Ch 16 Sec 4 - Society and Culture

Ch 16 Sec 4 - Society and Culture

Multiple Choice

A Caste determines your...

• Family name

• Social Class

• Trading partners

• Wealth

Multiple Choice

What was the job of the nobility (under the caste system) in the empires of West Africa?

• govern & lead armies

• write laws

• tell stories of the history of the land

• hold the true power of the empire

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African villages were made up of 

• multiple families
• one extended family
• many small towns
• people only of the same religion

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a connection based on family relationships

• Family

• Relationship

• Kinship

• Friendship

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a group of people descended from a common ancestor

• Neighbors

• Lineage

• Ancestor

• Society

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Urban cities economies were based on...

• trade

• food

• skilled labor

• religion

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In cities, Arabic was the language of trade and Islam was worshipped in taught. In villages...

• Indigenous religions practiced and ancestral language spoken

• Christianity was practiced and African language was spoken

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Rural areas economies were based on...

• trade

• food

• skilled labor

• religion

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In most traditional African religions, people honored...

• the emperor

• their ancestors

• God

• religious leaders

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wise sayings that are quick ways of sharing wisdom

• Griots

• Folk Tale

• Kinship

• Proverbs

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Why were griots and their stories important to West African society?

• they taught them to read
• sang songs to everyone
• wrote stories for children
• kept history and culture alive by passing down stories orally.

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Professional story-tellers or oral historians; record keepers of their culture

• Professors

• Griots

• Proverbs

• Kinship

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Drumming that combines two or more drums playing at the same time is called?

• Rhythmic

• Polyrhythmic

• Dancing

• A Band

Multiple Choice

What three activities help express West African culture through the arts?

• Art, Music, and Dance
• Gold, Salt, and History
• Dance, music, and salt
• History, Sculpture, Masks

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