Instructions
This exercise asks you to assess the relationship between conclusions and evidence. Identify which of the following conclusions are supported by the specific piece of evidence. Click yes for those pieces of evidence that support the conclusion and no for those that do not.
Conclusion A
Gender often interacted with class to produce a more restricted but privileged life for upper-
Evidence 1: The depiction of hierarchical society on the “peace side” of Source 2.2: The Standard of Ur.
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Evidence 2: “If a “sister of a god” [an elite woman formally dedicated to the temple of a god] open a tavern, or enter a tavern to drink, then shall this woman be burned to death. . . .
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Conclusion B:
Frequently, the higher social classes were distinguished by the clothing they wore, the houses they lived in, and the manner of their burial.
Evidence 1: Source 2.6: Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel
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Evidence 2: Source 2.4: Menna Tomb Painting
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Evidence 3: Source 2.1 The Law Code of Hammurabi
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Conclusion C
The state, was more useful for some people than for others, for it also served to protect the privileges of the upper classes, to require farmers to give up a portion of their product to support city-
Evidence 1: From Source 2.5: The Book of Songs, Selection C: The Perspective of PeasantsMonster rats! O monster rats!Eat not our millet, we implore.Three years we’ve borne with you,And still our presence you ignore.Now we abandon you,And to yon pleasant lands repair.O pleasant lands! O pleasant lands!A refuge have we surely there.
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Evidence 2: Source 2.6: Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel
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Evidence 3: “If anyone strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox-
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