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Quiz One Flashcards

1
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What is anthropology?

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Studies the origins of people

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2
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what is enthnography?

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Study of premature societies

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3
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What is sociology?

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Studies societies from the west

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4
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What is political science?

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Studies government and decision making was the last field that entered African studies

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5
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What are the three reasons ohaegbulam why Africa was excluded from African community?

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  1. Narrow European definitions of history, only recognized written records
  2. The influence of missionaries who didn’t like African culture
  3. Overall inability of Africans during the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism to shape their own destiny
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6
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What is dependency theory?

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Sociology and political sciences agreed on things

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7
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What is geography?

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Came along after African independence, wanted to examine resources and studies the land

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8
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What is linguistics?

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Languages, how things were set up, showed how they expanded, worked behind the scenes

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9
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What year did the African studies Association came about?

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1957

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10
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Who was the president of the African studies association?

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Melville Herskouitis

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11
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How many reps were in the African studies association?

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35 reps

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12
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Who split the association into 2?

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The black caucus

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13
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What was the second association called? And what year did it come about?

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It was called the African heritage studies association and it was in 1968

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14
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Who was the president of the African heritage studies association?

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John Henrik Clarke

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15
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What was the primary focus of African American studies?

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The experiences, the problems, and the prospects of people whose heritage where ever they may be, is African

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16
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What were the programs like?

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Only 300 left, are based on enrollment and funded by soft money

17
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What were the departments like?

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65 left, is the preferred one, they are funded by universities. Offers a major or minor.

18
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Who was the leading organization in 1975?

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National council for blacks studies

19
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What is afrocentricity?

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Sees the world from an African based world view, best way to understand African people is from there prospective, in its purist form describes Africa through Egypt as the source of civilizations

20
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What are the three types of afrocentrists people?

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  1. Continental afrocentrists- authentic black cultural values
  2. Social afrocentrists- to protect and promote the next interest of black people
  3. Afrocentric infusionists- stress African based ideas, concepts, values, and historical data
21
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What are the seven core areas of black studies?

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History, religion, sociology, politics, economics, creative production, psychology

22
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What were the soils like?

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Tropical, and used in farming

23
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What are the three characteristics of soil?

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  1. Lack humus- decaying vegetable matter
  2. High iron content- harden and compact
  3. Overall have a poor quality with a moisture stressed condition
24
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What did the food gatherers change too?

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food producers

25
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What was Egypt high in?

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Agriculture

26
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What was the chronology 3 periods of Egypt?

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Prehistoric, pre-dynastic, dynastic

27
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Who was Imhotep?

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The father of medicine

28
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How did Egypt make contributions to agriculture?

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By developing the practice of irrigation, developed the nilometer which measured and controlled water levels; and developed animal husbandry and domestication

29
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What fields did Egyptians develop?

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Physics, chemistry, zoology, geology, the science of mummification

30
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Who invented geometry? And pi

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Strabo and Herodotus

31
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Who had knowledge of astronomy? Came up with 12 months, the day into 24 hours, and gave us the 365 day calendar year

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Carlsberg 1 and Carlsberg 9 papyri

32
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What were the three writing systems the Egyptians come up with?

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Hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic

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