Please match the woman with the most appropriate description. Anne Dudley Bradstreet

A. Puritan woman who wrote and published poetry successfully in the British colonies.

B. Puritan woman who descended from a great Puritan pastor. She was a midwife and challenged the way colonial ministers taught Puritan faith. She was put on trial twice.

C. Plantation mistress who introduced indigo to the South.

Question #18

Please match the woman with the most appropriate description. Anne Hutchinson

A. Plantation mistress who introduced indigo to the South.

B. Puritan woman who descended from a great Puritan pastor. She was a midwife and challenged the way colonial ministers taught Puritan faith. She was put on trial twice.

C. Puritan woman who wrote and published poetry successfully in the British colonies.

Question #19

Please match the woman with the most appropriate description. Eliza Lucas Pinckney

A. Plantation mistress who introduced indigo to the South.

B. Puritan woman who wrote and published poetry successfully in the British colonies.

C. Puritan woman who descended from a great Puritan pastor. She was a midwife and challenged the way colonial ministers taught Puritan faith. She was put on trial twice.

Question #20

The life of an indentured servant often involved a lack of resources, food, and clothing.

A. True

B. False

Question #21

Elizabeth Sprigs writes to her father inviting him to join her in the colonies.

A. True

B. False

Question #22

Elizabeth Sprig is treated exceptionally well and all her needs are attended to by her new master in the Virginia colonies.

A. False

B. True

Question #23

The fate of Old Daniel is meant to scare other slaves owned by Mr. D into working despite their injuries or illness.

A. False

B. True

Question #24

Working in a salt pond is grueling work. The elements (outside in the heat, standing in salt water all day) and intense labor causes many injuries and long-term physical debilities.

A. False

B. True

Question #25

Mary Prince is a/an:

A. a slave, who is forced to work in the salt ponds and experiences abuse

B. indentured servant, who signed a treaty to work 5-7 years in the British colonies.

C. an elite woman in Philadelphia, a colonial city in the Pennsylvania colony.

D. an elite woman living in Shrewbery county England who refuses to move to the New England colonies

Question #26

Mr. D is a great boss, and he is more understanding than other slave masters.

A. True

B. False

Question #27

Mary Prince is an indoor slave and works for Mr. D and his wife exclusively.

A. True

B. False

Question #28

Elizabeth Drinker is a/an:

A. an elite woman in Philadelphia, a colonial city in the Pennsylvania colony.

B. a slave, who is forced to work in the salt ponds and experiences abuse

C. an elite woman living in Shrewbery county England who refuses to move to the New England colonies

D. indentured servant, who signed a treaty to work 5-7 years in the British colonies.

Question #29

Elizabeth Drinker provides us with an example of activity and work an elite woman in the colonies performed.

A. False

B. True

Question #30

Judith Carney argues the role of African women in rice production allowed for:

A. no real long-term possibilities or impacts on slave communities.

B. a whole-sale copy of African culture that was 100% maintained despite all white plantation owners' attempts to destroy and/or modify these cultures.

C. the complete erasure of African culture and traditions in the colonies.

D. a transmission of some traditional gender roles, preservation of food culture, and cultural artifacts from Africa.

Question #31

Judith Carney argues that ________________________ were integral to the success of the Carolina colony and the bringing of rice as a cash crop into the British colonies.

A. Male slaves from West Africa

B. Female rice plants from West Africa

C. Female slaves from West Africa

D. Male rice plants from West Africa

Question #32

Judith Carney believes the success of rice cultivation is because of:

A. African women's physical strength and previous roles as agriculturalists in their communities in East Africa.

B. African women's previous experience growing sorghum in West Africa and so they were prepared to adapt the same principles to rice.

C. African women's bringing of tools, understanding of rice, growing techniques, and cooking/preparation processes.

D. African women's willingness to learn European techniques over their male counterparts

Question #33

A greater percentage of slaves in the Carolina colonies were women.

A. True

B. False

Question #34

The short-handled hoe is an example of imported technology from Africa.

A. True

B. False

Question #35

The placement of rice was borrowed from English methods of growing wheat.

A. True

B. False

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