Sculptures from the ancient Nok culture were formed from
What is terra cota
100
At first, what type of records were kept in West Africa?
oral (spoken)
100
What is a griot?
What is a historian or record keeper.
200
What is another word for Semidesert?
What is Sahel.
200
Jenne-Jeno's location made it ideal for what?
What is trade.
200
Identify two musical styles that were influenced by West African music
What is rock, blues, jazz, & gospel
200
Leader of Mali and the first West African ruler to become a devout Muslim
Who is Mansa Musa.
200
Name two examples or oral traditions created by griots.
What is proverbs, folktales, poems, praise songs, stories.
300
What three bodies of water surround Africa?
What is the Atlantic ocean, Indian ocean, and Mediterranean Sea
300
How did extended-family communities deal with dangerous floods or enemies?
What is They joined other communities to form villages.
300
What is the best title for the list? • Balafon • Ngoni • Kora
What is West African Musical Instruments
300
Most valuable resource traded across West Africa.
Gold
300
"Every time an old man dies, it is as if a library has burnt down." What does this proverb tell us about West African culture.
What is the importance of oral tradition and the amount of knowledge griots had.
400
What river runs through the Ghana and Mali kingdoms before dumping out into the Atlantic Ocean?
What is the Niger river.
400
What was one economic effect or result of the four vegetation zones in West Africa?
What is people from different zones traded with each other.
400
What type of story was brought to the Americas by African slaves
What is folktales
400
Some West Africans make story fabrics using a technique called....
applique
400
What form of West African art was painter Pablo Picasso influenced by?
What is masks.
500
What vegetation types grow in each of the four vegetation zones?
What is nothing in the desert, small shrubs and short grass in the semidesert, tall grass and scattered trees in the Savanna, and many forms of plant life in the forest.
500
How did kingdoms develop in West Africa?
What is wealthy merchants charged taxes and used this money to build armies which conquered other cities and forced to pay tribute.
500
Tracing your family lines or history
What is genealogy
500
In many parts of West Africa, baskets are made using this method...
coil method
500
What do West African dance movements tell us about the people dancing?
What is movements reflected the conditions people lived in. For example, forest people would move as finding their way through forest undergrowth.