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West Africa Test #4
Test Description: Islamic Influences on West Africa and the Cultural Legacy of West Africa. (TCI History Alive Chapters 14 and 15)
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How did people in West Africa maintain their native languages?
A
They did not maintain their native languages.
B
They spoke their daily languages in every day life.
C
They prayed in their native languages.
D
They used their native languages for trading.
2) West Africans built mosques that blended Islamic architectural style with their own traditional religious art. This shows:
A
that Islamic architecture was more attractive than West African architecture.
B
how West Africans adapted Islam to their own cultures.
C
how West Africans struggled against Islamic culture.
D
that Islamic architecture gradually overpowered traditional West African arts.
3) What is one artistic form that both West Africans and Muslims valued even before their cultures met?
A
robes with long sleeves
B
buildings with flat roofs
C
geometric designs
D
Arabic calligraphy
4) Which one of the following would you NOT find in Timbuktu?
A
Timbuktu had over 150 Qur-anic schools where children learned to read and interpret the Qur-an.
B
Sevral universities including one of the world's greatest universities, the University of Sankore.
C
Mosques with huge gold plated domes.
D
The most famous mosque of all West Africa, the Djingareyber, which was made of limestone mixed with strwaw and wood.
5) Which of the following best describes what the griots did?
A
ruling
B
exploring
C
record keeping
D
trading
6) What did folktales and proverbs have in common?
A
Both were written in Arabic.
B
Both were part of the oral tradition.
C
Both originated in Ghana.
D
Both were presented musically.
7) What does the following proverb reveal about West African society? Every time an old man dies, it is as if a library has burnt down.
A
the value placed on books
B
the importance of visual arts
C
the importance of the oral tradition
D
the respect granted to youth
8) Which of the following is one effect of African slaves bringing their music to the Americas?
A
Their music has shaped American religious practices.
B
Their music has influenced jazz, rock and rap music.
C
The balafon is a popular instrument in South America.
D
North Americans still sing the songs of the griots.
9) Which of the following are examples of West African oral and written tradition?
A
griots, folktales, proverbs, histories and stories written in Arabic and preserved in mosques.
B
griots, folktales proverbs, call and response
C
griots, folktales, marimba, terra-cotta
D
griots, proverbs, applique, ngoni
10) Which of the following is NOT an example of the influence of West African oral and written traditions on our lives today?
A
Griots songs made popular in modern music by West African singers Youssou N'dour and Sotigui Kouyate.
B
Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and the Disney feature length cartoon
C
President Teddy Roosevelt saying
D
The secret bartering system of the Wangarans
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