Preservation of African Culture Quiz

How did enslaved Africans most often preserve their culture in the Americas?

• By writing books about their traditions

• By blending African customs with local traditions

• By refusing to speak to anyone outside their group

• By establishing political parties

Which of the following is an example of enslaved Africans preserving their culture through music and dance?

• Refusing to listen to European instruments

• Creating new dances using African rhythms, like Juba

• Only playing classical European music

• Abandoning traditional instruments

Enslaved Africans preserved their cultural identity by:

• Adopting entirely new religions and forgetting the old ones

• Sharing stories, songs, and oral traditions from their homelands

• Refusing to speak at all

• Avoiding all forms of celebration

What role did language play in preserving African culture among enslaved people?

• They created secret languages to confuse their owners

• They spoke only English to integrate faster

• They blended African languages with European ones to form Creole languages

• They stopped using their native tongues altogether

Which of the following best describes how enslaved Africans preserved their food culture?

• By only eating food provided by slaveholders

• By refusing to cook

• By incorporating African ingredients and cooking styles into their meals

• By using European cookbooks

What is a Creole language?

• A written form of an ancient language

• A language developed from a mixture of different languages

• A dialect used only in formal writing

• A musical style from the Caribbean

Foodways refer to:

• Trade routes used to transport food

• Recipes passed down through generations

• The eating habits of a group, including what, when, and with whom they eat

• The nutritional value of traditional meals

What is Juba?

• A type of Creole seasoning

• A traditional African song

• A dance that uses body percussion like hand clapping and foot stomping

• A festive clothing style from the Caribbean

The word linguistic refers to:

• Ancient writing systems

• Cooking traditions

• Language or systems of communication

• Styles of traditional dress

What is meant by vernacular?

• The formal language used in education

• The slang used in text messaging

• The common, everyday speech of a region’s people

• The oldest form of a written language