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History 111 - The Women in America » Spring 2023 » Reading Quiz Early Colonial Women's Experiences Part 2

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Question #1

These are terms you should be able to identify from our reading in Chapter Two. Please match the term with the most appropriate answer: Primogeniture

A. a system of society of 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 in European cultures. This legal status allowed for limited rigths in the public spehere.

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

Question #2

These are terms you should be able to identify from our reading in Chapter Two. Please match the term with the most appropriate answer: Patriarchy

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

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

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

D. Legal status of a single woman over 21 and/or a widowed in European cultures. This legal status allowed for limited rigths in the public spehere.

Question #3

These are terms you should be able to identify from our reading in Chapter Two. Please match the term with the most appropriate answer: Coverture

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

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

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

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

Question #4

These are terms you should be able to identify from our reading in Chapter Two. Please match the term with the most appropriate answer: Feme Sole

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

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

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

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

Question #5

These are terms you should be able to identify from our reading in Chapter Two. Please match the term with the most appropriate answer: Feme Covert

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

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

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

Question #6

These are terms you should be able to identify from our reading in Chapter Two. Please match the term with the most appropriate answer: Dowry

A. 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.

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

Question #7

These are terms you should be able to identify from our reading in Chapter Two. Please match the term with the most appropriate answer: Great Awakening

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

B. a system of society of government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

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

Question #8

These are terms you should be able to identify from our reading in Chapter Two. Please match the term with the most appropriate answer: Indentured Servant

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

B. a system of society of government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

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

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

European women were considered destructive, disorderly, and without moral control of themselves.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #10

Early colonies were not heavily developed. Women worked in similar fashion to men and traditional division of labor was difficult to maintain if a family hoped to survive.

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. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #13

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #14

Public spaces like taverns, stores, and court houses welcomed women to play a large part in their events and daily happenings.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #15

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

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #16

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #17

These are individual women you should be able to identify from our reading in Chapter Two. Please match the woman with the most appropriate description: Anne Dudley Bradstreet

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 agreat Puritan pastor. She was a midwife and challenged the way colonial ministers taught Puritan faith. She was put on trial twice.

Question #18

These are individual women you should be able to identify from our reading in Chapter Two. Please match the woman with the most appropriate description: Anne Hutchinson

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

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

C. Plantation mistress who introduced indigo to the South.

Question #19

These are individual women you should be able to identify from our reading in Chapter Two. Please match the woman with the most appropriate description: Eliza Lucas Pinckney

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

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

C. Plantation mistress who introduced indigo to the South.

Question #20

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

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #21

Elizabeth Sprig is a/an:

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

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

Question #22

Elizabeth Sprigs writes to her father begging him for material objects and his forgiveness.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #23

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #24

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 #25

Mary Prince is a/an:

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

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

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

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

Question #26

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #27

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. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #28

Elizabeth Drinker is a/an:

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

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

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

D. an elite woman living in Shrewbery county England who refuses to move to the New England 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 believes the success of rice cultivation is because of:

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

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

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

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

Question #31

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

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

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

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

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

Question #32

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. Female rice plants from West Africa

B. Male rice plants from West Africa

C. Female slaves from West Africa

D. Male slaves from West Africa

Question #33

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #34

According to Carney's article, African women served mostly as domestic labor. If they worked in the rice fields it was for a short duration because the rice crop was a short-term, 3 month cycle.

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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