13.1 Flashcard Review

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Since there was no written language, the job of passing historical information down from generation to generation fell to singers and to a special class of storytellers called

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griots.

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Ancestors were a key element in African religion because people believed that:

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ancestors were closer to the gods.

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Music and storytelling were

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used to pass along a community’s history.

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One reason that Islam was adopted more slowly in East Africa than in the north was that

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the powerful Ethiopian city of Axum had already adopted Christianity.

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Early African wood carvers made masks and statues that most often represented: gods, spirits, and ancestors.

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gods, spirits, and ancestors.

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The rituals used to communicate with the gods were usually carried out by _____, who were believed to have the power to summon supernatural forces and foretell the future.

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diviners

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In many African societies, the family lineage is based on the mother, which means that African societies were

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matrilineal.

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Western Africa is largely covered by

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grasslands and jungles.

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In typical African villages, children of less than six years old are:

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raised by their mothers at home.

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Which polytheistic religion in West Africa believed spirits reside in all natural living things?

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Animism