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August 13, 2013

EX 1.2: The Beginning of Social Inequality

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Name:____________________________ Score:___________________________ Objective: SWBAT synthesize information from primary and secondary sources in order to explain occupational specialization and the creation of social and economic inequality in early civilizations 1. Which a. b. c. d. best describes the term patriarchy? A system of social organization in which A system of social organization in which A system of social organization in which A system of social organization in which men have power or control over women women have power over men the rich have power over the poor farmers have power over soldiers

2. Which of the I. II. III. a. b. c. d.

following best describe(s) social organization during the Paleolithic? Men and women were roughly equal Groups of people were roughly equal Some groups had more wealth than others

I only I and II I, II, and III II and III

3. Which of the following best describes the change in social organization that took place after the Neolithic Revolution? a. Women, because of their role in raising children, became the leaders of most societies b. Men and women maintained the relative equality that existed in the Paleolithic c. Specialized jobs led to systems where one group had power over others d. Some people became farmers, with higher status, while others remained hunter-gatherers

4. What is a term that refers to social systems with different levels of power? ___________________

August 13, 2013

EX 1.2: The Beginning of Social Inequality

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Read the following text and answer that question that follows:

Life at the end of the Neolithic Era included a phenomenon called by eminent anthropologist, Claude Levi-Strauss, the "Exchange of Women". This represented forms of trade where women were a commodity (a good to be bought and sold). It took several forms: 1. Negotiated marriage alliances between tribes or villages meant the forceful removal of women from their homelands. 2. Women offered by tribal chiefs to sleep with visiting men as a gesture of hospitality; 3. Women forced to participate in ritual rapes in festivals to insure prosperity.
Summarized from the text by Gerda Lerner, PhD, Title Omitted 5. What term could be used to describe the above social inequality? ____________________________ What evidence from the text supports your answer? _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

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