Essay about Chapter 6 AP World History – Flashcards
9 test answers
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answers 9question
Jatis - were occupationally based groups • Split the varnas and untouchables into thousands of small social groupings based on occupation • Jatis became the primary cells of social life in India beyond the family • Marriage and eating together was only permitted in each owns jati
answer
Comparison - What is the difference between varna and jeti as expressions of caste?
Unlock the answer
question
• Slaves were considered outsiders • Jati possessed a recognized position in the social hierarchy • Slaves were own and sold • Slaves worked without pay, had no rights, or independent personal identity • Some traditions let slaves transform status by being freed or purchasing their freedom • Some traditions children of slaves were free at the start of birth • These specific traditions offered more opportunities for social mobility than did the caste system
answer
How did the social inequalities of slavery differ from those of caste?
Unlock the answer
question
• Greco Roman society depended more on slaves than did other second-wave civilizations • There were far more in in Greco Roman civ than any other • Slaves participated in a greater number and range of occupations than in any other second wave civ. From prestigious to the most degraded • Slaves were excluded only from military service
answer
How did Greco-Roman slavery differ from that of other classical civilizations?
Unlock the answer
question
Long-established patterns of thinking in terms of pairs of opposites were now described in gendered unequal terms. • The superior symbol of yang - heaven, rulers, strength, rationality, & light viewed as masculine • Yin - earth, subjects, weakness, emotion, darkness, feminine • Thinkers emphasized the distinction between the public and political roles of men and the private domain of women • Three obedience's: • Subordination to: father, husband, and son • Ban Zhao wrote that women were taught from birth were inferior and subordinate to men must be passive
answer
In what ways did the expression of Chinese patriarchy change over time, and why did it change?
Unlock the answer
question
• Athens placed increasing • Spartan women possessed limitations on women more freedom women from public life and warriors between 700 and 400 B.C.E. • Spartan fear of helot rebellion • Athens completely excluded placed an emphasis on male required that women be represented by a guardian in legals matters, not referred to by name in court proceedings • Land passed through male heirs • Restricted women to home • Womens importance was to create strong healthy sons • Encouraged to strengthen their bodies and participate in sporting events • Not secluded or segregated
answer
How did the patriarchies of Athens and Sparta differ from each other?
Unlock the answer