Unit 1
Which of the following languages came into existence after 1000 CE as the direct result of trade between Bantu and Arabic speakers on Africa’s eastern coast?
a. Chinese
b. Latin
c. Swahili
d. Sanskrit
c. Swahili
Nearly half of those taken from Africa were composed of captives from which contemporary African regions?
a. Senegambia, Angola
b. Gold Coast, Mozambique
c. Congo Basin, Sierra Leone
d. Ivory Coast, Madagascar
What is a. Senegambia, Angola?
Which of the following facts demonstrates the impact of HBCUs on the professional lives of African Americans?
a. A Different World, a spin-off of The Cosby Show, premiered in 1987. A Different World centered on a group of students at a fictional HBCU, Hillman College.
b. While HBCUs comprise 3% of America’s colleges and universities, 40% of Black members of Congress and 80% of Black judges are among their graduates.
c. HBCUs were primarily focused on training Black students for careers in agriculture and manual labor, rather than higher education or professional fields.
d. HBCUs were responsible for the majority of all Black graduates with doctoral degrees in the United States during the early 20th century.
What is b. While HBCUs comprise 3% of America’s colleges and universities, 40% of Black members of Congress and 80% of Black judges are among their graduates.?
This Negritude thinker made the statement: "My turn to state an equation: colonization = 'thingification'"
Who is Aime Cesaire?
This 2025 film made history by securing 16 Academy Award nominations--the most for any film ever.
What is Sinners?
Which of the following early African societies became the first African society to adopt Christianity as their religion?
a. Aksumite Empire
b. Mali
c. Egypt
d. Great Zimbabwe
What is a. the Aksumite Empire?
Which of the following was NOT in the top five enslaving nations involved in the transatlantic slave trade?
a. Portugal
b. Great Britain
c. France
d. Germany
What is D. Germany?
During the New Negro Movement, the innovations in music, art and literature served as counternarratives to prevailing racial stereotypes exacerbated by media such as…
a. Gone with the Wind
b. The Birth of a Nation
c. The Great Migration
d. The Harlem Globe-Trotters
What is b. The Birth of a Nation?
This Harlem Renaissance poet and author also had influence in the Negritude and Negrismo movements.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This rapper became the first hip-hop artists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
Africans who blended indigenous spiritual practices with Christianity and Islam brought their _______________ religious and cultural practices from Africa to the Americas.
a. cultural
b. cosmopolitan
c. syncretic
d. theocratic
What is c. syncretic?
Which of the following is an example of a musical practice that stems from gang system slave labor?
a. Work songs with syncopated rhythms to keep the pace of work.
b. Spiritual hymns focused on individual reflection and quiet meditation during solitary work.
c. Lullabies sung in the evenings to provide comfort and foster connection among families after the workday.
d. Instrumental performances using European-style melodies played on stringed instruments during leisure time
What is a. Work songs with syncopated rhythms to keep the pace of work?
After the election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877, some states decided to rewrite their state constitutions to legalize segregation during the Jim Crow Era. What type of segregation best describes these efforts?
a. De jure segregation
b. De facto segregation
What is a. De jure segregation?
Which renowned American boxer established a relationship with Cuba as a means for African Americans to escape Jim Crow discrimination and segregation?
Who is Joe Louis?
This fashion brand founded by Virgil Abloh blended streetwear and luxury fashion?
What is Off-White?
Which African kingdom resisted Portuguese influence for over 30 years under Queen Njinga?
a. Kongo
b. Zimbabwe
c. Ndongo/Angola
d. Ghana
What is the congada in Brazilian culture?
a. A type of religious ceremony
b. A martial art combining music and singing
c. A celebration of the King of Kongo and Our Lady of the Rosary
d. A form of storytelling through gestures
What is c. a celebration of the King of Kong and Our Lady of the Rosary?
Of the more than 140,000 Afro-Caribbean immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1899 and 1937, where did the majority settle?
a. Florida and New York
b. South Carolina and Lousiana
c. Florida and Chicago
d. New York and Philadelphia
What is a. Florida and New York?
What was the name of the first African American pilots to serve in the United States military?
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
This 2017 film directed by Jordan Peele uses horror and satire to critique liberal racism and cultural exploitation.
What is "Get Out?"
Trade cities in Swahili Coast traded raw materials in exchange for finished goods with other countries around the...
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Indian Ocean
c. Mediterranean Sea
d. Atlas Mountains
b. Indian Ocean
a. To gain access to French trade networks
b. To gain recognition as a sovereign republic
c. To prevent a French military invasion
d. to end the slave trade
What is b. to gain recognition as a sovereign republic?
What was the name of Marcus Garvey's steamship company dedicated to repatriating African Americans to Africa?
a. Black to Africa
b. Africa for the Africans
c. Black Star Line
d. The Universal Negro Improvement Association
What is c. the Black Star Line?
This federal program was designed to be race neutral following the Second World War to gesture gratitude toward veterans, however it fell subject to Jim Crow discriminatory practices and its benefits were dispersed unevenly.
What is the GI Bill of 1944?
This Afrofuturist author wrote the influential science fiction novel Kindred, which explores time travel and the legacy of slavery.
Who is Octavia Butler?