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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 spoke their daily languages in every day life.
B
They used their native languages for trading.
C
They did not maintain their native languages.
D
They prayed in their native languages.
2) West Africans built mosques that blended Islamic architectural style with their own traditional religious art. This shows:
A
that Islamic architecture gradually overpowered traditional West African arts.
B
how West Africans struggled against Islamic culture.
C
how West Africans adapted Islam to their own cultures.
D
that Islamic architecture was more attractive than West African architecture.
3) What is one artistic form that both West Africans and Muslims valued even before their cultures met?
A
geometric designs
B
Arabic calligraphy
C
buildings with flat roofs
D
robes with long sleeves
4) Which one of the following would you NOT find in Timbuktu?
A
Mosques with huge gold plated domes.
B
Timbuktu had over 150 Qur-anic schools where children learned to read and interpret the Qur-an.
C
Sevral universities including one of the world's greatest universities, the University of Sankore.
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
exploring
B
ruling
C
trading
D
record keeping
6) What did folktales and proverbs have in common?
A
Both were part of the oral tradition.
B
Both originated in Ghana.
C
Both were written in Arabic.
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 respect granted to youth
B
the importance of visual arts
C
the importance of the oral tradition
D
the value placed on books
8) Which of the following is one effect of African slaves bringing their music to the Americas?
A
The balafon is a popular instrument in South America.
B
North Americans still sing the songs of the griots.
C
Their music has influenced jazz, rock and rap music.
D
Their music has shaped American religious practices.
9) Which of the following are examples of West African oral and written tradition?
A
griots, folktales proverbs, call and response
B
griots, proverbs, applique, ngoni
C
griots, folktales, proverbs, histories and stories written in Arabic and preserved in mosques.
D
griots, folktales, marimba, terra-cotta
10) Which of the following is NOT an example of the influence of West African oral and written traditions on our lives today?
A
Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and the Disney feature length cartoon
B
The secret bartering system of the Wangarans
C
President Teddy Roosevelt saying
D
Griots songs made popular in modern music by West African singers Youssou N'dour and Sotigui Kouyate.
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