Systems of Power — Quiz

Question 1

What has White supremacy historically been used to justify?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

segregation

Question 2

How did the ideology of Manifest Destiny further establish colonial attitudes?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It justified expansion as a divine right.

Question 3

What is one way that early laws in the United States restricted women’s rights?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Women could not own property.

Question 4

How have colonizers historically justified their actions?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by promoting beliefs of racial and cultural superiority

Question 5

What is patriarchy?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

a social organization that rewards men with a disproportionately large share of power

Question 6

How did the institution of slavery in the United States classify enslaved people?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

as property

Question 7

What is capitalism?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

an economic system based on private ownership of the factors of production

Question 8

How do dominant colonial cultures suppress Indigenous cultures?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by forcing assimilation

Question 9

How is patriarchy still evident in the United States today?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Women earn less than men for comparable roles.

Question 10

How does patriarchy marginalize women, and queer and nonbinary individuals?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by excluding their views from key decision-making processes

Systems of Power — Quiz Answers