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WorksheetsAFRAS 170A Final Quiz Game
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
Who is credited as the "father of Black Studies" and played a critical role in initiating the Black Studies movement at San Francisco State University?
Cornel West
Maulana Karenga
Nathan Hare
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The Million Man March was led by whom, and in what year?
Minister Elijah Muhammad, 1975
Minister Malcolm X, 1965
Minister Khalid Muhammad, 1995
Minister Louis Farrakhan, 1995
The Afro-American Studies department at Harvard University was officially approved in:
March 1968
April 1969
May 1971
June 1973
What is one of the major critiques Asante offers regarding education in African American communities?
Too much emphasis on European languages
Overfunding of public schools in Black neighborhoods
A curriculum that is culturally irrelevant and historically sanitized
Lack of interest in the humanities
Alain Locke’s *The New Negro* sought to:
Reject political literature
Promote empowered Black identity
Encourage migration to Africa
Criticize the Harlem Renaissance
What sparked the Monroe NAACP's practice of armed self-defense?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Klan violence and local inaction
Court ruling on integration
NAACP directive
What was Robert F. Williams accused of in 1961, prompting his exile?
Bombing a federal building
Tax evasion
Kidnapping a white couple
Practicing law illegally
The primary goal of the Republic of New Africa was to:
Desegregate public schools
Create a Black nation in the U.S. South
Gain congressional seats
Build a litigation network
Who was a founding leader of the RNA and shaped its government?
Charles Williams
Imari Obadele
Huey P. Newton
Amiri Baraka
According to Malcolm X, racial issues can best be solved through:
Black self-respect and independence
White liberal funding
Christian church reliance
Integration into white institutions
Malcolm X's pilgrimage to Mecca influenced him to:
Reject religion
Intensify racial rhetoric
Embrace universal brotherhood
Promote global isolation
What was Malcolm X's main critique of Christianity?
It promoted brotherhood
It was less popular
It supported white supremacy
It encouraged rebellion
What disproportionate impact did the Vietnam War have on Black soldiers?
Noncombat roles
Higher casualty rates
Draft exemptions
Promotion priority
Carter G. Woodson criticized Negro education because it:
Encouraged independence
Promoted racial critique
Was imitative of Eurocentric Cultural Education
Showcased cultural uniqueness
Woodson believed history’s true value was to:
Memorize facts as they are
Help us to understand present context
Uphold beliefs
Emulate past success
Which Black labor union was founded by A. Philip Randolph?
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Black United Front
Congress of Racial Equality
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
The Harlem Renaissance was fueled by:
Reconstruction
Civil Rights Movement
Great Migration
American Revolution
What did Du Bois advocate at the Pan-African Congress (1919)?
Economic investment
Military alliances
Colonial rule elimination
Racial political rights worldwide
Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial concert responded to:
Carnegie Hall ban
Rejection from Constitution Hall
Dismissal of Hubert Harrison
Tuskegee Airmen segregation
Who was a key Harlem Renaissance folklorist?
Richard Wright
James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
Zora Neale Hurston
The _______ Renaissance redefined African American identity through artistic, musical, and political innovation.
Harlem
Chicago
Paris
Harlemville
Which African American explorer was part of the first successful U.S. expedition to the North Pole?
A. Philip Randolph
Benjamin Singleton
Matthew Henson
Robert Smalls
Malcolm X’s view of race relations shifted after his _______ to Mecca.
pilgrimage
speech
arrest
debate
Carter G. Woodson emphasized that a meaningful curriculum for Black students must include _______ history and philosophy.
African
Asian
European
Latin American
The Million Woman March was held in _______ in 1997 and led by Phile Chionesu.
Philadelphia
Chicago
Atlanta
Los Angeles
25. The _______ Highway employed a significant number of Black soldiers and advanced military integration during WWII.
Alcan
Lincoln
Pacific
Liberty
Toni Morrison was a cultural figure in the social consciousness movement and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.
True
False
The Republic of New Africa demanded $400 billion in reparations from the U.S. government.
True
False
The First Pan-African Congress immediately resulted in colonial policy changes by European powers.
True
False
Charles Drew’s medical advancements on blood plasma were used to save his own life after an accident.
True
False
The Black Panthers and Nation of Islam both emphasized Black self-determination and defense.
True
False
What commodities were central to early African trade between the north and south?
Copper, spices, and silk
Salt, gold, and ivory
Iron, silver, and cotton
Wheat, barley, and oil
What incorrect belief did Europeans hold about African contributions to culture?
Africans only borrowed from other cultures.
Africans influenced European art.
Africans were the original creators of bronze work.
Africans were natural-born leaders.
What is the primary objective of African music according to Samuel A. Floyd?
To entertain and amuse
To translate everyday experiences into sound
To preserve political systems
To separate the spiritual and material realms
According to Mbiti (Floyd's chapter), what is the role of the "orisha" in Yoruba tradition?
They act as spiritual intermediaries between God and people.
They exist as ordinary spirits with no divine purpose.
They symbolize the separation of physical and spiritual realms.
They were primarily mythological figures in African-American tales.
True or False: African traditional spirituality distinguishes strictly between the sacred and the profane.
True
False
True or False: African myths and legends serve as metaphors for existence and the nature of being.
True
False
True or False: The first Africans in English North America arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619.
True
False
What was a common reason slave traders allowed captives to be redeemed?
They wanted to build alliances with African communities.
It was more profitable to accept ransoms.
They were pressured by European governments to reduce the trade.
It allowed them to ensure captives were sold quickly.
Who was the first casualty in the American Revolution, killed in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
Peter Salem
Gabriel Prosser
Samuel Cornish
In what year did Denmark Vesey plan a revolt in Charleston?
1800
1812
1822
1831
What practice among African American slaves symbolized their cultural and spiritual resilience?
The ring shout
The plantation mission
Catechism
The slaveholders' Bible study
True or False: The Haitian Revolution inspired African rebellions in the United States.
True
False
Fill in the Blank: The first Black newspaper in the United States, the Freedom’s Journal, was founded by John Russwurm and _______.
Samuel Cornish
Benjamin Banneker
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Which law mandated the return of escaped enslaved individuals?
Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Who led the rebellion in Southampton, Virginia, in 1831?
Nat Turner
Denmark Vesey
Gabriel Prosser
Stono
True or False: Gabriel Prosser's revolt involved over 2,000 Africans.
True
False
What was the significance of slave rebellions in the context of Pan-Africanism?
They solely sought to overthrow colonial governments.
They were early forms of resistance that connected African descendants through shared struggle.
They were isolated events without broader cultural significance.
They focused on adopting European revolutionary ideals.
Which African cultural element persisted strongly among enslaved populations?
Europeanized religious practices
African kinship and brotherhood consciousness
Complete assimilation into Western traditions
Systematic isolation from cultural roots
True or False: Slave rebellions were often dismissed as having no connection to broader revolutionary movements or ideologies.
True
False
True or False: Pan-Africanism began solely as a 20th-century political movement.
True
False
Which of the following best describes Richard B. Moore’s argument about African history?
African history has been widely recognized and preserved by Western historians.
There has been a deliberate attempt by Western Europeans to erase African history.
African history only became significant in the 20th century with the rise of Pan-Africanism.
What was one of the earliest and most influential Black regiment to be formed during the Civil War?
The 55th Massachusetts Regiment
The Buffalo Soldiers
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment
The Freedmen Fighters
Who was the leader of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
Frederick Douglass
Robert Gould Shaw
Crispus Attucks
Peter Salem
True or False: Frederick Douglass encouraged African Americans to join the Union Army.
True
False
True or False: The Black Seminole rebellion was one of the smallest revolts in U.S. history.
True
False
What answer aligns most with the primary goal of the African Civilization Society?
To repatriate all African Americans to Liberia
To evangelize and develop Africa while combating slavery
To establish African Americans as plantation owners in the U.S.
To promote intertribal trade in Africa
Which region and people were the focus of the African Civilization Society's settlement efforts?
The Mande of Liberia
The Mende of Sierra Leone
The Yoruba of Nigeria
The Asante of the Gold Coast
True or False: Henry Highland Garnet is known as the Father of Liberation Theology.
True
False
True or False: The African Civilization Society promoted cotton cultivation as a way to undermine the American slavery-based economy.
True
False
What was the name of Garnet's newspaper that ran weekly?
United States Clarion
Freedom Journal
The North Star
The Crisis
What best describes Harlem’s transformative impact on African American cultural identity and its challenge to global racial hierarchies?
The Harlem Renaissance was an exclusive literary movement that focused solely on written expression.
Harlem was a multifaceted hub of artistic, musical, and political innovation that redefined Black identity on a global scale.
Harlem was a center for commercial and economic ventures that prioritized profit over cultural expression.
Harlem was a region that promoted assimilation into dominant European cultural norms while downplaying African heritage
True or False: The concept of agency is a cornerstone of Afrocentric thought, emphasizing self-determined action.
True
False
True or False: European interpretations claimed nothing original occurred in Africa.
True
False
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was formed under the leadership of Governor ______ of Massachusetts.
John Andrew
William Lloyd Garrison
Thadeus Stevens
Steven Miller
The Haitian Revolution concluded in what year with the defeat of the French?
1797
1804
1777
1850
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in the early 20th century to address issues of racial inequality.
True
False
What did Booker T. Washington advocate for?
Immediate civil rights and direct political activism.
Gradualism and economic self-sufficiency
Abolition of slavery
Full suffrage for African Americans
What was a major migration movement of African Americans from the South to the Midwest and West in the late 19th century?
The Sharecropper Movement
The Underground Railroad
The Kansas Exodus
The Westward Expansion
Who was the leading advocate for industrial education for African Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
Marcus Garvey
