1.1-1.4 APAAS Quiz

What is the Black Studies Movement?

The fight for college programs that focused on the history, culture, and politics of the Black community, and including the admission of more Black students and the hiring of more Black faculty

What are the Nok?

One of the earliest known African societies, emerging around 500 BCE, lived in present-day Nigeria snd is best known for their terracotta sculptures of people. These sculptures had unique hairstyles, jewelry, and tools

What are the Aksum?

Lived in modern-day Ethiopia in in West Africa around 100 BCE, was a trading empire because of its location by the Red Sea, and created its own currency and script

What are Bantu Peoples?

African-descended groups who speak Bantu languages: their culture is shaped by early Bantu societies who originated in West-Central Africa through the Bantu expansion

What are Nubia?

Lived in present-day Sudan around 3,000 BCE, the source of Egypt’s group and luxurious trade items. They defeated Egypt in about 750 BCE and created the 25th dynasty, known as Black Pharaohss

What are the Atlas Mountains?

A series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa that extends for more than 1,200 miles

What is the Sahara Desert?

The world’s largest hot desert, it takes up almost all of northern Africa

What is the Blue Nile River?

One of two rivers that join and form the Nile, its located in Northwestern Ethiopia and has a length of 907 miles

What is the Zambezi River?

The fourth largest river in Africa, located in South-Central Africa, and its 2,200 miles in length

What is the Orange River?

One of the largest rivers in Africa, it’s located in Southern Africa and has a length of 1,300 miles

What is the Kalahari Desert?

A large and semiarid sandy savanna in Southern Africa, it has an area of 360,000 square miles

What is the Savanna?

A wet and dry climate in West and East Africa, mainly made up of grass and scattered trees

What is Lake Victoria?

Largest lake in Africa, located in East Africa, its area is 26,828 square miles

What is the Congo River?

The second largest river in West-Central Africa has a length of 2,900 miles and is used for trade and transport

What is Cape of Good Hope?

A mound at the southern end of the Cape Peninsula, it was named after being a good omen that India could be reached by sea from Europe

What are Pharaohs?

A divine figure who was head of the state and was believed to help communication between gods and humans. Their power was passed down hereditary, and after death they were believed to become gods themselves

How many climates are in Africa?

5

What is the Tropical Rainforest?

Hot and wet all year

What is the Savanna?

Wet and dry seasons, scattered trees and grass

What is the Desert?

Hot, dry, little rain, inhabitable

What is the Semiarid (Sahel)?

Hot, little rain, desert edges

What is the Mediterranean?

Mild, wet winters, and hot and dry summers. Good conditions for agriculture

What are the seas in North Coast Africa?

Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea

What is the sea in the West Coast of Africa?

Atlantic Ocean

What is the sea in the East Coast of Africa?

Indian Ocean

What did populations emerge in the Sahel and Savanna grasslands of Africa?

Major water routes facilitated trade, fertile land, they connected trade between communities

What did they trade in the desert and semiarid?

They were often moving in search of food and water and some traded salt

What did they trade in the sahel?

Livestock

What did they trade in the savannas?

They grew grain crops, they didn’t trade

What did they trade in the tropical rainforests?

People grew trees and yams and traded gold

When did Egypt flourish?

3100 BCE – 332 BCE

What river was Egypt centered around?

The Nile

What writing systems did Egypt create?

Hieroglyphics, Hieratic, Tags

What famous buildings did Egypt create?

Pyramids (like the Great Pyramid of Giza)

What are two Egyptian inventions still used today?

24-hour day and 365-day year

When did Nubia exist?

4000 BCE – 350 BCE

What goods did Nubia trade?

Gold, ivory, ostrich feathers, leopard skins

Who established the 25th Dynasty of Black Pharaohs?

Piani

Who defeated the Romans in 23 CE?

Queen Amanirenas (one-eyed queen)

What writing system did Nubia create?

Meroitic script

When did Aksum exist?

100 BCE – 940 CE

Where was the Nok located?

Modern-day Nigeria

When did the Nok culture exist?

900 BCE – 200 CE

What are the Nok known for?

Terracotta sculptures and ironworking

What makes Nok sculptures special?

Depicted real illnesses, abstract art, and lasted over 2000 years, shows complex societies

What religion did Aksum adopt in 350 CE?

Christianity (under King Ezana), it wasn’t forced upon them

What was Aksum’s script called?

Ge’ez

What did Egypt trade?

Gold, grain, linen, papyrus, finished goods, luxurious trade items

When did egypt colonize the Kush?

Around 1500 BCE

Where did Bantu people orginate?

West-Central Africa in Cameroon and Nigeria

What are the different economies that the Bantu people used?

Animal husbandry, Pure agriculture, Mixed economy

What did Nubia Trade?

Gold and luxury item, like Ostrich feathers, leopard skins, ivory

What did Aksum trade?

Copper, bronze, gold, olive oil, wine, sliver, ivory, turtle shell, and rhino horn

When was the first black studies department a 4 year university established?

1968

When was the NCBS created?

1975, to expand the Black Studies movement