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1.10 & 1.11 AP African American Studies Unit 1 Quiz

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1.10  Kinship and Political Leadership
1.10 Lecture Video

Question 1

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1. How did kinship function as a political strategy in early West African societies?

As a method of excluding neighboring communities

As a purely familial connection with no political significance

Through marriage alliances that created potential political connections between villages

By establishing permanent military coalitions

Question 2

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2. In matrinal societies like the Ashanti Kingdom, what unique role did women play in political succession?

Women were completely excluded from political decision-making

Women determined inheritance and succession through the mother's line

Women could only serve as advisers to male leaders

Women were the sole rulers of the kingdom

Question 3

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3. What was a key characteristic of stateless societies in West Africa, such as the Igbo people?

They were organized into autonomous villages with no centralized authority

They were completely isolated from each other

They were ruled exclusively by foreign powers

They were centrally governed by a single monarch

Question 4

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4. How did Queen Idia of Benon contribute to her son's succession to the throne?

She orchestrated her son's succession when he was not next in line

She married her son to a rival royal family

She refused to support her son's claim

She passively accepted the traditional line of succession

Question 5

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5. What diplomatic strategy did Queen Nzinga employ with the Portuguese?

Converting to Christianity and using it as a diplomatic tool

Complete military confrontation without negotiation

Ignoring Portuguese presence entirely

Immediate surrender to Portuguese demands

Queen Nzinga

Question 6

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6 Compare the political and military leadership of Queen Idia of Benin and Queen Njinga of Ndongo-Matamba.

1.11 Global Africans: Early European and African Interactions
1.11 Lecture Video

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7. How did slavery in West African kingdoms differ from the transatlantic slave trade?

Slaves could be integrated and potentially gain freedom

Slaves were based on racial categories

Slaves were exclusively used for agricultural labor

Slavery was permanent and hereditary

Question 8

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8. What made the Atlantic islands of São and Cape Verde strategically important for Portuguese exploration?

Abundant mineral resources

Uninhabited fertile land for plantations

Proximity to European trade routes

Large indigenous populations

Question 9

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9. How did African Elites contribute to European-African interactions?

They engaged in diplomatic missions and cultural exchanges

They only worked as manual laborers

They were prohibited from traveling to Europe

They exclusively served as slaves

Question 10

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10. What was unique about the early Portuguese plantation system on Atlantic islands?

It was primarily focused on grain production

It did not involve sugar cultivation

It became a model for capitalist agricultural production

It used fewer than 100 enslaved workers

Question 11

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11. By 1500, approximately how many enslaved Africans had been removed from their homeland?

10,000

25,000

100,000

50,000

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