History of Family Life
Impact of Europeans
Families in Other Cultures
Gender
Children
100
What was seen as a natural and desirable part of a relationship?
having children
100
Europeans traded alcohol for this...
Fur
100
They were happier when giving birth to a son because they could pass down their traditions, but the birth of a girl was uncelebrated.Were families happier giving birth to a son or a daughter? why?
They were happier when giving birth to a son because they could pass down their traditions, but the birth of a girl was uncelebrated.
100
In the 1990s, women were not valued for their __________ contribution to the family. (fill in the blank)
(Economic) contribution to the family.
100
In European families, who raised the children?
both parents, older siblings, other relatives and servants
200
What lifestyle did the family history in Canada begin with?
hunter-gatherer lifestyle
200
Did Europeans treat women and men equally?
No, European society was male-dominated.
200
At what age did children begin to learn about adult life?
After the age of four.
200
For the Toda Family, were men more important or women? Why?
Men were since women were usually married by adolescence.
200
Number of Canadian children placed for adoption has decreased in the past _____ decades. (fill in the blank)
(Two) decades
300
Where was having large families considered as the "NORM"?
Asia and Africa
300
European men started marrying Aboriginal women, what was the result of this?
Two cultures with different values were blending.
300
What was known as being "sacred" to men? (women were not allowed near it)
Buffalo's
300
Who was given the job of hunting in the forests?
Men and older boys
300
The Upper-class would send their children away until what period in their life?
Adulthood
400
In parts of Nepal, India and Tibet, a family consisted of a couple, their sons and a __________ wife. (fill in the blank)
a (communal) wife
400
Did the Europeans like the parenting style of Aboriginals? Why?
No, they did not because they felt children were given too much freedom (spoiled).
400
What does "polyandrous" mean?
When a wife has many husbands.
400
What type of work were girls given to do when they served as apprentices?
Household chores, they worked for another household until they were married.
400
From a modern perspective, many things done to the children in the past could be considered horrifying today. Give an example of one of these things.
Swaddling - when babies were wrapped in cloth tightly for extended periods of time or beating a child which is no longer acceptable.
500
Suanne Kelman discusses (3) great myths of the history of family life; what were they?
1. Households consisted of large extended families 2. The nuclear family is a form unique to the industrialized world 3. For most of history, family was just an economic unit
500
Europeans introduced these two things to the Aboriginals. What were they?
Diseases and Alcohol
500
When she was five months pregnant. When was a woman sent off to a mud hunt on the edge of the village?
When she was five months pregnant.
500
Many women were victims of a violent husband or father, if they acted in self-defense, what was their punishment?
They were tied in public and often put to death.
500
What was the main reason for couples not having children?
Rejection of a child-centered lifestyle.
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