Quiz 12 Flashcards

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Ethnic groups

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300

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1
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Africa is the

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Second largest continent

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2
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Primary occupation

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Farming

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3
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Three cultural zones

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Pan Arabic zone
The Sahel zone
Sub-Saharan Africa

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4
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Zulu king Shaka

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Organized a powerful military machine that conquered many people throughout s. Africa

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5
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European colonial occupation

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Political borders of present day Africa

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6
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Dialects in sub-Saharan Africa

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800

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7
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Social identity over individual identity

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I’m because we are

Each person serves a function within the overall group

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8
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Music+ dance+ singing

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Inseparable

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9
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Music is part of

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Everyday life and work

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10
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3 main activities -> African music

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Communal dance
Call-and-response singing
Polyrhythm in instrumental performance

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11
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Polyrhythm

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Multiple rhythms, the organizational basis for most sub-Saharan African music traditions

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12
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Call+response

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An individual sing a “call” and the group “response”

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13
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Which part of Africa drumming is predominant

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Western Africa

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14
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Donno

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Double headed hourglass shaped drum found in Ghana and elsewhere in west Africa

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15
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Maracas

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A pair of small Caribbean gourd rattled with interior beads cd

16
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Talking drum

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Ghana use drums as surrogate for speech to empower words and let ancestors hear praise-singing

17
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Why they use talking drum

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To honor someone of royal lineage or to praise a powerful ancestral spirit.