Africa Unit Test

Question 1

Define Tribute

Answer 1

payment from one ruler to another

Question 2

Define Matrilineal

Answer 2

family line traced through the mother

Question 3

Define Animism

Answer 3

original spiritual religion

Question 4

Define Griot

Answer 4

poet-musicians who recited history.

Question 5

Define Folktale

Answer 5

stories passed down with moral messages.

Question 6

Define Kente

Answer 6

traditional form of clothe

Question 7

Define Shari-ah

Answer 7

Islamic law.

Question 8

Define Terra Cotta

Answer 8

clay material the Nok used for sculpting

Question 9

Explain call and response.

Answer 9

A leader sings/plays a short phrase (call), and a group, the chorus, answer by playing or singing a short phrase (response)

Question 10

What is a proverb?

Answer 10

Wise saying

Question 11

What are the three instruments griots used?

Answer 11

Balafon, kora, ngoni

Question 12

Why did West African communities drum and dance? What did they create and wear when doing this?

Answer 12

Parties, religious meetings, ceremonies; wooden masks

Question 13

What two new architectural changes were influenced by Islam?

Answer 13

Brick mosques and flat-roofed homes

Question 14

How did the use of Arabic in West Africa become an important tool for historians?

Answer 14

History could be recorded or written down.

Question 15

Explain the significance of Timbuktu.

Answer 15

Center of learning.

Question 16

How did Islam influence decorative arts?

Answer 16

Calligraphy and used geometric shapes; could be found on clothes.

Question 17

How did West African people still preserve some of their old religious practices?

Answer 17

Wore amulets and prayed to deceased ancestors

Question 18

Who was known for his pilgrimage and riches?

Answer 18

Mansa Musa

Question 19

Name Ghana’s capital city.

Answer 19

Kumbi

Question 20

Describe the city of Taghaza.

Answer 20

Made of salt bricks; in the Sahel near the Sahara

Question 21

What value product was found in Ghana?

Answer 21

Gold

Question 22

How did West African kingdoms become wealthy?

Answer 22

Taxed trading activity

Question 23

What city existed over 1,600 years ago near the Niger and Bani rivers?

Answer 23

Jenne-Jeno

Question 24

What was the most respected job in West Africa?

Answer 24

Blacksmiths

Question 25

What group of people used the iron-smelting furnace to create tools?

Answer 25

Nok

Question 26

List the three major West African trading kingdoms.

Answer 26

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

Question 27

Describe the Sahara

Answer 27

Contains sand dunes, rocky plains, and some mountains. Very dry with some oases.

Question 28

Describe the Sahel

Answer 28

Not as dry as the Sahara.Has just enough water for short grasses, bushes, and trees to survive.

Question 29

Describe the Savanna

Answer 29

An area of tall grasses and scattered trees. Grains like rice can grow there because of the long rain season. Grass provides food for cattle, sheep, camel, and goats.

Question 30

Describe the Northern Forest

Answer 30

Kola trees and grows yams, oil palms, and shrubs.

Question 31

Describe the Rainforest

Answer 31

Tall mahogany and teak trees grow above the swamps and lagoons.