AFA 2000 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
How should you contact the professor? - Answers Contact her via Canvas.
What should I do first if I have a general question that other students might be interested in, or might be
able to answer? - Answers Post it on the Q&A discussion board.
What should I do if I have a question about my quiz? - Answers Email my GA
What should I do if I have a question that is personal in nature? - Answers Contact the Professor (via
Canvas or come to office hours).
When considering racial difference,"phenotype" refers to: - Answers physical characteristics, especially
skin color
When considering racial difference,"lineage" refers to: - Answers "blood lines"
When considering racial difference, "culture" refers to: - Answers religious affiliation and/or dress
When considering racial difference, "biological" refers to" - Answers humans divided into subspecies
"African Diaspora" comes from the meaning of the: - Answers Jewish Diaspora
Which type of racism became the most developed idea of "otherness"? - Answers Biological
When was biological racism disproven? - Answers At the end of the 20th century
According to the film, Race: The Power of an Illusion, what important claim did Frederick Hoffman make
in his 1896 book Race, Traits, and Tendencies of the American Negro? - Answers Hoffman claimed that
African Americans were innately infirmed and would eventually become extinct.
According to the documentary Race: The Power of an Illusion, how was Adolf Hitler's plan to prove that
the Aryan race was at the top of nature's hierarchy shattered at the 1936 Olympics? - Answers African
American Jesse Owens won four gold medals.
According to the documentary Race: The Power of an Illusion, what impact did the "rise of the great
Negro athletes in the 1930s" have on scientists? - Answers They sought a biological reason for black
physical dominance.
According to the documentary Race: The Power of an Illusion, what remarkable discovery did Richard
Lewontin make? - Answers 85 percent of all the genetic variation among human beings is between any
two individuals within any local population.
When were Afro-American and Africana Studies programs founded in colleges and universities? -
Answers 1960s and 1970s
What has become the generic name for programs that focus on black history and culture? - Answers
Black Studies
, Why do some people prefer the term "Africana Studies"? - Answers It spans both North and South
America, the Caribbean, and the African continent.
Why did some white college administrators initially criticize black studies programs? - Answers They
claimed that programs would lower academic standards.
During what decade did administrators generally first become eager to improve the quality of their black
studies programs and departments? - Answers 1980s
When was USF's Africana Studies program founded? - Answers 1969
Which Florida University granted the first B.A. in African American Studies? - Answers USF
Why did USF's program change its name to "Africana Studies" in the 1990s? - Answers To reflect its
"Diasporan" focus
Who wrote The Mis-education of the Negro? - Answers Carter G. Woodson
What is the main argument of The Mis-education of the Negro? - Answers African Americans were being
culturally indoctrinated, rather than taught, in American schools.
In The Mis-education of the Negro, what does Woodson challenge readers to do? - Answers "Do for
themselves"
During what period did white scholars and institutions discover African Americans and African natives as
potentially worthy subjects of scholarship? - Answers World War II
In the 1950s, what did white scholars of African American studies often focused on what? - Answers The
"Negro problem"
Who was the first prominent white intellectual to declare that black culture in America was "not
pathological," but rather inherently African, and that it had to be viewed within that context? - Answers
Melville Herskovits
What two political movements impacted African and African American studies in the 1960s and 1970s? -
Answers Decolonization and the Civil Rights Movement
In 1968, where was the first American Black Studies program established? - Answers San Francisco State
University
What federal programs caused a rift between African American and African studies programs in the
1970s? - Answers Title VI Programs
By the 1980s how many colleges had established programs in Black studies, African American studies,
Afro-American studies, or Africana studies? - Answers 600
Which University has a Black studies program that is focused on Africology? - Answers Temple University
How should you contact the professor? - Answers Contact her via Canvas.
What should I do first if I have a general question that other students might be interested in, or might be
able to answer? - Answers Post it on the Q&A discussion board.
What should I do if I have a question about my quiz? - Answers Email my GA
What should I do if I have a question that is personal in nature? - Answers Contact the Professor (via
Canvas or come to office hours).
When considering racial difference,"phenotype" refers to: - Answers physical characteristics, especially
skin color
When considering racial difference,"lineage" refers to: - Answers "blood lines"
When considering racial difference, "culture" refers to: - Answers religious affiliation and/or dress
When considering racial difference, "biological" refers to" - Answers humans divided into subspecies
"African Diaspora" comes from the meaning of the: - Answers Jewish Diaspora
Which type of racism became the most developed idea of "otherness"? - Answers Biological
When was biological racism disproven? - Answers At the end of the 20th century
According to the film, Race: The Power of an Illusion, what important claim did Frederick Hoffman make
in his 1896 book Race, Traits, and Tendencies of the American Negro? - Answers Hoffman claimed that
African Americans were innately infirmed and would eventually become extinct.
According to the documentary Race: The Power of an Illusion, how was Adolf Hitler's plan to prove that
the Aryan race was at the top of nature's hierarchy shattered at the 1936 Olympics? - Answers African
American Jesse Owens won four gold medals.
According to the documentary Race: The Power of an Illusion, what impact did the "rise of the great
Negro athletes in the 1930s" have on scientists? - Answers They sought a biological reason for black
physical dominance.
According to the documentary Race: The Power of an Illusion, what remarkable discovery did Richard
Lewontin make? - Answers 85 percent of all the genetic variation among human beings is between any
two individuals within any local population.
When were Afro-American and Africana Studies programs founded in colleges and universities? -
Answers 1960s and 1970s
What has become the generic name for programs that focus on black history and culture? - Answers
Black Studies
, Why do some people prefer the term "Africana Studies"? - Answers It spans both North and South
America, the Caribbean, and the African continent.
Why did some white college administrators initially criticize black studies programs? - Answers They
claimed that programs would lower academic standards.
During what decade did administrators generally first become eager to improve the quality of their black
studies programs and departments? - Answers 1980s
When was USF's Africana Studies program founded? - Answers 1969
Which Florida University granted the first B.A. in African American Studies? - Answers USF
Why did USF's program change its name to "Africana Studies" in the 1990s? - Answers To reflect its
"Diasporan" focus
Who wrote The Mis-education of the Negro? - Answers Carter G. Woodson
What is the main argument of The Mis-education of the Negro? - Answers African Americans were being
culturally indoctrinated, rather than taught, in American schools.
In The Mis-education of the Negro, what does Woodson challenge readers to do? - Answers "Do for
themselves"
During what period did white scholars and institutions discover African Americans and African natives as
potentially worthy subjects of scholarship? - Answers World War II
In the 1950s, what did white scholars of African American studies often focused on what? - Answers The
"Negro problem"
Who was the first prominent white intellectual to declare that black culture in America was "not
pathological," but rather inherently African, and that it had to be viewed within that context? - Answers
Melville Herskovits
What two political movements impacted African and African American studies in the 1960s and 1970s? -
Answers Decolonization and the Civil Rights Movement
In 1968, where was the first American Black Studies program established? - Answers San Francisco State
University
What federal programs caused a rift between African American and African studies programs in the
1970s? - Answers Title VI Programs
By the 1980s how many colleges had established programs in Black studies, African American studies,
Afro-American studies, or Africana studies? - Answers 600
Which University has a Black studies program that is focused on Africology? - Answers Temple University
