ANCIENT EGYPT & KUSH
This river made Ancient Egypt possible.
What is the Nile River?
Who is the Founder of Mali Empire?
What is Sundiata Keita?
This forced transoceanic journey was the central middle leg of a triangular trade system that transported enslaved Africans to the Americas under brutal overcrowded conditions.
What is the Middle Passage?
This modern West African state, formerly known as the Gold Coast, became the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence in 1957.
Which member of this class chose to do a skit about their passion for music?
What is Leah?
In ancient Egyptian ideology, the king was considered this living manifestation that unified divine authority with earthly rule.
What is Pharaoh?
During a famous trans-Saharan journey in the early 14th century, this ruler’s distribution of gold in Mamluk-controlled Egypt was so extensive that contemporary observers linked it to a long-term decline in gold’s regional value.
What is Mansa Musa?
This late-18th-century uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue led to the abolition of slavery there and the creation of a sovereign Black republic in 1804.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This 1896 military confrontation in the Ethiopian highlands ended a European attempt to establish a protectorate and became one of the most significant Indigenous victories over a colonial army in Africa.
What is Battle of Adwa?
Which member of class did a Griot on their Four Eyes?
What is Tia Yana?
This capital city of Kush became a massive center for iron production and features dozens of distinct, steep-sided pyramids.
What is Meroë?
This Islamic scholar’s travel narrative includes detailed observations of Mali’s justice system, military organization, and the ceremonial wealth of its emperor.
What is Ibn Battuta?
This ideological framework justified European overseas expansion by framing non-European societies as “uncivilized” and in need of political and cultural domination.
What is colonialism?
This 19th-century Ashanti sacred regalia object is believed to contain the spiritual essence of the nation and was the central symbol of legitimacy for all kings.
What is the Golden Stool?
Which member of class did their Ted Talk on Gentrification and The Double Replacement Phenomenon?
What is Jerlai?
This Nubian kingdom, centered in what is now Sudan, developed a writing system influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphs but later evolved into a distinct script used in royal and religious inscriptions.
What is Kingdom of Kush?
This long-distance trade system linking West Africa with North Africa and the Middle East enabled the spread of Islam into Mali and facilitated the exchange of gold, salt, and manuscripts.
What is Trans-Saharan trade?
This 1685 French colonial decree defined the legal status of enslaved Africans in the Caribbean, regulating religion, punishment, and manumission under Catholic doctrine.
What is Code Noir?
This political leader rejected colonial systems, and promoted African-centered historical identity after Ghana's independence in 1957.
What is Kwame Nkrumah?
Which member of class did their TED TALK on Mekatilili Wa Menza?
What is Kayla?
This Egyptian god, associated with kingship and the afterlife, was mythologically killed by his brother Set and restored to life through the magic of Isis, becoming ruler of the underworld.
What is Osiris?
This river formed the economic backbone of the Mali Empire, enabling agriculture, trade, and the rise of major cities like Niani and Timbuktu along its floodplain.
What is the Niger River?
This major 18th-century rebellion began in the parish of St. Mary and spread through multiple plantations, posing one of the most serious threats to British colonial control in Jamaica before emancipation.
What is the Tacky Revolt?
What is the Anglo-Ashanti Wars?
Which member of the class did their Museum Artifact on Kanem-Bornu?
What is Ray?