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What did Ancient Egyptians think about race and skin color?
The Egyptian name for Egypt, kemat or black land, refers to what aspect of Egyptian life?
a. Egypt’s fertile landb. Egyptian’s skin colorc. Egyptian militaryd. Color of the major god Osiris
What is the literal translation of the ancient Egyptian word for Nubian?
a. Blackb. Southernc. Barbariand. Bronzed
What sacred animals were depicted as white?
a. Crocodile, ibex (goat), elephantb. Lion, jackal, giraffec. Baboon, ox, hippopotamus
The Ancient Egyptian concept of race differs from the modern one, based on perceived physical differences
b/w groups, in which of the following ways?
a. Culture, not skin color, determined raceb. Egyptians had no concept of racec. Race was based on where a person was
born or came from
Modern Controversies:Were the Egyptians Black?
Eurocentrism & American Cultural War
VS.
Afrocentrism
Marcus Garvey Afrocentric Leader
“Every student of history… knows that the Negro once ruled the world, when white men were savages and barbarians living in caves…”