To what extent was the social structure of the ancien régime static? To what extent was there a degree of social mobility?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. The widespread acceptance of inequality meant that there were few challenges to the existing social structure that privileged a chosen few.
b. Status was determined by birth.
c. For centuries, the nobility in Venice forbade marriage outside their ranks.
d. Many European nobles, including eventually the Venetian nobles, allowed marriage with wealthy commoners.
e. Some commoners were able to enter the nobility through service to the monarchy (e.g., the noblesse de robe in France).
f. The rise of Catena illustrates how banditry offered peasants a way to improve their lot and achieve a certain status.
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According to Guru Arjun, the most important aspect of religion was the
a. supremacy of faith in God. b. acceptance of a single, true religion. c. observance of important holidays and sacraments. d. recognition of religious hierarchy.
In her path-breaking text The Second Sex, the influential French feminist author Simone de Beauvoir argued that
A) women should renounce all contact with men and set up their own self-governing communes. B) women were always and wrongly defined by their differences from men and consequently seen as second-class beings. C) the Second World War had legitimated the political advantages and hegemonic power of males. D) a "sexual revolution" was impossible and discouraged women outside of France from taking up her ideas. E) there was absolutely no hope in improving the status of women in the near future.
Consider the creation of an African-American culture and society. Compare this to other examples of cultural melding.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements holds true for slavery in the North American colonies during the 1700s?
A) Slavery was most common in New England and the Middle Colonies. B) Slaves worked as field hands on farms. C) Slavery was mostly concentrated in cities in the Middle Colonies. D) Slaves mostly worked as artisans in the Chesapeake area. E) Slave life developed fully in the plantations of New England.