Title: Chapter 03: Africa
Course: An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents

Q: Which of the following countries was first to have Christianity introduced?
- Congo
- Egypt
- Nigeria
- South Africa
A: Egypt

Q: In postcolonial Africa, Pentecostalism has
- grown rapidly in popularity
- decreased its emphasis on deliverance from demonic oppression
- decreased its emphasis on prosperity
- had almost no contact with non-African preachers
A: grown rapidly in popularity

Q: In 1994, a genocide took place in the African nation of
- Benin
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Zambia
A: Rwanda

Q: What African city was the site for the World Council of Churches meeting in 1999?
- Capetown, South Africa
- Harare, Zimbabwe
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Accra, Ghana
A: Harare, Zimbabwe

Q: Millions of people have been killed in recent civil wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The citizens of the DRC are
- mostly (95%) Muslim
- about half Christian and half Muslim
- about half Christian and half follow Traditional African Religion
- mostly (95%) Christian
A: mostly (95%) Christian

Q: Westerners are sometimes described by the acronym:
- TIRED
- DIRTY
- PROUD
- WEIRD
A: WEIRD

Q: The African word ubuntu is roughly equivalent to the English word
- interconnected
- joyful
- separated
- successful
A: interconnected

Q: Who headed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa?
- Desmond Tutu
- Nelson Mandela
- Mobutu Seso Seko
- Paul Kagame
A: Desmond Tutu

Q: Who played a major role in ending the Liberian civil war instigated by Charles Taylor?
- Paul Kagame
- the Catholic churches
- the women of Liberia
- the local Muslim imams
A: the women of Liberia

Q: Which of the following is not used in Global Gospel as a theological expression of ubuntu?
- God as maker of all creation
- communion with the ancestors
- the healing power of natural remedies
- reconciliation
A: the healing power of natural remedies

Q: Currently, the religious geography of Africa can be described as
- an eastern half that is predominantly Muslim and a western half that is predominantly Christian
- a northern half that is predominantly Muslim and a southern half that is predominantly Christian
- a continent of countries all with roughly equal populations of Muslims and Christians
- a continent that is mostly Muslim in the north, mostly African traditional in the middle, and mostly Christian in the south
A: a northern half that is predominantly Muslim and a southern half that is predominantly Christian

Q: Which of these early Christians leaders did not live in Africa?
- Athanasius
- Augustine
- Boethius
- Origen
A: Boethius

Q: In comparison to other continents, Africa as a whole
- is an incredibly religious place
- has people with little interest in attending religious meetings
- is a place where polygamy is acceptable
- is more tolerant of homosexual behavior
A: is an incredibly religious place

Q: Muhammad died in 632, and after his death Islam began to spread across northern Africa. By what year had the entire north coast of Africa been conquered by the armies of Islam?
- 650
- 700
- 800
- 1000
A: 700

Q: In 1400, Christians were present in only two regions of Africa, which were:
- Egypt and Ethiopia
- Algeria and Morocco
- Congo and South Africa
- Nigeria and Ghana
A: Egypt and Ethiopia

Q: Missionaries from which European country arrived in the Congo in the late 1400s and converted King Afonso I?
- Britain
- France
- Belgium
- Portugal
A: Portugal

Q: Who was Samuel Crowther?
- a cruel nineteenth-century headmaster of schools affiliated with the Nigerian church
- the Afrikaner who led the Great Trek in South Africa
- an enslaved African who eventually became an Anglican bishop
- the businessman who headed the Dutch East India Company
A: an enslaved African who eventually became an Anglican bishop

Q: William Wade Harris, the Liberian evangelist of the early twentieth century, told his followers to
- build Harris Temples along the coast
- wait for the arrival of other Christians who would help establish churches
- kill any missionaries who entered Liberian territory
- pray and fast every third day
A: wait for the arrival of other Christians who would help establish churches

Q: Which two countries were the leading colonizers of Africa?
- Britain and Turkey
- Britain and France
- Britain and Spain
- Britain and Russia
A: Britain and France

Q: In the nineteenth century, efforts to help less-modernized cultures become more like Europe were called
- manifest destiny
- hybrid culturalism
- charitable empire
- the white man’s burden
A: the white man’s burden