Vocab
6.1 Economic and Political Progress
6.2 Diversification
6.3 Culture
6.4 STEM and Sci-fi
100

The process of arranging reproduction for human beings to promote "desirable" traits and eradicate others.

Eugenics

100

The development of the suburbs is tied to the great migration. As blacks moved into urban areas, this phenomena took place.

White Flight

100

This space has served as an institutional home to help develop and debate core values within black communities.

The Black Church

100

In response to segregated sports leagues, black men created independent organizations called..

Negro Leagues

100

This scientist was instrumental in developing methods in agriculture to support better farming practice.

George Washington Carver

200

A movement that remolds Black pasts in futuistic aesthetics to imagine an Afrocentric future.

Afrofuturism

200

This created many protections for people of color and other minority groups. It included things like the creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

200

A majority of Black people live in this region of the United States.

The South

200

Name an athlete who has had an effect on pushing racial barriers forward or protesting discrimination.

Answers may vary

200

This American legislation passed in 1990 helped to counter the process of sterilization. It was focused on making the public of the United States and its systems more accommodating to all people.

ADA - American's with Disabilities Act

300

The process of people migrating from rural areas to more densely populated zones

Urbanization

300

This prohibits local and state governments from enacting laws and procedures that create racial discrimination in voting

Voting Rights Act of 1965

300

The black population in the US is.... growing, staying the same, decreasing?

growing

300

This show was inspired by American Bandstand and helped open the general public up to black culture on television.

Soul Train

300

This woman is known as the mother of modern medicine. Her HeLa cells promote the continued research of vaccination and disease.

Henrietta Lacks

400

A Black woman facing workplace discrimination that cannot be clearly attributed to either racism or sexism alone best exemplifies....

Intersectionality

400

Promotes the growth of Black Political Power by supporting candidates on a national, state, and local level.

Congressional Black Caucus

400

A majority of black adults would identify as this religious denomination

Protestant

400

Name the 4 core elements of Hip-Hop culture. 100 points for each correct element.

DJing

MCing (rapping)

Break Dancing

Graffiti


Bonus Question: Where was hip hop created?

400

Black fashion, literature, architecture, cinema, music, and television are being formed by this cultural movement

Hint: the MET Gala this year is also inspired by this

Afrofuturism

500

A dialect that is regional or based in specific cultures

Vernacular

500

Describe the contributing factors that lead to the creation of generational wealth.

Answers may vary; 

homeownership, higher education, ect.

500

Describe ways the African American population has become more diverse since 2000.

Answers will vary; Interracial relationships, Afro-carribean immigration, African migration 

500

Define the importance of protest songs in black culture and give an example.

Points awarded by teacher.

500

Describe the connection between Afrofuturism and Black Studies

Answers will vary; points determined by teacher