Unit 1: Origins of the African Diaspora
African American Studies · Unit 1 · Paper 3

Origins of the African Diaspora unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 33 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 1, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 30 min 27 points0/17 attempted
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Swahili Coast city-states

2

Indian Ocean trade network

3

Portuguese arrival in West Africa (1440s)

4

Islam in West Africa

5

Partus sequitur ventrem (Virginia, 1662)

6

Women's authority in African societies

7

Songhai Empire (c. 1464–1591)

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Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (Job ben Solomon)

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Olaudah Equiano

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Aksum

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Griot

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Africa's geographic diversity

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Ghana Empire (c. 300–1200)

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Racialization of slavery

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Shipboard revolt

3 pts

Free response

3 pts

SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION 3: No Stimulus (3 points).

A. Describe a cultural or artistic contribution made by one of the ancient African societies.

B. Describe an effect trade had on ancient West African empires such as Ghana, Mali, or Songhai.

C. Explain how a contribution made by one of the ancient West African societies can be connected to a tradition, practice, or development in the nineteenth, twentieth, or twenty-first centuries.