What is the best title for this list: balafon, ngoni, and kora

West African Musical Instruments

How do West Africans make kente cloth, the most famous West African textile?

by sewing narrow strips together

What does this mean about West African society? “Every time an old man dies, it is as if a library has burned down.”?

the importance of oral tradition

Which of these is an example of oral tradition?

a grandmother telling stories of her life to her grandchildren

How did West Africans preserve their history before writing was introduced?

Poet-musicians memorized the stories and passed them down.

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Chapter 14 West African Cultural Influences

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1
Some of the most famous griots today are known through their
scientific discoveries
large museums
popular music
printed calendars
2
What is this a picture of?
Balafon
Silk
Kente Cloth
Ngoni
3
What is the best title for this list: balafon, ngoni, and kora
Styles of West African Folktales
West African Musical Instruments
West African Traditional Ceremonies
Dances in West African Rituals
4
How do West Africans make kente cloth, the most famous West African textile?
by appliqué with bits of fabric
by stamping patterns onto squares
by sewing narrow strips together
by weaving a single huge cloth
5
How did traditional West African folktales come to the Americas?
Missionaries wrote them down
Explorers discovered them
Traders sold them
Slaves brought them
6
In which language were most of the earliest books written in West Africa?
Egyptian
Mande
Arabic
Latin
7
Which term best describes a job of a griot?
keeping records
curing diseases
trading goods
carving masks
8
What is this a picture of?
Kente cloth
Silk
Ngoni
Balafon
9
What does this mean about West African society? “Every time an old man dies, it is as if a library has burned down.”?
the importance of oral tradition
the respect paid to young people
the significance of visual arts
the value placed on books
10
Which of these is an example of oral tradition?
a grandmother's diary
a grandfather playing with his grandchildren
a grandmother telling stories of her life to her grandchildren
a great-grandmother's photo album
11
How did West Africans preserve their history before writing was introduced?
Painters made a long series of paintings like a comic strip.
Booksellers made marks with sharp sticks on wet clay.
Poet-musicians memorized the stories and passed them down.
Foreign visitors kept the only record of events in the region.
12
Which of the following genres of music is influenced by West African music?
All of these
Jazz
Blues
Gospel
13
Masks were often worn by
dancers in ritual ceremonies.
weavers making special textiles.
visitors to the king's palace.
traders conducting secret business.

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