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35 Cards in this Set
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Where did humanity (hominids) first emerge?
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Where did Homo sapiens first arise?
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Africa
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When did human kind evolve?
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6 million years ago
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When did Homo sapiens evolve?
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200,000
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Which groups of African women possess the mitochondrial key to a genetic origin of our species? (Eve Hypothesis)
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Bushmen women
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Which group of African men holds the genetic key to an African origin of our species? (Adam Hypothesis)
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Mbunt Pygmies
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Exogamy
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marrying outside of the family
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Polygamy
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multiple wives
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Polyandry
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multiple husbands
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Homogamy
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marry someone in the same social status or group
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Endogamy
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marrying within the family
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Hypergamy
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marrying above your social class
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Hypogamy
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marrying below one's status
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Genitor
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biological father
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Mater
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socially recognized mother
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Pater
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socially recognized father
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Genetrix
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biological mother
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Which kingdom did Pianhki (piye) rule?
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Kush
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Who founded the Mali Empire?
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Sundiata Keita
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Who was the greatest ruler of Mali?
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Mansa Musa
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King Ezana conquered which African Kingdom?
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Aksum
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Which African culture allows men to marry the grandfather's sister (or his paternal great aunt)?
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Bunyoro
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What is the name of the largest African language family?
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Bantu languages
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What is the name of the smallest African language family?
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San, Khoihoi (click languages)
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How many black African or Sub-Saharan languages are there?
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15,000-18,000
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Which kinship system requires men to raise their sister's children, and pass inheritances down to a nephew?
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Patrilineal
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Which West Africa kingdom exceeded the size of Western Europe?
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Songhai
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Which African people sent knights to fight on the first crusades, and harbored the Arc of the Covenant?
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Axum
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How many people live in Africa?
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1 billion
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How many African nations exist?
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53
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What acquired the title, Caliph of Western Sudan?
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Askia Muhammad
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The Judeo-Christian concept of the Logos is preferred by which African king and theologian?
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King Shabaka
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Who did Herodotus say invented geometry, earliest medical text, first book on social justice and cursive writing?
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Egyptians
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When did the first Africans arrive in the new world?
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1492
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When did the first Africans arrive in the British Colonial America?
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1619
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