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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.
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Correct answers (four):
- They could go to court to handle legal matters.
- They were discouraged from going out in public.
- They lived in separate quarters for women, called harems.
- They were allowed to own property and businesses.
Explanation (brief): Elite Ottoman women practiced seclusion (harems, veiling) and had limited public freedom, but they retained Islamic legal rights — they could appear in court, own and inherit property, and engage in business.
- They could go to court to handle legal matters.
- They were discouraged from going out in public.
- They lived in separate quarters for women, called harems.
- They were allowed to own property and businesses.
Explanation (brief): Elite Ottoman women practiced seclusion (harems, veiling) and had limited public freedom, but they retained Islamic legal rights — they could appear in court, own and inherit property, and engage in business.
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