African American Studies Quiz#1

What approach does African American Studies combine?

• An interdisciplinary approach

• A cultural approach

• A scientific approach

• A historical approach

African American Studies examines the history and contributions of people of African descent in which regions?

• Only in the United States

• Only in Africa

• In the United States and throughout the African diaspora

• Only in the Caribbean

Which of the following is NOT a focus of African American Studies?

• Major figures, empires, events

• Language, religion, traditions

• Art, literature, music

• Mathematics and engineering

Who founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915?

• Marcus Garvey

• Carter G. Woodson

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Frederick Douglass

What was one of Woodson’s goals in founding the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History?

• To establish a new political party

• To combat negative portrayals in history and media

• To promote African art

• To create a new language

How does African American Studies frame Africa in relation to African Americans?

• As a distant land

• As irrelevant

• As a place of origin only

• As central to their story

What major event in the 1950s helped desegregate graduate programs in universities?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Civil Rights Act

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

What was the aim of the Black Campus movement (1965–1972)?

• To end the Vietnam War

• To establish new universities

• To demand greater opportunities to study Black history

• To promote African music

Where was the first Black Student Union formed?

• Morehouse College

• Howard University

• University of California, Berkeley

• Harvard University

What is Africa considered in the context of African American Studies?

• A forgotten continent

• The birthplace of humanity

• A place of mystery

• A land of myths