AP AFRAM Unit 1 | Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: __________ is combining two or more academic disciplines or fields of study to better understand a topic or problem.

• Interdisciplinary

• Monodisciplinary

• Unidirectional

• Isolated

Fill in the blank: __________ is Africa, considered the origin of modern humans due to fossil and genetic evidence.

• Birthplace of humanity

• Cradle of civilization

• Land of the pharaohs

• Home of the pyramids

Fill in the blank: __________ is the dispersion of people from their original homeland; in this context, the global spread of African-descended peoples.

• Diaspora

• Apartheid

• Colonization

• Emancipation

Fill in the blank: __________ is a mid-20th-century movement in the U.S. aiming to end racial segregation and secure equal rights for African Americans.

• Civil Rights Movement

• Industrial Revolution

• Manifest Destiny

• Gilded Age

Fill in the blank: __________ is a movement during the 1960s–70s emphasizing racial pride, self-determination, and resistance to oppression.

• Black Power Movement

• Harlem Renaissance

• Civil Rights Act

• New Deal

Fill in the blank: __________ is the forced movement of millions of Africans to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries via the Atlantic Ocean.

• Transatlantic slave trade

• Industrial Revolution

• Great Migration

• Silk Road

Fill in the blank: __________ are nationwide protests by Black students demanding Black Studies programs and greater representation in higher education.

• Black Campus Movement (1965–1972)

• Civil Rights Act (1964)

• March on Washington (1963)

• Freedom Summer (1964)

Fill in the blank: __________ are student organizations established to advocate for the needs, culture, and history of Black students on campuses.

• Black Student Union

• Latino Student Association

• Asian Cultural Club

• Environmental Awareness Group

Fill in the blank: __________ is a Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa; also refers to the culture along the Swahili Coast.

• Swahili

• Zulu

• Amharic

• Hausa

Fill in the blank: __________ is a situation that contradicts itself or defies logic but might reveal a deeper truth.

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Simile