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Caldeira - SS Chapter 15 - The Cultural Legacy of West Africa
Caldeira - SS Chapter 15 - The Cultural Legacy of West Africa
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Stories about Sundjata tell about
the tasks and importance of griots
the hajj by the great ruler Mansa Musa
the trade caravans across the Sahara
the king who founded Mali's empire
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Which of these musical styles was most influenced by West African call-and-response songs?
country
classical
opera
blues
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What is the best title for this list: balafon --- ngoni --- kora.
Dances in West African Rituals
West African Musical Instruments
Styles of West African Folktales
West African Traditional Ceremonies
4
The Benin empire (in what is now Nigeria) became particularly well known for which art form?
printed textiles
wood-and-leather drums
brass sculptures
coiled-fiber baskets
5
A hard ceramic clay used for building or for making pottery
porcelain
obsidian
alabaster
terra cotta
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What does the proverb below indicate about West African society?
the importance of oral tradition
the respect paid to young people
the value placed on books
the significance of visual arts
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How did West Africans preserve their history before writing was introduced?
Poet-musicians memorized the stories and passed them down.
Booksellers made marks with sharp sticks on wet clay.
Foreign visitors kept the record of events in the region.
Painters made a long series of painting like a comic strip.
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a decorative design made of one material sewn over another
applique
silk embroidery
kente cloth
knitting
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an African xylophone
ngoni
kora
balafon
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Which of these is the best example of an oral tradition?
a great grandmother's photo album
a grandfather's diary
a grandmother telling a story about her childhood
a grandfather playing a game with his grandchildren
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In which language were most of the earliest books written in West Africa?
Latin
Egyptian
Mande
Arabic
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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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In what ways do the cultural achievements of West Africa influence our culture today?
The Essay Question
The Essay Question
The Essay Question
The Essay Question
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How did traditional West African folktales come to the Americas?
Missionaries wrote them down.
Explorers discovered them.
Traders sold them.
Slaves brought them.
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a west African instrument.
balafon
kora
ngoni
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How do West Africans make kente cloth, the most famous West African textile?
by applique its bits of fabric
by weaving a single huge cloth
by stamping patterns onto squares
by sewing narrow strips together
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wise saying
laws
folk tales
proverbs
everything Mrs. Caldeira & Mrs. Ackerman utter
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The genealogy of a family gives information about the family members'
jobs
houses
ancestry
recreation
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Small lute
balafon
ngoni
kora
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Stories that are told through writing
manuscript
written tradition
griot
oral tradition
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Which term best describes a job of the griot?
trading goods
carving masks
curing diseases
keeping records
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stories that are passed down through generations by mouth or in writing
folk tale
epic poems
proverbs
trilogies
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Some of the most famous griots today are known through their
large museums
printed calendars
popular music
scientific discoveries
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Sculptures from the ancient Nok culture were formed from
porcelain
terra-cotta
alabaster
obsidian
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Performance style with a singing leader who is imitated by a chorus of followers.
pyrotechnics
lip sync
chanting
call and response
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a member of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain oral history in parts
griot
bard
rapper
librarian
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Many West African folktales feature a hare (rabbit). In these stories, the hare
outsmarts other characters.
wins by physical strength.
has a great deal of good luck.
tells stories of local history.
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record of descent; lineage; ancestry; study of ancestry
geology
geography
genealogy
biology
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sharing and handing down of stories through word of mouth
manuscript
written tradition
oral tradition
griot
