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One of the most common forms of West African music is _______________: alternation between a leader and the group.

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Call and Response

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What type of Western European art was inspired by African art?

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modern

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West African societies learned and shared cultural ideas orally from one generation to the next: What is the vocabulary word for this?

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oral tradition

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What is the West African name of the type of poet-musician who tells stories, sings, and recites poems to share history?

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griot

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What is a folktale?

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A story that usually teaches a lesson or has a moral, though it is never stated.

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What is a proverb?

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A saying that gives advice

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What is the name of the special cloth that is woven in West Africa where colors have meaning?

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Kente

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What do scholars mean when they use the term African diaspora?

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The spread of Africans and their culture outside and away from their homeland

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How did African culture and traditions spread to the Americas? Options: Africans immigrated there after Christopher Columbus colonized the New World, Enslaved people from West Africa were brought to the Americas, Muslim traders rode caravans there and brought their culture with them, Europeans copied their traditions and brought them to the colonies their countries established

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Enslaved people from West Africa were brought to the Americas

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West African culture influenced the development of American culture. What do Jazz, Blues, Hip Hop have in common?

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They are all forms of music that originated in the African American community.