African American Studies: Chapter 1 - Africa ca. 6000 BCE - ca. 1600 CE

Question 1

Which of the following transitions did ancient peoples make that first ushered in civilization?

Accepted Answer

Hunting and gathering to farming.

Question 2

According to the chart on the right, how is homo erectus different from homo habilus?

Accepted Answer

Homo erectus had a larger brain.

Question 3

Which of the following was Africa's earliest and most influential civilization?

Accepted Answer

Egypt

Question 4

A flat grassland, tropical or subtropical regions.

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Savannah

Question 5

Originating in an area or environment.

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Indigenous

Question 6

Where did archaeologists discover the birthplace of humanity about 5 to 10 million years ago?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 7

Masks and fetishes were used in West African _________.

Accepted Answer

religious rituals

Question 8

An advanced human that appeared in Africa 1.6 million years ago.

Accepted Answer

Homo Erectus

Question 9

Mansa Musa, a ruler of the Mali Empire in the fourteenth century,__________.

Accepted Answer

was one of the wealthiest rulers the world has known.

Question 10

In what region of Africa is Egypt, Kush, Meroe, and Axum located?

Accepted Answer

Northeast Africa

Question 11

The indigenous peoples of western North Africa.

Accepted Answer

Berbers

Question 12

Relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the female.

Accepted Answer

Matrilineal

Question 13

People in West African society live in _______, which tended to larger in the Savannah regions.

Accepted Answer

villages

Question 14

Relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the male.

Accepted Answer

Patrilineal

Question 15

The title given to Egypt's kings.

Accepted Answer

Pharoah

Question 16

What was the inhabitable climatic region of West African where early civilizations developed?

Accepted Answer

savannahs

Question 17

African Americans come primarily from which region in Africa?

Accepted Answer

West

Question 18

Which of Africa's earliest civilizations is called the "gift of the Nile?"

Accepted Answer

Egypt

Question 19

In a patrilineal society, rank and power__________.

Accepted Answer

pass through the male line

Question 20

Circa or around a certain time period.

Accepted Answer

Ca.

Question 21

In a matrilineal society, rank and power__________.

Accepted Answer

pass through the female line

Question 22

Which of the early West African civilizations was founded by the Soninke (Sah-neen-kah) people?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Ghana

Question 23

In general, _________________ dominated women in West African societies.

Accepted Answer

men

Question 24

Why did the kingdom of Benin eventually sell its own people into European slavery?

Accepted Answer

Its prosperity came to depend on the slave trade.

Question 25

Which of the following is the largest continent in the world?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 26

Traveling poets and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of W Africa.

Accepted Answer

Griots

Question 27

According to paleontologists, what distinguished homo habilis from earlier hominids?

Accepted Answer

They had larger brains.

Question 28

In West African culture, poetry became part of __________.

Accepted Answer

an oral culture expressed by griots and elites alike.

Question 29

When and where was Alex Haley able to trace his roots back to Africa?

Accepted Answer

The Gambia, 1750

Question 30

What is the best estimate of how many Africans arrived in America via Middle Passage?

Accepted Answer

9 to 12 million

Question 31

Before Common Era or the time period denoted to mark the years before the birth of Jesus.

Accepted Answer

BCE

Question 32

What were the two religious traditions in 15th century West Africa?

Accepted Answer

Islam and Indigenous (animism)

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT one of the early WEST African civilizations?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Egypt

Question 34

What part of the trade route brought Africans from their native continent to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Middle Passage

Question 35

What desert covers the northern third of Africa?

Accepted Answer

Sahara

Question 36

Who made himself and Mali famous when he made a pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca?

Accepted Answer

Emperor Mansa Musa

Question 37

Which of the following helped Ancient Ghana grow and develop the trans-Sahara trade routes?

Accepted Answer

Asian Camel

Question 38

How many years of African history exist between 5000 BCE and 3500 CE?

Accepted Answer

8500 Years

African American Studies: Chapter 1 - Africa ca. 6000 BCE - ca. 1600 CE

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African American Studies: Chapter 1 - Africa ca. 6000 BCE - ca. 1600 CE

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