Vocabulary
History
Geography/Maps
Myths Debunked
Wild Card
100
What is the title given to a ruler of an empire?
Emperor
100
In this year the Berlin Conference started.
1884
100
Name the three continents associated with the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Europe, Africa, and North America (Americas can be accepted)
100
the statement, "the African continent has 9 biomes", debunks what myth?
Geography Myth
100
What is the name of the protagonist in the novel, "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe?
Okonkwo
200
To break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny.
Revolt
200
This Western European country is responsible for the start of enslaving West Africans and the Atlantic Slave Trade as early as the 1300s.
Portugal
200
This map is a result of what?
Western European Colonization and Imperialism in Africa
200
the statement, "African societies have been at the forefront of trade and technological advancement both anciently and modernly", helps to debunk what myth?
Myth of Lack of Progress
200
Who is the #1 pick me girl of Western European Colonizers?
Leopold II of Belgium
300
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Colonialism
300
This African Empire was the only one to survive 19th and 20th century Western European Colonization/Imperialism?
Ethiopia, Aksum
300
The Dutch East India Country colonized and named this peninsula, one of the farthest Southern points on the African continent.
Cape of Good Hope
300
the statement, "Africa is the cradle of humanity, and has been home to many great modern and ancient empires" debunks what myth?
Myth of Lack of History
300
"Things Fall Apart" takes place in what year?
1890
400
A polity enforcing its will upon a smaller, weaker polity.
Imperialism
400
According to Louis C. Frania, "_________ is a symptom of Capitalism".
Imperialism
400
Geographically speaking, the most Africans to be enslaved [by Western Europeans] came from this location.
West Africa
400
This image helps to debunk what myth?
Myth of Continuity
400
Ms. Zink is the youngest of how many siblings?
6
500
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
Capitalism
500
The phrase describing Western European Colonization/Imperialism of Africa in the 19th century and is problematic due to multiple implications and ultimately white supremacist viewpoint.
"Scramble for Africa"
500
The act of naming modern post-colonial, decolonizing African states/countries in honor of heritage and culture is a form of this.
Resistance and/or Defiance
500
the statement, "Western Europeans Colonizers created the concept of race in order justify enslaving African labor by constructing a new social hierarchy, one that reinforces power dynamics (colonizer/colonized) and hierarchies (racism) and is still felt today", helps to debunk what myth?
Myth of Primitive/Exotic
500
What is Ms. Zink allergic to?
Dairy and Eggs