Question 15 • MS-Grade 7 Early World History: Pre-Historic Era to Enlightenment
Which statements describe how women in the ruling class lived in the Ottoman Empire? Choose four correct answers.They could go to court to handle legal matters.They were discouraged from going out in public.They had no legal rights in the empire.They lived in separate quarters for women, called harems.They were allowed to own property and businesses.They had the freedom to go wherever they pleased.
Answer
A
They could go to court to handle legal matters.
B
They were discouraged from going out in public.
C
They had no legal rights in the empire.
D
They lived in separate quarters for women, called harems.
E
They were allowed to own property and businesses.
F
They had the freedom to go wherever they pleased.
Explanation
Women in the Ottoman ruling class could use courts to resolve legal matters and were allowed to own property and businesses. They were often discouraged from appearing in public and lived in separate household quarters called harems. So they had legal rights, and they did not have unlimited freedom to go wherever they pleased.
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