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Africa/Arabia Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. African traditional storytellers

a)

a. Griot

b)

a. Singer

c)

a. Oral history

d)

a. caliph

2.

An area of high flat land

a)

a. Mountain

b)

a. Plateau

c)

a. Farmland

d)

a. greenland

3.

1. Tropical grasslands

a)

a. Tundra

b)

a. Desert

c)

a. Savanna

d)

a. yard

4.

1. A Muslim leader

a)

a. Buddha

b)

a. Islam

c)

a. Caravan

d)

a. caliph

5.

The group of Muslims that believe the descendants of Mohammed should rule

a)

Shia

b)

Sunni

6.

1. The holy book of Islam

a)

a. Torah

b)

a. Bible

c)

a. Koran

d)

a. muhammed

7.

1. A green area in the desert fed by underground water source

a)

a. Oasis

b)

a. Sheikh

c)

a. Yard

d)

a. plateau

8.

A group of travelling merchants and animals

a)

Oasis

b)

a. Mansa musa

c)

a. Caravan

d)

a. shiekh

9.

the largest desert in Africa is the:

a)

sahara

b)

mojave

c)

death valley

d)

congo

10.

tracing your family lineage through your mother instead of your father is known as __________

a)

matrileneal

b)

patrileneal

c)

griots

d)

savanna

11.

the group of people responsible for early West African culture, language and way of life is the ______ people

a)

zimbabwe

b)

shiekh

c)

bantu

d)

beduin

12.

the belief that ancestors live in things such as trees, animals and other objects is known as________.

a)

animism

b)

shiah

c)

sunni

d)

catholicism

13.

in African society, people lived in groups that shared a common ancestor known as a _______

a)

house

b)

tribe

c)

caravan

d)

clan

14.

the purpose of the griot's storytelling and songs was_____

a)

to pass down history to other generations

b)

to get a record deal

c)

to organize parades and do animal dances

d)

to make sure to change the past

15.

ancestor worship is the idea that_____

a)

ancestors can be looked to for guidance in life

b)

ancestors are dead and gone

c)

people can visit their aunts and uncles

d)

the gods and saints have influence in heaven