Friday, November 14, 2008

The Final Exam

The Post Test (Created by Brother Larry Brayboy)

1. Q: Who was Drusilla Dunjee Houston and what was her contribution to the foundation of "Negro History Week"?

2. Q: What is W.E.B. DuBois' most famous writing?

3. Q: What inspired Arturo Schomburg to begin studying Black History?

4.Q: What were Carter G. Woodson's three major contributions to Black History?

5. Q: What scholar has dedicated his studies, specifically, to documenting the global presence of Africans on every continent?

6.Q: The 1st documented physician and multi-genius was?

7.Q: The first documented civilization of The Americas was?

8.Q: The death toll of Africans from the trans-Saharan and East African Islamic slave trade may be upwards of how many people?

9.Q: 84,000 Moorish manuscripts were ordered to be destroyed by?

10.Q: The tragedy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade is often referred to as?

11.Q: Two of the primary crops grown during slavery were?A: Cotton, Tobacco

12. Q. The voluntary trading of 4 to 7 years of service to another was called?

13.Q. Maroon communities in the western territories were originated how?

14. Q. She founded the Harriet Tubman Association to better the conditions of black women as well as the Reparations Committee of Descendants of United States Slaves..

15. Q. America's first Black and first Female millionaire was?

16.Q. Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori was the royal West African enslaved and known as who?

17.Q. Early adherents of al-Islam fled where for safety?

18. Q. The Black Man who was the first "Muezzin" was called?

19.Q. 46% of enslaved Africans were sent where?

20.Q. What were the 3 major groups of Africans brought to the West?

21.Q. Two Africans religions preserved in Central and South America and the Caribbean are?

22.Q. The first documented enslaved African to be brought to Mexico was?

23.Q. This famous African-influenced martial art was made an official national sport? In what country?

24. Q. It was during this historical occurence that black Indians faced leaving home with their native brethren into forced exile or staying behind to live in slavery.

25. Q. The Black Jews of South Africa are called?

26. Q. The covert form of message carrying and communication amongst Africans in America, later influenced this type of music?

27. Q. Name any 5 significant Black inventions.

28. Q. A Black trader and settler founded what popular city?

29. Q. Martial Arts was first conceived with what style?

30. Q. The birthplace and the mecca of The Blues, are?


QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BELOW:



1. Q: Who was Drusilla Dunjee Houston and what was her contribution to the foundation of "Negro History Week"?
A: The ancient information that supported it's foundation. "Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire."

2. Q: What is W.E.B. DuBois' most famous writing?
A: Souls of Black Folks


3. Q: What inspired Arturo Schomburg to begin studying Black History?
A: during grade school one of his teachers claimed that blacks had no history, heroes or accomplishments


4.Q: What were Carter G. Woodson's three major contributions to Black History?
A: The Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, in 1915; The Journal of Negro History; and Negro History Week, in 1926.


5. Q: What scholar has dedicated his studies, specifically, to documenting the global presence of Africans on every continent?
A: Runoko Rashidi


6.Q: The 1st documented physician and multi-genius was?
A: Imhotep


7.Q: The first documented civilization of The Americas was?
A: The Olmecs

8.Q: The death toll of Africans from the trans-Saharan and East African Islamic slave trade may be upwards of how many people?
A: 140 Million


9.Q: 84,000 Moorish manuscripts were ordered to be destroyed by?
A: Cardinal Ximenes


10.Q: The tragedy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade is often referred to as?
A: The Maa'fa


11.Q: Two of the primary crops grown during slavery were?
A: Cotton, Tobacco


12. Q. The voluntary trading of 4 to 7 years of service to another was called?
A. Indentured Servitude


13.Q. Maroon communities in the western territories were originated how?
A. Africans who migrated west and joined with natives.


14. Q. She founded the Harriet Tubman Association to better the conditions of black women as well as the Reparations Committee of Descendants of United States Slaves..
A. Audley "Queen Mother" Moore


15. Q. America's first Black and first Female millionaire was?
A. Madam C.J. Walker


16.Q. Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori was the royal West African enslaved and known as who?A. "Prince"


17.Q. Early adherents of al-Islam fled where for safety?
A. Ethiopia


18. Q. The Black Man who was the first "Muezzin" was called?
A. Bilal


19.Q. 46% of enslaved Africans were sent where?
A. Brazil


20.Q. What were the 3 major groups of Africans brought to the West?
A. There are three major groups: the Yoruba, Akan, and the Bantu.


21.Q. Two Africans religions preserved in Central and South America and the Caribbean are?
A. Any of the following: Candomblé, Abakuá, Santería, Lucumi and Vodou


22.Q. The first documented enslaved African to be brought to Mexico was?
A. The first African slave brought to Mexico is said to be one Juan Cortés, a slave who accompanied the conquistador Hernán Cortés in 1519


23.Q. This famous African-influenced martial art was made an official national sport? In what country?
A. Capoeira. Brazil.


24. Q. It was during this historical occurence that black Indians faced leaving home with their native brethren into forced exile or staying behind to live in slavery.
A. The Trail of Tears


25. Q. The Black Jews of South Africa are called?
A. The Lemba people


26. Q. The covert form of message carrying and communication amongst Africans in America, later influenced this type of music?
A. Gospel


27. Q. Name any 5 significant Black inventions.
A. Clock, Fountain Pen, Stop Light, Almanac, Peanut products, Ice cream maker, refrigerator, folding table, fold-up bed, fire extinguisher, railroad signals, etc.


28. Q. A Black trader and settler founded what popular city?
A. Chicago


29. Q. Martial Arts was first conceived with what style?
A. Nuba Wrestling


30. Q. The birthplace and the mecca of The Blues, are?
A. Born in the Mississippi Delta. Chicago, its Mecca

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