Griot

Griot

5th - 8th Grade

10 Qs

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Griot

Griot

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5th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main job of the griot?

Protecting the village

Storytelling

Fishing for food

Working with iron

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the griots help to teach the children of the village?

Showing them how to farm

Instructing them on ways to fight off the enemy

Through messages on how to behave in their stories

Teaching them how to read and write

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which instrument used by griots was a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone?

Balafon

Kora

Ngoni

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Besides musician and storyteller, what other job did the griot have for the village?

Historian

Chief

Historian

Leaders of the Warriors

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which instrument used by griots was similar to a harp and was made from a vegetable called a calabash?

Balafon

Kora

Ngoni

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: There are still some people working as griots in Africa today.

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What important event was it important for the griot to remember?

Births and Marriages

Wars

Droughts

All of the Above

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