Academic Decathlon African Art Resource Guide Section III

Question 1

What is bilongo?

Accepted Answer

medicine placed in Minkisi/vessels

Question 2

Are the cultures of Central Africa primarily Bantu-speaking?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 3

The Kingdom of Kongo had a diplomatic relationship with which country

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

Question 4

Which of these were NOT cultural groups of Central Africa?

Accepted Answer

Nok

Question 5

Why is the leopard a symbol of kings?

Accepted Answer

Because of its ferocity, Because it is cunning

Question 6

Which of these is a characteristic of Pwo masks?

Accepted Answer

deeply carved and symmetrical ears, pronounced eyes, thin projecting lips, heart shaped nostrils

Question 7

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of the Fang people?

Accepted Answer

creators of the Royal Sceptor

Question 8

Spaniard that described his journeys in Africa in A Geographical Histroy of Africa

Accepted Answer

Leo Africanus

Question 9

Which of these were the effects of colonial rule in Africa?

Accepted Answer

destruction of economic systems, attempts to revive earlier traditions, destruction of social systems, environmental degradation

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