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Afrikan Math Afrikan Astronomy
1. Stonehenge is dated between 3100 -2200 BCE



10,000-7, 000 BCE
3,100 -2,200 BCE
2,200 - 1,000 BCE
1,000 -2000

2. Where is Stonehenge located



Afrika
Ancient Kemit
Germany
United Kingdom
Arabia

3. According to Thebe Medupe's Lecture, your ancestors came to Nabta Playa from Central Africa. What must this mean about the educational development and sophistication of Africans in the interior of Afrika circa by the 70th century BCE



Nothing
High intellectual development
The Chinese - Shang dynasty (18th to the 12th centuries BCE) were more advanced
They were foolish to come to a desert and die

4. Constellations are patterns of stars as seen by humans from different parts of the world throughout world history. The patterns suggest or form shapes that humans give names to. The Big Dipper is one example. According to Prof. Medupe, where the Greeks say "three stars" in Orion's belt, the Koi-san (so-called "bushmen") saw -

three zebras
three scorpios
an eclipse
a lion

5. Bro. Medupe suggested that the White invaders in South Africans educated and socialized Black South Afrikans to separate themselves from their history so that Afrikans students wouldn't aspire to greatness or believe they could do great things.



True
False

6. In the movie Cosmic Africa, Medupe and others decide to study which Afrikan Cultures/Areas



Afrikan
Koi-san, Dogon, Kemetian (Egyptian)
Central Afrikan, East Afrikan, West African
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mali

7. Highly developed ancient Afrikan societies depended on a highly developed agricultural system. A highly developed agricultural system depended on a highly developed astronomical knowledge base and system.



True
False

8. Thebe Medupe is part of a team to search for math, science and astonomy in the recovered manuscripts in Mali that were written by Afrikan mostly in Islamic script around 1583.



False
True

9. Benjamin Bannaker created an Almanac. Choose the year closest to when it was published.



1895
1895 BCE
1795
1795 BCE

10. What made Banneker's Almanacs innovative -- aside from the fact that they were produced by a black man in an age when African Americans were considered incapable of scientific, mathematical or literary accomplishment -- was the inclusion of commentaries, literature, and fillers that had a political and humanitarian purpose. In the 1793 edition, Banneker included his correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, in which he challenged Jefferson's ideas, put forth in "Notes on the State of Virginia," about the inferiority of "a race of Beings who have long labored under the abuse and censure of the world." He also included poetry by Phillis Wheatley and English anti-slavery poet William Cowper, as well as anti-slavery speeches and essays from England and America. This passage shows that Banneker was involved in social politicals affairs to help Africans become free of physical bondage.



False
True

11. The Nbata stones are believed to show both stellar and solar alignments. Solar alignments show -

the different points as the sun rotates around the earth.
the different points as the stars rotates around the earth.
none of the above
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