Which of the Following Statements Accurately Compares Native American Gender

question 67

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately compares Native American gender relations in the Southwest to those in most other Native American societies?

• A) Because the Southwest had fewer opportunities for hunting, men there were the primary cultivators rather than women.
• B) Due to the climate, women in the Southwest had more opportunities to perform work outside the home than they did in any other region.
• C) Women in the Southwest tended to be tribal leaders, whereas other regions tended to do without the role of tribal leaders entirely.
• D) Because Native American communities in the Southwest never needed to construct homes, women there were legally considered unable to own dwellings.
• E) Because gift giving was frowned on in Native American societies in general and materials were scarce in the Southwest, men in the Southwest primarily worked as thieves.

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Definitions:

Maturation

The process of development in which an individual matures or reaches a full or advanced stage of physical and emotional growth.

Birth Cohort

A group of people who were born during the same period of one or several years and who are, therefore, all exposed to particular historical events at approximately the same age.

Fixed Ratio

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Variable Interval

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