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HIS 285 Quiz 2
HIS 285 Quiz 2 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the status of women in ancient Greece? | Women wrere unable to vote or own land, and their primary purpose was to raise the family and manage the household. Under the eyes of the law, married women were under complete control of their husbands. |
| What was the status of women in ancient Rome? | . Women were also expected to raise the family and marry, weren't able to participate in politics. However, they sometimes managed their own finances and ran businesses. They were allowed to divorce, but children stayed with the father's family. |
| What are some examples of "exceptional women" in ancient Greece? | . Sappho of Lesbos: poet . Arete of Cyrene: philosopher . Agnodice of Athens: legendary figure said to be the first female physician in ancient Athens |
| Examples of "exceptional women" in ancient Rome: | Hypatia of Alexandria: considered one of the most famous female philosophers of ancient times . Hortensia: gave speech in defiance of a proposal to tax the wealth of Rome's richest women to fund the war against Caesar's assassins . Iulia Domna: noted pa |
| Women in Greek mythology: | . Athena: goddess of wisdom and war . Demeter & Persephone: fertility goddesses . Hera, Aphrodite, and the Sirens: troublemakers who employ their charm |
| Women in Roman mythology: | . Sabine women: first settlers of Rome raped and abducted them, actually tried to intervene to prevent bloodshed |
| Women in Africa: | . Hunter-gatherers: childcare, food foraging, hunting . Pastoralists: cattle care, owned cattle and land . Agricultural expansion: iron smelting, pottery, starting to see gendered labor roles, but not necessarily differences in power |
| Examples of African women as leaders: | . Yennenga: legendary princess of the Mossi people in Burkina Faso . Amina: Hausa figure in the city-state of Zazzau in modern-day Nigeria . Njinga/Nzinga: resisted Portuguese colonization, but participated in the slave trade |
| Indian Ocean or Asian Slave Trade: | . mostly prisoners of war . mostly women and children |
| African Slave Trade: | . more similar to domestic servants . mostly prisoners of war or criminals; could earn freedom |
| Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: | . the "discovery" of the New World/America in 1492 and the establishment of plantations . economic system dependent on slavery |
| Women in West Africa: | Women were already heavily involved in West African trade and commerce, and the Europeans were forced to work with them in order to have access to a lot of the trade networks. |
| Who were the Agojie? | An all-female army of the Kingdom of Dahomey |
| Important Facts to Remember in "Warrior Women" | . The Agojie women were heavily involved in the slave trade and the trafficking of West Africans . Martine's mother's grandmother was captured by Agojie in Nigeria and brought to Dahomey to be sold as a slave , Women aged 15 to 34 were put through bruta |
| King Ghezo | . successfully freed Dahomey from its tribal status in 1823 . only agreed to end Dahomey's participation in the slave trade after pressure by the British government |
| Women in African origin stories: | . Mother goddesses such as Mumbi, who was the mother of nine/ten daughters who created nine clans of Gikuyu society in Kenya . Various practices such as isolation, circumcision, menstruation, and reproduction were celebrated. |
| Women in the American West: | . Women were given opportunities to be authors or entertainers, and many of the "material" came from their daily lives in frontier, rural, and urban western spaces. . Once the US took over the government for the Republic of Texas, they changed the legal |
| Susanna Dickinson | One of the very few American survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution; her husband was a captain in charge of artillery at the Alamo, and he was killed |
| Peggy McCormick | owned land on the San Jacinto River where the final battle for Texas independence occurred; corn crop and more than 230 livestock were taken by both the Mexican and Texan armies |
| Maria Josefa Zozaya | killed by gunfire while binding a soldier's wounds; songs and poems were written to commemorate the compassion of the "Maid of Monterrey" |
| Sarah Bowman | 6 feet tall, fluent in Spanish, entrepreneur and camp follower, refused to take shelter and served food and water to the troops during a siege at Fort Texas |
| Elizabeth Newsome | disguised herself as a man and served as a private for 10 months |
| Maria Gertrudis Barcelo | "La Tules;" ran a saloon and gambling house, owned several rental properties; used the money to support her adopted children |
| How did Spanish-Mexican women in the Southwest have legal advantages over European-American married women in the mid-1800s? | Spanish -Mexican women regained control over their land after marriage. |
| Describe the impact of the California Gold Rush on women who moved west or arrived in western towns: | Gender imbalances because male prospectors and settlers disrupted the traditional balance of men and women, and black women also migrated west seeking better economic opportunities |
| How did indigenous women's experiences in the West differ from those of migrant or immigrant women? | The US army forced indigenous women into reservations, and many indigenous women had to fight to survive and hold their families together. Their children were taken into boarding schools and forced to assimilate to Christian ideals. |
| In what ways did the "West" disrupt gender norms, and in what ways did it reinforce them? | The West provided opportunities for exploration of identity; many people started cross-dressing to evade the law. On the other hand, women were forced into prostitution to serve men because there was such a huge gender imbalance. |
| Who were the Radium Girls? | women employed at a factory who contracted radiation poisoning after painting radium dials (watch dials and hands); they were told the paint was harmless, so they were told to point their brushes with their lips; "radium jaw," necrosis of the jaw; landmar |
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