BLAS140A Questions and Answers | 2025/2026
According to Asa Hilliard, False
the ideology of racism was
created, and institutionalized
by poor and uneducated
whites who would stop
being racist when they
became educated.
A powerful and wealthy emperor of Mali, best known for a
Mansa Musa was:
pilgrimage he made to Mecca in 1324
The most valuable item of Gold
trade that Africans traded
with Europeans and Arabs
before the discovery of the
New World was:
,All of the statements below are E. Africans had no knowledge of trade before contact with Europeans
true of African trade, except:
A. Africans traded with
Europe and the Middle East
before European discovery
of America
B. Specific African groups
came to dominate
long-distance trade
C. Camels were used to trade
across the Sahara desert
D. Women were often
major players in domestic
trade
E. Africans had no
knowledge of trade
before contact with
Europeans
Political power passes through women - a king would be
In a matrilineal society:
succeeded by his sister's son, rather than his own.
Was known as a great religious and cultural center of
The West African city of
learning, especially inthe fileds of math, science, and
Timbuktu
medicine
Where was the first known Ghana
kingdom in the western
Sudan?
The family was the most True
important social unit in
ancient African societies
Africans played an important True
role in the rise and spread
of Islam
Which of the following D. Africans believed that private individuals must own land;
statements is false: consequently powerful landlords exploited the land-less
peasants in Africa
, A. The family was the core
(basic social unit) of West
African
B. Africans had secret
societies that were separated
by gender and responsible
for initiation ceremonies
and practices that were
often based on age
C. The most common
system of government in
ancient Africa was that of
Divine Kingship
D. Africans believed that
private individuals must own
land; consequently powerful
landlords exploited the land-
less peasants in Africa
E. The power and
wealth of the West
African empires of Ghana,
Mali, and Songhai stemmed,
in part, from the Gold trade.
The term seasoning was used to True
refer to the process of
"breaking in" slaves who were
recent arrivals from Africa. It
took place primarily in the
Caribbean Islands.
Portugal acquired Barbados False
under the 1494 Treaty de
Tordesillas
According to Asa Hilliard, False
the ideology of racism was
created, and institutionalized
by poor and uneducated
whites who would stop
being racist when they
became educated.
A powerful and wealthy emperor of Mali, best known for a
Mansa Musa was:
pilgrimage he made to Mecca in 1324
The most valuable item of Gold
trade that Africans traded
with Europeans and Arabs
before the discovery of the
New World was:
,All of the statements below are E. Africans had no knowledge of trade before contact with Europeans
true of African trade, except:
A. Africans traded with
Europe and the Middle East
before European discovery
of America
B. Specific African groups
came to dominate
long-distance trade
C. Camels were used to trade
across the Sahara desert
D. Women were often
major players in domestic
trade
E. Africans had no
knowledge of trade
before contact with
Europeans
Political power passes through women - a king would be
In a matrilineal society:
succeeded by his sister's son, rather than his own.
Was known as a great religious and cultural center of
The West African city of
learning, especially inthe fileds of math, science, and
Timbuktu
medicine
Where was the first known Ghana
kingdom in the western
Sudan?
The family was the most True
important social unit in
ancient African societies
Africans played an important True
role in the rise and spread
of Islam
Which of the following D. Africans believed that private individuals must own land;
statements is false: consequently powerful landlords exploited the land-less
peasants in Africa
, A. The family was the core
(basic social unit) of West
African
B. Africans had secret
societies that were separated
by gender and responsible
for initiation ceremonies
and practices that were
often based on age
C. The most common
system of government in
ancient Africa was that of
Divine Kingship
D. Africans believed that
private individuals must own
land; consequently powerful
landlords exploited the land-
less peasants in Africa
E. The power and
wealth of the West
African empires of Ghana,
Mali, and Songhai stemmed,
in part, from the Gold trade.
The term seasoning was used to True
refer to the process of
"breaking in" slaves who were
recent arrivals from Africa. It
took place primarily in the
Caribbean Islands.
Portugal acquired Barbados False
under the 1494 Treaty de
Tordesillas
