Midterms Pt. 1

Question 1

True or False: Africa is a country

Answer 1

False; Africa is not a country

Question 2

By early 20th century all of Africa was colonized except modern-day ________ and _________

Answer 2

Ethiopia

Liberia

Question 3

Colonization created many arbitrary ________

Answer 3

borders

Question 4

What is the world’s deadliest animal?

Answer 4

mosquitos

Question 5

What is the world’s deadliest war in the post-World War II era?

Answer 5

Second Congo War

Question 6

What is Nollywood?

Answer 6

Nigerian’s film industry

Question 7

True or False; Africa is the world’s oldest continent

Answer 7

False; Africa is the world’s youngest continent

Question 8

______ is a world lesader in twins

Answer 8

Benin

Question 9

the ___th richest man in the world lives in Africa

Answer 9

67th

Question 10

True or False: Africa has the world’s fishiest lake

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What are the 3 different ethnic groups in Africa prior to colonization and slavery?

Answer 11

1) Ashante
2) Twi
3) Igho

Question 12

What are the 3 periods of history in Africa?

Answer 12

1) Ancient (Middle Ages)
2) Renissance (1400-1800)
3) Berlin Conference of 1885

Question 13

What happened during 5AD?

Answer 13

citing of Africans as far North as Great Britain

Question 14

What happened during 1885?

Answer 14

The Berlin Conference

Question 15

What happened during the 1900s?

Answer 15

Colonization, primarily Portugese

Question 16

What was the first country to ban slavery?

Answer 16

Great Britain

Question 17

Who wrote the 1st slave narrative?

Answer 17

Equiano

Question 18

What was the importance of a slave narrative?

Answer 18

Gave Aboltionist’s perspective

Question 19

What was the importance of a slave narrative?

Answer 19

Gave Aboltionist’s perspective

Question 20

Which country is the first to revolt against colonization and slavery?

Answer 20

Haiti

Question 21

Which Amendment banned slavery? And what was the exception to this Amendment?

Answer 21

13th Amendment, except in cases where someone would be incarcerated for a crime

Question 22

The first state to end chattel slavery in their constitution was?

Answer 22

Vermont

Question 23

_______ ______ _________ was the Editor of the Liberator

Answer 23

William Lloyd Garrison

Question 24

Which African country was never colonized?

Answer 24

Ethiopia

Question 25

______ was the 1st African country to be establish as a Christian country

Answer 25

Ethiopia

Question 26

Who is known as the 1st Black Nationalist?

Answer 26

Martin Delaney

Question 27

What year was the KKK founded?

Answer 27

1865

Question 28

Which amendment governed the civil rights of African-Americans?

Answer 28

14th Amendment

Question 29

When was the 14th Amendment created?

Answer 29

1868

Question 30

What is the largest cash crop in the Carribean?

Answer 30

sugar

Question 31

What happened during the Ancient (Middle Ages) period in Africa?

Answer 31

Rise of Islam in Africa, via traders

Question 32

What happened during the Renissance (1400-1800) period in Africa?

Answer 32

• Drive to find resources
• Major traders, including Jews
• Portuguese 1st to methodically colonize Africa

Question 33

How did the Portuguese “discover” Africa?

Answer 33

They were trying to reach Asia

Question 34

The Portuguese discovered that the _______ and ______ were already in Africa.

Answer 34

Chinese

Arabs

Question 35

Which countries were involved in the Berlin Conference of 1885?

Answer 35

• Great Britain
• France
• Germany
• Belgium
• Turkey
• Russia
• Austria
• Netherlands
• and many more countries

Question 36

When was Liberia lost to colonization?

Answer 36

1897