Deck 8: Africans

Question 1

What was the population of Africa estimated to be in 2013?​

A) one billion​
B) ​624 million
C) ​850 million
D) ​400 million
E) ​750 million

Answer 1

A

Question 2

One-dish meals, such as stews, were popular with the black slaves because they were easy to carry to the fields.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Even with an increase in socioeconomic status, chitterlings remain a popular food eaten by many urban blacks.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

As of 2013, how many African Americans live in the United States?​

A) 12 million​
B) ​18 million
C) ​25 million
D) ​39 million
E) ​45 million

Question 5

What religion in Ethiopia restricts the consumption of animal proteins?​

A) Eastern Orthodox​
B) ​Methodist
C) ​Protestant
D) ​Church of God in Christ
E) ​Hinduism

Question 6

In the early 1900s, when many blacks moved from the South to the northern urban areas, laws that established racial segregation resulted in ghettos.

Question 7

Nearly all Somalis are what religion?​

A) Muslim​
B) ​Hindu
C) Orthodox​
D) ​Voodoo
E) ​Catholic

Question 8

Nearly 45 million people, more than 12% of the population of the U.S., are African American.

Question 9

What year did slave importation to America end?​

A) 1690​
B) ​1720
C) ​1807
D) ​1902
E) ​1776

Question 10

The first black Christian church founded in the 1770s in South Carolina was what denomination?​

A) Baptist​
B) ​Catholic
C) ​Protestant
D) ​Methodist
E) ​Lutheran

Question 11

The importance of the extended family has been maintained among African Americans since tribal times.

Question 12

What amendment gave all blacks living in the United States their freedom?​

A) Tenth Amendment​
B) ​Thirteenth Amendment
C) ​Sixteenth Amendment
D) ​Nineteenth Amendment
E) ​Twenty-first Amendment

Question 13

In Africa, illness would never be viewed as being a punishment from God.

Question 14

In Africa today, ethnic affiliations have no bearing on destabilization among individual nations.

Question 15

Slavery was one of the factors that led to the Civil War.What year did the Civil War start?​

A) 1823​
B) ​1910
C) ​1861
D) ​1790
E) ​1800

Question 16

Local food availability and surplus determined the diet of slaves in America.

Question 17

In the history of Africans in the U.S., the legal enslavement period began in​

A) 1816.
B) ​1619.
C) ​1769.
D) ​1517.
E) ​1599.

Question 18

Gumbo is a vegetarian dish with greens and the liquid in which they cook.

Question 19

Recent immigrants from sub-Saharan regions of Africa are most likely to adhere to which faith?​

A) Hinduism​
B) ​Roman Catholic
C) ​Protestant
D) ​Islam
E) ​Santeria

Question 20

Voodoo is a spirituality that is both African and Caribbean in origin.

Question 21

A bag worn around the neck with powders, animal bones or teeth, stones, and/or herbs is called what in Africa?​

A) gris-gris​
B) ​mojo
C) ​root
D) ​hex
E) ​magic talisman

Question 22

What are meat strips dried and preserved over smoke in South Africa called?​

A) biltong​
B) ​bobotie
C) ​chutney
D) ​atjar
E) ​bredie

Question 23

What sort of natural prescription would an African healer use as a cure for the evil eye?​

A) bleeding​
B) ​garlic pills
C) ​hot breakfast
D) ​copper bracelet
E) ​cod liver oil

Question 24

Which of the following is not a staple food crop in Africa?​

A) cassava​
B) ​millet
C) ​peanuts
D) ​rye
E) ​plantains

Question 25

Ethiopian foods are frequently flavored with a hot spice mixture known as berbere.Which of these ingredients does it not contain?​

A) allspice​
B) ​cardamom
C) ​cayenne
D) ​oregano
E) ​coriander

Question 26

A peanut candy found in West Africa is called what?​

A) togbei​
B) ​kanya
C) ​gari
D) ​cassava
E) ​chin-chins

Question 27

What is the name of the condition that is caused by eating excessive amounts of rich foods, sweet foods, or red-colored foods?​

A) low blood​
B) ​red blood
C) ​bad blood
D) ​thin blood
E) ​high blood

Question 28

Traditionally, "thin blood" was believed to be unable to​

A) elevate blood sugar.
B) ​cool the body.
C) ​nourish the body.
D) ​cleanse the body.
E) ​move throughout the body.

Question 29

In West African food, some say texture is more important than taste.What is the preferred texture?

A) thin and sticky​
B) ​thick and sticky
C) ​opaque and sticky
D) ​thick and rough
E) ​moist and runny

Question 30

Mango seeds are known by what name in West Africa?​

A) agobono​
B) ​callaloo
C) ​fufu
D) ​ungulculata
E) ​cocoyam

Question 31

What percentage of African American families are headed by single women?​

A) 80%​
B) ​50%
C) ​42%
D) ​10%
E) ​68%

Question 32

What type of candies do some blacks believe are helpful in diabetes?​

A) butterscotch​
B) ​peppermint
C) ​cocoa
D) ​cinnamon
E) ​ginger

Question 33

What is one type of cow pea which is found in West Africa?​

A) black-eyed pea​
B) ​snap pea
C) ​sweet pea
D) ​green pea
E) ​chick pea

Question 34

One type of African healer that uses home remedies or charms to remove evil is a​

A) witchdoctor.
B) ​Igbo practitioner.
C) ​harmony balancer.
D) ​Trolldom practitioner.
E) ​root doctor.

Question 35

The cuisines of East Africa consist primarily of which type of fare?​

A) fried foods​
B) ​seafood
C) ​beef and legumes
D) ​vegetarian foods
E) ​pork and fruit

Question 36

The influence of traditional African healing practices is evident in the idea that ill health is due to​

A) interactions with non-Africans.
B) ​poor nutrition.
C) ​mental disorders.
D) ​bacteria.
E) ​bad luck.

Question 37

An African American healer would prescribe ingesting Vicks® VapoRub® for what ailment?​

A) cramps​
B) ​headache
C) ​malaria
D) ​cold
E) ​evil eye

Question 38

During the enslavement period, what were two foods that originated in Africa that were eaten by American black slaves in the South?​

A) greens and turkey​
B) ​greens and okra
C) ​okra and cow peas
D) ​cow peas and corn
E) ​corn and turkey

Question 39

Which ingredient replaced the use of African staple starches in the traditional black southern diet?​

A) corn​
B) ​rice
C) ​potatoes
D) ​pasta
E) ​couscous

Question 40

What is the term coined in the 1960s associated with fresh meats and vegetables made from scratch and thoroughly cooked?​

A) black food​
B) ​real food
C) ​heavy food
D) ​soul food
E) ​pone food

Question 41

What is the practice of eating nonnutritive substances such as clay, chalk, and laundry starch known as?​

A) fool​
B) ​pone
C) ​file
D) ​pica
E) ​kitta

Question 42

What African American holiday was created in 1966 to celebrate the unity of all people of African heritage?​

A) Juneteenth​
B) ​Sukuma wiki
C) ​Kwanzaa
D) ​Family Sunday
E) ​African New Year

Question 43

Matching
a.West African
b.Ethiopian
c.East African
d.South African
A very temperate climate that allows many fruits and vegetables to grow​

Question 44

Matching
a.West African
b.Ethiopian
c.East African
d.South African
An arid climate with mountainous plains and lowland valleys

Question 45

What blood disorder that results in anemia is prevalent among African Americans?​

A) syphilis​
B) ​sickle-cell disease
C) ​tuberculosis
D) ​dengue fever
E) ​leukemia

Question 46

Tea made from what shrub is thought to cure stomachache among black people?​

A) redroot​
B) ​yellowroot
C) ​blackroot
D) ​greenroot
E) ​marshmallow

Question 47

What type of food do African Americans typically identify as a traditional African American food?​

A) okra​
B) ​yams
C) ​chitterlings
D) ​pig's feet
E) ​greens

Question 48

Which marked dietary change occurred in Ethiopians who relocated to Israel?​

A) vegetable intake increased​
B) ​milk product intake increased
C) ​fast food intake decreased
D) ​soft drink intake decreased
E) ​fat intake increased

Question 49

What significant health problem for African Americans is a potent risk factor for coronary heart disease in blacks?​

A) hypertension​
B) ​diabetes
C) ​obesity
D) ​anemia
E) ​dyslipidemia

Question 50

On average, African American men living in high-risk inner-city neighborhoods live how many fewer years than Asian American women in general?​

A) 5​
B) ​9
C) ​16
D) ​21
E) ​29

Question 51

Among Sudanese immigrants in the U.S., blindness due to what condition is common?​

A) HIV infection​
B) ​hepatitis
C) ​malaria
D) ​trachoma
E) ​malnutrition

Question 52

What changes in lifestyle were seen when blacks moved from the rural south to the urban north in the 1900s?

Question 53

In Nigeria, what condition is believed to be an indication that the infant is male when it occurs during pregnancy?​

A) edema​
B) ​iron overload
C) ​diarrhea
D) ​dyslipidemia
E) ​pica

Question 54

Some African Americans believe that "worriation" results in what disease?​

A) syphilis​
B) ​asthma
C) ​hypertension
D) ​diabetes
E) ​anemia

Question 55

In reference to the practice of pica, which type of substance is usually ingested in urban areas?​

A) clay​
B) ​grass
C) ​laundry starch
D) ​ice
E) ​paint

Question 56

Consumption of what substance is common in many parts of Ethiopia and is associated with esophageal cancer?​

A) clay​
B) ​enset
C) ​starch
D) ​fool
E) ​anjeero

Question 57

The incidence of low-birthweight infants is 12.4% among African Americans.What is thought to be a likely cause?​

A) high prevalence of pre-pregnancy overweight​
B) ​large number of middle-age pregnancies
C) ​inadequate prenatal care
D) ​low fruit and vegetable intake
E) ​smoking cigarettes during pregnancy

Question 58

Matching
a.West African
b.Ethiopian
c.East African
d.South African
Climate and geography are suited for farming and ranching

Question 59

Matching
a.West African
b.Ethiopian
c.East African
d.South African
Dry savannah areas with pastoral tribes

Question 60

The celebration of Kwanzaa originated in​

A) West Africa.
B) ​South Africa.
C) ​Southern Louisiana.
D) ​Southern California.
E) ​Jamaica.

Question 61

Discuss the factors that significantly contribute to the disproportionately high incidence of diabetes mellitus among African Americans.

Question 62

Describe culturally specific attitudes of African Americans that may impact use of the biomedical system.

Question 63

Define pica and describe the nutritional problems it might cause.

Question 64

What different groups influenced the development of African American and traditional southern cuisine?​