
West African Griots
Authored by Shiloh Elkins
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7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who could become a griot?
anybody
someone with photographic memory
a griot's descendant
a griot's 2nd cousin twice removed
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the stories a griot tells; purpose?
resolve phenomena
teaching morals
maintaining culture and family history
praise god/gods
all of the above
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a griot's job?
Choose 3
storytellers
verbal historians
act like a parent to all
poets/musicians
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main instrument griots use?
Ngoni
Kora
Balafon
Lyre
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why are griots significant.
BC if they didn't exist we'ed know hardly anything about Africa bc they don't write down their history
BC they're like cool grandmas that can play an instrument to tell stories
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Religion
What is animism?
the love of animation
the theory that animals can speak English
the belief that everything on earth has a powerful spirit that can help or harm humans
the hypothesis that your neighbor Annie is a ghost
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Religion
The Africans generally believed that there was a main god for the whole universe, and many ________ for day to day stuff
spirits
monsters
fairies
deities
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