Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 2

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-class women, who were largely limited to the home and the management of servants or slaves. By contrast, the vast majority of women always had to be out in public, working in the fields, tending livestock, buying and selling in the streets, or serving in the homes of their social superiors.

  1. Question 2.36

    Evidence 1: The depiction of hierarchical society on the “peace side” of Source 2.2: The Standard of Ur.

    Evidence 1: The depiction of hierarchical society on the “peace side” of Source 2.2: The Standard of Ur.

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    B.

  2. Question 2.37

    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. . . .” — Source 2.1: The Law Code of Hammurabi

    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. . . .” — Source 2.1: The Law Code of Hammurabi

    A.
    B.

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.

  1. Question 2.38

    Evidence 1: Source 2.6: Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel

    Evidence 1: Source 2.6: Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel

    A.
    B.

  2. Question 2.39

    Evidence 2: Source 2.4: Menna Tomb Painting

    Evidence 2: Source 2.4: Menna Tomb Painting

    A.
    B.

  3. Question 2.40

    Evidence 3: Source 2.1 The Law Code of Hammurabi

    Evidence 3: Source 2.1 The Law Code of Hammurabi

    A.
    B.

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-dwellers, and to demand work on large public projects such as pyramids and fortifications.

  1. Question 2.41

    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.

    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.

    A.
    B.

  2. Question 2.42

    Evidence 2: Source 2.6: Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel

    Evidence 2: Source 2.6: Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel

    A.
    B.

  3. Question 2.43

    Evidence 3: “If anyone strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox-whip in public. . . .” — Source 2.1: The Law Code of Hammurabi

    Evidence 3: “If anyone strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox-whip in public. . . .” — Source 2.1: The Law Code of Hammurabi

    A.
    B.