ES 255 Quiz 2

Which of the following was the first colonial power to develop a colonial sex policy?

England

In the case of Spanish colonialism, what group informed the conception of "savagery" that the Spanish brought with them to North America?

Muslims

How did the Contagious Disease Acts expand colonial power?

all of the above (by dictating who local prostitutes could, or could not, have sex with/by subjecting local women to compulsory medical examinations/by registering and tracking women) ...I think

Which of the following are considered to be part of an "intersectional" analysis?

all of the above (race/gender/sexuality)

According to Baldwin, from whom may we learn the meaning and expression of love?

all of the above (homosexuals/women/men/heterosexuals)

Which of the following terms is defined by "having both male and female behavioral characteristics."

androgyny

In the case of the British colonies in New England, what was a central factor in the breakdown of relations with the indigenous?

arable land

In the case of the British colonies in the south, what was the central factor in the breakdown of relations?

cash crops

Which of the following best captures what creolization names?

cultural creativity

What is the central foundation for the phenomenon creolization?

diversity

Which of the following is defined by the idea that heterosexuality is the universally correct and natural sexuality?

heterosexism

What was the fundamental purpose of colonial sex policy?

protecting soldiers

To which does the definition below best apply: "the historical process whereby specific characteristics and attributes are attached to specific races"

racialization

In the case of British colonialism, what group informed the conception of "savagery" that the British brought with them to North America?

the Irish

In terms of geography, which of the following best describes the area where Glissant argues creolization emerges?

the areas touched by the plantation system

According to Columbus' diary, which of the following body parts best describes the shape of the earth?

the breast

Which of the following disturbs the common held belief that there are only two naturally occurring genders?

the intersected

Which of the following was an objective of the "short-service system?"

to maintain racial purity

Ultimately, for Baldwin, which of the following fundamentally shapes the American conception of masculinity?

violence