Chapter 2

Question 1

What Ancient?

• gender roles were more egalitarian.
• WOMEN had legal rights, could own property, engage in trade and hold positions of power.
• MEN still held higher status and occupied most of the political and religious leadership roles.

Answer 1

Ancient Egypt

Question 2

What Ancient?

• Highly patriarchal
• MEN held dominant positions in society, politics, and public life.
• WOMEN were restricted to the domestic sphere, expected to manage the household, bear children, and maintain modesty.

Answer 2

Ancient Greece

Question 3

What Ancient ?
- MEN were the heads of household, held political power, and engaged in public life.
- WOMEN especially the elites had more freedoms, could own property engaged in business and participate in religious rituals.

Answer 3

Ancient Rome

Question 4

What ancient?
- influenced by confucianism
strict gender roles
- WOMEN were expected to be submissive, obedient, and focused on domestic duties.
- MALE’s authority and filial piety were highly valued.

Answer 4

Ancient China

Question 5

What Ancient?
WOMEN’s status and roles were often tied to their marital and familial roles.
expected to be obedient to male’s authority.

Answer 5

Ancient India

Question 6

Men were the ________, expected to __________, and act as the ________ and hold ____________.

Answer 6

breadwinners, engage in paid work, head of the household, political power

Question 7

Who are more educated, have more opportunities for social, and occupational mobility in Pre-Modern Times?
.

Answer 7

Men

Question 8

Women, confined to _______, ________, ________ and supporting their ________.

Answer 8

domestic tasks, child rearing, husbands

Question 9

Who had limited access to education, employment, and financial independence in Pre-Modern Times?

Answer 9

Women

Question 10

Women should be ________, _______, and obedient to male figures.

Answer 10

submissive, nurturing

Question 11

__________ brought economic opportunities.

Answer 11

Industrialization

Question 12

Who began taking paid work outside the home at the advent of modern era?

Answer 12

Women

Question 13

A movement that late 19th and early 20th century, advocated for women’s right to vote. Challenging conventional notion that political participation was exclusively reserved for men.

Answer 13

Suffragette Movement

Question 14

A movement where women have gained greater access to education and employment opportunities, and their roles within and outside the household have diversified.

Answer 14

The Feminist Movement

Question 15

The right of women to vote in elections, emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Answer 15

Women’s Suffrage

Question 16

• encompasses a broader range of social, economic and political issues related to general equality.

Answer 16

Feminist Movement

Question 17

• the movement also seeks to challenge and transform patriarchal norms and systems that oppress and marginalize women from various aspects of life.

Answer 17

Feminist Movement

Question 18

1st wave of Feminism - late ___ and early ____ centuries, focuses on _______ and ________.

Answer 18

19th, 20th, suffrage, legal rights

Question 19

2nd wave of Feminism - ___ and ____, focuses on _________, _________ and ________.

Answer 19

1960s, 1970s, reproductive rights, workplace discrimination, gender equality

Question 20

3rd wave of Feminism - ______, addressing _________ and highlighting the ___________.

Answer 20

1990s, intersectionality, experiences of women from diverse backgrounds.