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Chapter 6! your mom
Pg. 246- 259
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did India's caste system exploit the poor? | Various separate groups divided poor, oppressed them. Made class consciousness & resistance hard to achieve. |
| What has a scholar suggested served as the model for slavery? | Early domestication of animals. |
| What were also factors that contributed to the growth of slavery? | War, patriarchy, & notion of private property |
| How did India's caste system exploit the poor? | Various separate groups divided poor, oppressed them. Made class consciousness & resistance hard to achieve. |
| What has a scholar suggested served as the model for slavery? | Early domestication of animals. |
| What were also factors that contributed to the growth of slavery? | War, patriarchy, & notion of private property |
| Which subsequent civilizations practiced slavery? | Virtually all of them |
| A fair number of slaves in Greece and Rome were __________ due to their owners religious convictions and generosity | Emancipated |
| How did the classical civilizations of Eurasia differ when it comes to slavery? | Its prominence and extent |
| How prominent was slavery in China? | Very minor element, perhaps 1% of population |
| Who served as status symbols for the wealthy? | Teenage boys sold to them by impoverished peasants |
| How did people in India fall into slavery? | As criminals, debtors, prisoners of war |
| How were owners required to care for their slaves in India? | Required to provide adequately, couldn't abandon them in old age |
| Although a substantial number of Greek slaves were granted freedom, that didn't do what? | Gain citizenship or political rights |
| In sharp contrast with other classical civilizations, what played a huge role in the Mediterranean (Western) world? | Slavery |
| Which classical civilization was very defined by slavery? | Rome |
| How prominent was slavery in Athens?? | VERY, accounted for app. 1/3 of population |
| How prominent was slavery in Rome?? | Accounted for about 33-40% of population |
| Who thought some people were enslaved for their own good? | Aristotle, "slaves by nature" |
| Although a substantial number of Greek slaves were granted freedom, that didn't do what? | Gain citizenship or political rights |
| Which classical civilization was very defined by slavery? | Rome |
| How prominent was slavery in Rome?? | Accounted for about 33-40% of population |
| The vast majority of Roman slaves were acquired how? | Prisoners of war |
| 55,000 people were enslaved in Roman as the result of what? | Roman war against Carthage |
| __________ children could become the slaves of whoever rescued them. | Abandoned |
| Unlike New World slavery, Roman slavery was not..... ? | Associated with a particular racial/ ethnic group |
| Like slave owners everywhere, Romans regarded slaves as __________ | Barbaric |
| What was the only occupation off limits to slaves in Rome? | Military service |
| Produced grain, olive oil, and wine, mostly for export | Latifundia |
| Basically, Romans were _________ | JERKS!!!! |
| Some Roman prisoners of war committed _____ _________ to escape the horrors of slavery | Mass suicide |
| Several times, slaves did what to resist their owners? | Started rebellions |
| The most famous uprising, in 73 B.C.E, was led by who? | Spartacus! "Accept your fate, or be destroyed by specters of the past never to return" |
| A terrible vengeance followed, as what happened to some 6,000 slaves? | Nailed to crosses |
| What shaped the classical civilizations even more so than slavery? | The division between men and women |
| In China, public life was a _____ domain | Male |
| Men often controlled the lives socially and sexually of their _________,__________, and __________ | Wives, daughters and sisters |
| Gender usually interacted with class placement, & made the lives of upper class women even more _______ | Restricted |
| Yang is...... ? | Masculine, related to heaven, rulers, strength, rationality and light |
| Yin is.... ? | Lower feminine principle, associated with earth, subjects, weakness, emotion and darkness |
| The terms Yin and Yang are spelled out more repeatedly in ___________ texts | Confucian |
| "Men go out, women stay in" emphasizes what? | The public and political roles or men and women |
| "Three obediences" emphasizes ..... ? | Women's subordination 1st to her father, 2nd to husband, 3rd to son |
| In China, a few women were able to exercise their considerable political authority. Who would they be? | Emperors wives, concubines or widows |
| In China, women were respected by their _____, but subordinate as ________ & _________ | Sons, wives and daughter-in-laws |
| In China, women's labor was often considered quite valuable because.... ? | They made textiles, used to pay taxes or sell, and made her quite valuable to family economy |
| What was the main ideology of Han China? | Confucianism |
| ______ & _______ people invaded northern China and ruled a number of the small states that replaced Han government | Pastoral and nomadic |
| The pastoral and nomadic peoples ruling small parts of China after the collapse of Han had different views of what? | The roles of women were far less restricted |
| By the Tang dynasty, how did artists and writers depict women? | Capable of handling legal and business affairs, riding horses, playing polo, bald and wearing men's clothing |
| Who was Empress Wu? | 690-705 C.E- High ranking concubine in imperial court, came to power amid intrigue, one of the only women ever to rule China with title of emperor |
| What did Empress Wu do to the civil service system? | Consolidated it for the selection of public officials and actively patronized scholarship and the arts |
| A variety of females _______ from Daoist or Buddhist traditions found a place in Chinese village religion | Deities |
| The patriarchies of classical era not only fluctuated, but also.... ? | Varied from place to place |
| Athens had many more _______ on women than much less democratic Sparta | Restrictions |
| In Athens, women had to be _________ in court | Represented (like a baby) |
| As in China, Greek women were expected to... ? | Stay inside the home |
| Athenian women were married at what age usually? | Mid-teens |
| All classical civilizations preferred _____ over _________ | Sons over daughters (brats) |
| What were Athenian women forbidden to do by law? | Buy or sell land |
| Who was an important Athenian exception? | Aspasia |
| Prisoners of war living in slave- like conditions | Helots |
| Sparta was very ________ | Militaristic |
| All Spartan boys removed from families at age of __ to train as warriors, they remained until age of ___ | 7, 30 |
| Militaristic and far from democratic Spartan system offered women.... ? | More freedoms, fewer restrictions |
| Spartan women married men of ______ ______ age | Their own |
| Spartans had a trial period of marriage to ensure what? | That the couple could reproduce, if not, remarriage and divorce were readily available |
| Who was Xenophon? | Athenian writer that stated Spartan legendary founder Lycurgus "caused lovers to abstain from sexual intercourse with boys" |
| The notion that everything changes; nothing remains without change, is..... ? | Impermanence |
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