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Monday 13 May 2024 – Afternoon
GCSE (9–1) Classical Civilisation
J199/12 Women in the Ancient World
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
You must have:
* 1 3 6 8 8 4 7 6 2 2 *
• the Insert (inside this document)
* J 1 9 9 1 2 *
Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes.
Centre number Candidate number
First name(s)
Last name
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use
the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
• Answer questions 1–27 and either Question 28 or Question 29.
• Use the Insert to answer all the questions.
• Do not send the Insert for marking. Keep it in the centre or recycle it.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 90.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 20 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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Section A
Greece
Study Source A
1 Identify two features of the scene shown in Source A which suggest that women are behaving in
unexpected ways.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
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2 .......................................................................................................................................................
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[2]
2 The female figures in this frieze are Amazons. Why did the Amazons treat male and female
children differently? Give two reasons.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
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2 .......................................................................................................................................................
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[2]
3
(a) Give two ways that the daily life of an Amazon woman was different to that of a Greek woman.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
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2 .......................................................................................................................................................
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[2]
(b) Why did the Greeks feel that Amazon women posed a threat to their way of life?
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Study Source B
4 Give two requirements for participation in the Thesmophoria festival.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
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2 .......................................................................................................................................................
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[2]
5 How were animals important to the Thesmophoria festival? Give three ways.
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2 .......................................................................................................................................................
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3 .......................................................................................................................................................
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[3]
6 How did women in Athens participate in the worship of Dionysus as maenads? Give two ways.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
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2 .......................................................................................................................................................
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[2]
7
(a) Give two ways women participated in the Great Panathenaia.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
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2 .......................................................................................................................................................
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[2]
(b) Why was one of these roles important to the Athenians?
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Study Source C
8 What was the title given to an Athenian wife?
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9 Identify two of the areas of domestic life that Source C suggests are the responsibility of women.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
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2 .......................................................................................................................................................
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[2]
10 Why might it have been hard for women to rear infant children at home?
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11 How were Athenian women controlled by their husbands to ensure that they fulfilled the roles
suggested by Source C?
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..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
© OCR 2024
Monday 13 May 2024 – Afternoon
GCSE (9–1) Classical Civilisation
J199/12 Women in the Ancient World
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
You must have:
* 1 3 6 8 8 4 7 6 2 2 *
• the Insert (inside this document)
* J 1 9 9 1 2 *
Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes.
Centre number Candidate number
First name(s)
Last name
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use
the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
• Answer questions 1–27 and either Question 28 or Question 29.
• Use the Insert to answer all the questions.
• Do not send the Insert for marking. Keep it in the centre or recycle it.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 90.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 20 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2024 [603/0768/7] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (PQ) 335773/5 Turn over
, 2
Section A
Greece
Study Source A
1 Identify two features of the scene shown in Source A which suggest that women are behaving in
unexpected ways.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
[2]
2 The female figures in this frieze are Amazons. Why did the Amazons treat male and female
children differently? Give two reasons.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
[2]
3
(a) Give two ways that the daily life of an Amazon woman was different to that of a Greek woman.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
[2]
(b) Why did the Greeks feel that Amazon women posed a threat to their way of life?
..........................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
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Study Source B
4 Give two requirements for participation in the Thesmophoria festival.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
[2]
5 How were animals important to the Thesmophoria festival? Give three ways.
1 ........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
3 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
[3]
6 How did women in Athens participate in the worship of Dionysus as maenads? Give two ways.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
[2]
7
(a) Give two ways women participated in the Great Panathenaia.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
[2]
(b) Why was one of these roles important to the Athenians?
..........................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
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Study Source C
8 What was the title given to an Athenian wife?
..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
9 Identify two of the areas of domestic life that Source C suggests are the responsibility of women.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
[2]
10 Why might it have been hard for women to rear infant children at home?
..........................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
11 How were Athenian women controlled by their husbands to ensure that they fulfilled the roles
suggested by Source C?
..........................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
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