Lockdown Learning: African History Quizzes

Ramses II

I am woefully ignorant about African history, as evidenced by the fact that I struggled to answer any of the questions in these quizzes. For those of us who know little about African history, these quizzes leave us with no excuse.

African Trivia and Quizzes

Sample Quiz: Mutiny on the Bounties.  How did various African countries gain their independence from the European colonial powers?

Sample Question:

When the scramble for Africa took place in the late 19th century, one nation found itself split into five territories, controlled by France, Italy, Britain and one of its eastern African neighbours. On gaining independence, the British and Italian territories were re-combined and the new country adopted a five-pointed star on its flag to represent the five territories that it wished to bring back together. Which country failed in its attempts at reconciliation and slid into anarchy in the late 1990s?

• Somalia
• Mozambique
• Kenya
• Mauritania

This is an absolutely brilliant site. The answers to each question are very lengthy and detailed. This is a great way to learn African history. 

 

African History Trivia & Quizzes

This site lists a number of quizzes about African history and culture, focusing on different African regions and countries.  

Sample Quiz: African History & Ancient Kingdoms Quiz

Sample Question: Ramses II was known most for two qualities. Choose the two below. 

• Education support
• Monuments
• Peacetime
• Trade
• Military leader

Go here for loads more African history and Black history blogs.

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See also:  Lockdown Learning:  Black History Quizzes.

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Lockdown Learning: Black History Quizzes

Garrett Morgan

The covid-19 lockdown offers us a great opportunity to brush up on Black history.  And if your children are bored at home, you can complete these online quizzes with them.  They provide fun for the whole family.  

If you are serious about Black history, you will want to read my book Black Success Stories, in which I interviewed the late Len Garrison, founder of the Black Cultural Archives, and Jak Buela, creator of the Black history quiz game “Nubian Jak”

and author of Nubian Jak's Book of World Facts.  Garrison describes how he collected Black archive material and explains you can research your family history. “Nubian Jak” shares a huge range of factual information about Black people all over the world.

It's Black History Month Trivia!

This is an easy quiz, accessible for children and young people. It focuses primarily on U.S. Black history. 

And remember, every month is Black History Month.   

Sample question: Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?

1. Traffic light, gas mask
2. Traffic light,cars
3. Gas mask,stop sign

Women of Black History: Quiz

This is a slightly harder Black history quiz. This one also focuses primarily on African American (U.S.) history.

Sample question: She starred in an all-black version of the play, Hello Dolly!

• Pearl Bailey
• Leontyne Price
• Josephine Baker
• Isadora Duncan

Black History Trivia Questions & Answers Quiz

This one is slightly harder. Again, this quiz focuses primarily on African American (U.S.) history.

Sample question: What was the first American state to ban slavery?

Go here for my short film Harriet, a Choreopoem, which imagines a meeting between Harriet Tubman and Harriet Jacobs.

Go here for loads more Black history and African history blogs.

I am listing resources for the Coronavirus lockdown, including meditation, relaxation, music, financial abundance resources and more, here.

Tomorrow, I will post about online African history quizzes.