WorksheetsWhat is African American Studies?
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 32mins
What is the main focus of African American Studies as described in the lecture?
It is an interdisciplinary field that covers history, literature, art, culture, languages, religion, and contributions of African Americans.
It is solely focused on the economic achievements of African Americans.
It only examines the political movements led by African Americans.
It is limited to the study of African American music and dance.
African American Studies is not just a history class.
True
False
What is the term used for people who left the African continent primarily through the transatlantic slave trade?
African diaspora
Pan-Africanism
Apartheid
Colonial settlers
Which of the following are included in the study of African American history?
A) Major figures, empires, and events
B) Only recent events
C) Only literature
D) Only music
African American Studies explores the religion and traditions of African Americans as well as their contributions to art, literature, and music.
True
False
Who was one of the main figures of the Harlem Renaissance mentioned in the passage?
Claude McKay
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Mark Twain
Claude McKay was born in ______ so he could be considered Caribbean-American or African-American.
Jamaica
Haiti
Barbados
Trinidad
The poem by Claude McKay talks about the fate of which group of people?
African-Americans
Native Americans
Asian-Americans
European immigrants
Who founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History?
Carter G. Woodson
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
Who is credited with the creation of Black History Week, which later expanded into Black History Month?
Carter G. Woodson
Martin Luther King Jr.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. Du Bois was famous for being the first black man to earn a PhD from which university?
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
W.E.B. Du Bois continued to advocate for civil rights for African-Americans through his life.
True
False
Fill in the blank: In the early 1900s, he was one of the co-founders of the ______ that is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
NAACP
UNESCO
NRA
WHO
Fill in the blank: The NAACP stands for the National Association for the ______ of Colored People.
Advancement
Association
Alliance
Assistance
Fill in the blank: He wrote extensively about black history, African history, and their place and contributions to ______ history.
world
European
ancient
modern
Fill in the blank: By the mid 20th century, colleges began to offer ______ studies or African-American studies as a major.
black
Asian
European
Latino
Fill in the blank: African-American studies as a major tries to understand contemporary black Freedom struggles and place them in the context of all the ______ African-Americans have endured.
history
music
languages
festivals
Fill in the blank: Woodson through the early 1900s was the editor of the Journal of Negro History and the Negro History Bulletin, combating negative portrayals in history in the ______.
media
schools
churches
government
Fill in the blank: There are close ties to Africa in this course because it examines the development of ideas about Africa's history, framing Africa as a central to the story of ______-Americans.
African
Asian
European
Latin
Fill in the blank: The early 1900s had Europe as a principal actor and only mentioned Africa as a ______ cast.
supporting
leading
primary
central
Fill in the blank: Sometimes, even portraying Africa as an ______.
ahistorical
utopian
technological
mythical
Fill in the blank: Place African-American studies puts Africa at the ______ of the discipline.
center
edge
margin
periphery
Fill in the blank: The course will examine the continent's ongoing relationship with communities of the African ______.
diaspora
savannah
empire
rainforest
Fill in the blank: The transatlantic slave trade continues to hold a place in the lives and minds of _________
African-Americans
Europeans
Asians
Australians
Fill in the blank: Embrace their transnational Homeland and _______ sometimes claiming African roots.
lineage
heritage
culture
tradition
Fill in the blank: The aim of the Civil Rights Movement was to dismantle the segregation system of ________ which put black and white students in different schooling systems.
Jim Crow
Apartheid
Feudalism
Caste
Fill in the blank: The Black Power movement promoted black pride, self-determination, and ________.
empowerment
segregation
assimilation
discrimination
Fill in the blank: The first case Sweat v. Painter in 1950 was about access to the ________.
University
Library
Courtroom
Hospital
Who was the main plaintiff who argued that admission to the University of Texas law school should be allowed?
Heman Sweatt
Linda Brown
James Meredith
Oliver Brown
What doctrine was established under Plessy v. Ferguson?
Separate but equal doctrine
Judicial review doctrine
Clear and present danger doctrine
Miranda rights doctrine
Which Supreme Court case completely overturned the separate but equal doctrine?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The Brown v. Board of Education decision desegregated all public education.
True
False
Which universities are mentioned as having significant resistance to black students enrolling in the 1960s?
University of Mississippi and University of Alabama
Harvard University and Yale University
Stanford University and MIT
Princeton University and Columbia University
Who famously stood in front of the door of the main building at the University of Alabama to keep a black student from enrolling?
Governor George Wallace
President John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr.
Senator Strom Thurmond
Who was the black student that Governor George Wallace tried to prevent from enrolling at the University of Alabama?
James Meredith
Thurgood Marshall
Medgar Evers
Rosa Parks
The resistance to desegregation in the 1960s led to the creation of more African-American studies programs in higher learning institutions.
True
False
From 1965 to 1972, the black campus movement saw hundreds of thousands of black students along with ______, Asian, and white allies leading protests across over a thousand universities and colleges. Fill in the blank.
Latino
Native American
Pacific Islander
Arab
What was one of the most notable outcomes of the black campus movement in higher education?
The establishment of black studies departments, with San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University) being the first to create such a department.
The elimination of all standardized testing requirements for college admissions.
The creation of mandatory military training programs at universities.
The introduction of tuition-free education for all students.
The black campus movement led to the hiring of more black faculty and staff, resulting in significant changes in higher education.
True
False
The black campus movement led to the expansion of curricula to include which of the following?
African-American History Literature
European History
Asian History
None of the above
San Francisco State College was the first to create a black studies department following a ______-month long student strike in 1968. Fill in the blank.
5
3
7
9
The black campus movement also inspired similar efforts among other minority groups, leading to the creation of which studies programs?
Native American studies and Asian-American studies programs.
European studies and Latin studies programs.
Business studies and Engineering studies programs.
Medical studies and Law studies programs.
Cultural centers, advising programs, and scholarships were created to help black students succeed academically on the black campus.
True
False
The first black student union was established at ______. Fill in the blank.
San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University)
Harvard University
University of Alabama
Howard University
In 1965, which university marked a significant step in the black campus movement that was instrumental in transforming higher education?
San Francisco State University
Harvard University
University of Alabama
Yale University
What is the third learning objective of African-American studies as mentioned in the passage?
To explain how African-American studies enriches the study of early Africa and its relationship to communities of the African diaspora.
To describe the economic impact of African-American music on global markets.
To analyze the influence of African-American cuisine on European traditions.
To summarize the contributions of African-American athletes to Olympic history.
According to the passage, what is the birthplace of all humanity as stated by paleontologists?
Africa
Asia
Europe
Australia
What is the name of the earliest known ancestor of Homo sapiens found in Ethiopia in 1974?
Lucy
Ardi
Toumai
Laetoli
What major ancient civilization is mentioned in the passage for its architectural feats that are still around today?
The Egyptians
The Romans
The Greeks
The Mayans
Fill in the blank: The ___ Empires were among the richest in the world and were centers of learning where scholars sought new knowledge.
Ghana, Mali, and Sanai
Roman, Greek, and Persian
Ottoman, Mughal, and British
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
The course will examine the development of arts, architecture, technology, politics, religion, and music in early African societies.
True
False
Fill in the blank: The medieval empires of ___ are examples of flourishing civilizations in West Africa.
Ghana, Mali, Sanai, Great Zimbabwe, Congo
Rome, Greece, Egypt, Persia, Babylon
China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand
Aztec, Inca, Maya, Olmec, Toltec
One goal of the course is to dispel misconceptions about Africa, such as the idea that Africa is an ahistorical place where technological innovations did not originate.
True
False
Fill in the blank: Recent research has shown that Africa is a ______ continent with complex societies throughout history that have made enduring contributions to humanity.
diverse
isolated
monotonous
primitive
Timbuktu in the old Songhai Empire was the center of knowledge with the most ________ and libraries in the world.
universities
palaces
markets
temples
African societies were globally connected through ________ before the onset of the transatlantic slave trade.
trade
warfare
colonization
isolation
Empires in East Africa that gained wealth from overseas trade conducted between the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Arabian Peninsula, and India were known as ________.
empires in East Africa
nomadic tribes
European colonies
desert kingdoms
Major African figures like Mansa Musa are known for making their ________ or pilgrimage to Mecca in the Middle Ages because of all the gold that he was dispensing along the way.
Hajj
Jihad
Safari
Exodus
African-American studies is an interdisciplinary course that examines the history, culture, and contributions of the African diaspora.
True
False
African-American studies started as an effort to preserve black history and dispel negative portrayals of black people in places in history.
True
False
Main figures you should remember in African-American studies are Carter G. Woodson and W.E.B. Du Bois.
True
False
History is central to African-American studies and the diaspora experiences a transnational attachment to Africa.
True
False
Black studies programs were adapted by colleges and universities as a result of the Civil Rights and black campus movements.
True
False
African-American studies embraces Africa's rich history from ancient civilizations to its latest contributions.
True
False
