AFRAS 170A Part One Exam Study Guide

AFRAS 170A Part One Exam Study Guide The exam has 50 questions. They will all be multiple choice, true or false and a few fill in the blank. The majority of the questions come directly from the textbook, a handful come from lectures and videos. ● What are some early forms of African resistance to slavery? ● How did African people use religion as a form of resistance to slavery? ● Can you explain Cedric Robinson’s idea of the creation of the negro? ● How did Black people come to define freedom differently than the framers of the US Constitution? ● What are some ways that Black people retained African culture in North America? ● Chapter 1 topics ○ Ancient Egypt ○ Kush and Nile River Civilizations ○ Early development in West Africa and the Western Sudanic Kingdoms ○ Origins of the Transaharan Trade ○ Early contact between Africa and Europe: pay special attention to Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands (Dutch) ○ Oyo Empire and the Kingdom of Benin ○ What was the structure of West African civilization? What were some important gender roles? ○ What were griots? ● Chapter 2 topics ○ Portugal and West Africa ○ Brazil and sugar plantations ○ Rise of English domination of the slave trade ○ Know about the middle passage, mortality rates, the seasoning process and other particularities ○ Who was John Newton? Why was his story important to the slave trade? ● Chapter 3 topics ○ Know about the indigenous communities of Mexico, Central America and Peru ○ What were some crucial factors of the indigenous communities within the current borders of the US? Know about the mound building civilizations. ○ Know about Spanish colonization ○ Know the purpose and intent of English settlement in Jamestown ○ Know about the role of tobacco in advancement of Virginia’s economy ○ The development of slavery in the American colonies ○ Know about the move from indentured servants to slavery ○ Anthony Johnson ○ Nathaniel Bacon and Bacon’s Rebellion ○ Links between the North American colonies and Barbados ○ Great Awakening and African American Christianity ○ Jupiter Hammon