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1
The name of the only child out of ten that survived infancy, mom was Ekwefi
Ikemefuna
Nwoye
Ezinma
Hakuna mattata
2
By 1884, Europeans held control of almost everything besides
Siberia and China
Belgium and Germany
Ethiopia and Liberia
Russia and Africa
3
How much of Africa was controlled by the British and French alone by 1918?
40%
75%
100%
25%
4
Large areas of land in Africa meant that population was
extremely dense
small
not very dense
large
5
In 1884 who controlled Algeria?
Turkish
French
Portuguese
British
6
What was the most desirable destination for slave labor?
East Coast of NA
England
Carribean
Brazil
7
What is the name of Okonkwo's motherland?
Mbanta
Mbaino
Mbutu
Mantra
8
The idea of Africa began being promoted in the
16th Century
Mid 19th Century
Late 18th Century
21st Century
9
What country does the novel take place in?
Nigeria
Nicaragua
Ethiopia
Africa
10
What is Mecca known for?
Prince Sayyid's birthday?
seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean called Monsoons
The Hershey factory
Muhammads birthday
11
The Shona of Southern Africa built their state on ?
Gold trading
marble tombs
cattle
wheat
12
What is a pilgrimage to Mecca?
Mansa
Musa
Qur'ans
Hajj
13
The model for the first sugar plantation was built at/on
Gabon
Canary Islands
Sao Tomi
Madeira
14
Which way do the monsoon winds blow from November to March?
North East
North
South west
West
15
Rivers played an essential role in
which elephants they lived next to
what crops they planted
determining where humans lived
determining how they traveled
16
Why was sugar cane so dangerous to make?
Brazil wanted to be the only sugar cane producers
It was more costly to make than not to make
dangerous equipment for slaves to use
hot long hours
17
When did the Muslims invade Egypt?
600
640
650
620
18
The place where there were large quantities of salt from the Saharan Sea?
Soninke
Wangara
Tagnazo
Sijimasa
19
Who had the most interest in foreign colonies in Africa?
Angela merkel
Queen Elizabeth
Barack Obama
King Leopold 11
20
What is natural selection?
Those picked naturally to survive
Where you spawn in minecraft
When people devolve
When people evolve
21
What from Okonkwo's past has pushed him to succeed as an adult?
A father who doubted Okonkwo's masculinity
An absentee mother
A father who was effeminate
A mother who spoiled Okonkwo
22
What unifying symbol did African leaders Ofei Tutu and Anokye create?
Ardrah
Great Jajis
Golden Stool
Whydah
23
What could African slaves not serve as under African slaveowners?
Loyal Administrators
Military Leaders
Soldiers
Servants
24
What is an ogbanje
A changeling child
A masked spirit
A musical instrument
A type of yam soup
25
Who was the leader of the world's first communist government?
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Lenin
Ronald Robinson
Boris Yeltsin
26
What kind of influences did Hyksos bring to Egypt
Asian/American
Euruopean
American
Nubian
27
When did British Parliament abolish the Slave trade Act?
1808
1807
1810
1809
28
What does a palm tapper tap?
A tree, for wine
His hand, to keep the beat
The ground, for water
A shoulder, for advice
29
When was Christianity introduced into Egypt?
42 CE
45 CE
40 CE
35 CE
30
Why is Africa considered the mother continent?
Our oldest ancestors originated from there
It was the first known continent
Because yo motha came from it Jimbo
31
The name of the Persian shells used as money were?
Kowrie Shells
Kowry Shells
Cowy Shells
Cowrie Shells
32
How does Okonkwo die?
He dies of the swelling disease
He is poisoned by the commissioner
He is stabbed by Enouch
He hangs himself
33
What holy animal does Okonkwo's clan suspect the Christians have killed an eaten?
a python
a locust
a tortoise
a monkey
34
Chi is ?
an individual persons god
Spiced tea with milk
The medicine man of Okonkwo
an albino condition
35
Which European country was Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and Guniea-Bisseau colonies of?
Great Britain
Spain
Portugal
France
36
The majority of Africa was controlled by who after 1918
United States
Russia
British or French
Spain
37
What are outcasts required to do before they may join the church?
Shave their heads
Get mom tattooed on their face
Change their names
Pierce their tongues
38
What plant is molasses derived from?
Kassonke
Sorgham
Millet
Futanke
39
Indirect rule is associated with the
British
Russian
African
French
40
Why are the villagers happy when the locusts arrive?
They represent future happiness
Because their bodies can be made into glue
They taste good
They bring good luck
41
In AFrican religionm what happens to you after you die?
You go to heaven
You instantly come back to life a lizard
You live forever as a spirit.
You live in the after life until everyone you know has died
42
What is the name of the first missionary who comes to Umuofia?
Missionary Man
Mr.Brown
Reverend Smith
Mr. Jones
43
What were Africans called when they assimilated to French culture and values?
Peoples
Fraternite
Evolues
Egalite
44
What was one of the most important transaction between North Africans and West Africans?
ivory for salt
gold for ivory
gold for salt
salt for wheat
45
Why was Bamba important to African culture?
He agreed with British rule
He helped people fight back against colonization of Africa
He was exiled in Mauritania
found way for Africans tofollow Sufi order yet obey French
46
What was the first West African commerical empire?
Kano
Angola
Mali
Ghana
47
Where old slaves or new slaves the first to be sold?
old because they were least likely to rebel
new because they were least resistant and they worked hard
New, because they were less likely connection their owners
Old, because they can do more and have less experience
48
Who was forbidden to eat the most common items like fish or beans and could only eat bread?
Farmers
Priests
Upperclass
Lower class
49
What type of grass plant is used to make cereal is called?
musa
kossonko
fuctanka
millet
50
What were the French's colonial goals for Africa?
to learn to adapt to African culture
To be more successful than the Brits
Achieve French social/material goal hope Africans to join
To bring all African people into French society
51
Europeans put homo sapiens into races. What race was seen as a lesser race?
Caucasians
Latinos
Asians
Africans
52
Mansa Musa's predecessor was?
Mansa Se
Mansa Can
Mansa Wa
Mansa Kaw
53
What are coptics?
Christian scholars who studied the Chapel of the church
Another name for Egyptian Christians
African explorers who created the KaBah
Australian Candy
54
What is one way that Africans acquired slaves?
people were rude and unworthy
sold their relatives
they kidnapped each other
they volunteered so another family member would not be sold
55
What is the polite name for leprosy among the Igbo?
The swelling sickness
The white skin
The heathen state
The albino condition
56
When do the clan members share the koala nut?
When eating with koala bears
When gathering for social occasions
When preparing for child birth
When declaring . war
57
What is the symbolism of fire in the novel?
The intense and dangerous anger of Okonkwo
The heat of the African village
The fall and rise of the African culture
Masculinity
58
What small independent churches exist in large numbers across Africa
Muslim
Lutheran
Pigrim
Christian
59
What is a Spanish Muslim?
Quaker
Katsina
Moor
Ebong
60
Where did the Europeans live while gathering slaves near trading towns?
dhows
inns
slave ships
hulks
61
What was the first black African country to become independent?
Ghana
Nigeria
Angola
Libya
62
Who did Okonkwo defeat in the legendary wrestling match?
Isaac the Toad
Ogbuedi the Snake
Edwefi Ogbuedi the Rooster
Amalinze the Cat
63
What plant is cereal made from?
Millet
Hajj
Mansa
Mosque
64
When did the New Kingdom begin?
after 1500 BCE
after 2000 BCE
afte 1000 BCE
after 2500 BCE
65
How big is West Africa?
3.2 million square miles
32,000 blocks
Takes up all 7 seas
Bigger than Asia
66
What crop is king for the Igbo?
Cotton
Riding Crop
Cassava
Yam
67
The British commander who was beheaded in 1824 by the Asante was
Garnet Wolseley
Sir Charles McCarthy
Lat Joor Joop
Fredrick Lugard
68
What specific group is likely the source of ancestors of all humans?
Ghana
Lat joor Joop
San of Namibia
Olaudah equiano
69
What was discussed at the Berlin Conference
Who wants what parts of Africa
None of the above
Slaves, trade, how to divide up Africa.
How to invade Africa
70
About how many languages are spoken in Africa?
212
17
90
2000
71
Who was Senegal's first president?
Leonard Senegal
Okjaku Aguwenbaku
Leopold Senghor
Pomohqnennan Atutepekan
72
What is a dhow?
car
boat
bike
shovel
73
How many villages does Umuifia comprise?
seven
nine
four
one
74
What is the United Gold Coast Convention?
group representing African doctors @ European conferences
group representing African freedom movement @ UN conferences
group representing African lawyers with British colonial
group representing European parties @ African conferences
75
In the allegory of Tortoise, what do the birds give to the Tortoise?
Feathers
a headache
Bird seed
Water
76
Who took over rule of Egypt in 332 BCE
Batutta
Taureg of Sarah
The Hyksos
Alexander of Macedonia/
77
What does Okonkwo wish his first born, Enzima to be?
Prettier
A son
A donkey
A better cook
78
What are single humped camels?
Kaws
Dromedaries
Agades
Tanjier
79
What did European govt. do to increase security and generate taxable exports?
Distribute propaganda to promote colonial settlements
All of the above
Offer incentives to those who invest
Offered citizens cheap/free labor
80
Academics were strongly influenced by __________ until the early part of the 20th century
scientists
Social Darwinists
atheists
active members in society
