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100
Which of the following lists the kingdoms of West Africa in correct chronological order?
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
100
How were most people in ancient times enslaved?
They were born to parents who were slaves.
They were captured in warfare.
They were sold into slavery on the basis of their race.
They agreed to work for someone else for a limited time.
They were captured in warfare.
100
This event and sailor became a symbol of the American Revolution after British soldiers fired into a crowd and killed five patriots
Boston Massacre & Crispus Attucks
100
African American who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory
York
200
A spoken record of past events passed down from generation to generation
oral history
200
What is manumission?
the act of freeing one’s slaves
200
founded the first antislavery societies in the United States.
The Quakers
200
They generally had more rights than free blacks in the South.
Slave sin the North.
300
The first ancestors of modern humans appeared in East Africa.
False
300
The scattering of Africans and their descendants throughout the Americas
African diaspora
300
Shortly after the acquisition of this territory, Congress prohibited slavery there
What is the Northwest Territory?
300
organized a slave rebellion near Richmond, Virginia in 1800
Who is Gabriel
400
Mali’s Mansa Musa is best remembered for his famous visit to Europe in the 1500s.
False
400
African slave who wrote of his enslavement, journey to the Americas, and life as a slave
Olaudah Equiano
400
By the late 1700s most slaves belonged to which religion?
Christianity
400
Revolt in South Carolina reportedly included more than 9,000 African Americans.
Who is Denmark Vesey?
500
What were the empires of West Africa best known for outside of the region? How did Mansa Musa contribute to this view?
The empires were known for their great wealth a nd luxury. Mansa Musa took a pilgrimage showing people how wealthy his kingdom was.
500
System of trade in which goods and slaves were exchanged between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
triangular trade
500
List one the following African Americans with his or her achievement. Benjamin Banneker, James Durham, Lucy Terry, Phillis Wheatley.
Benjamin Banneker—first African American doctor
James Durham—engineer, inventor, and writer
Lucy Terry—founder of the first school for African Americans in Boston
Phillis Wheatley—first African American poet to publish her works
500
evaded capture for more than six weeks before he was caught and executed.
Who is Nat