African Diaspora Quiz 1 | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version

1) What does Diaspora mean? - scattering or spreading worldwide globally 2) Diaspora people refers to who? - peoples who live outside of their original homeland 3) Name two places diaspora peoples maintain their connection to. - their country of origin and their adopted country 4) State one reason diaspora study has become much more important today. - crisis around the globe: wars, fragmentation of states/countries, and displacement of peoples 5) State one characteristic of diaspora groups. - They live in marginality in adopted societies 6) What is the meaning of the African diaspora? - The communities throughout the world that are descended from the historic movements of peoples from Africa 7) In studying African Diaspora History one has to begin with what and why? - African history because it is the place of origin and without it there would be no African Diaspora. 8) State one reason why it is complex and difficult to study African Diaspora history. - Africans have a long history of being sterotyped 9) Name two Muslim societies outside Africa that have discrete African communities. - Iran and Iraq 10) Name one service some of the enslaved Africans who settled in India performed. - They guarded concubines 11) What were the known names for Africans and descendants of Africans who settled in India? - Siddis Habishi12) What region of Africa did European slave dealer