WorksheetsAfrica/Arabia Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
1. African traditional storytellers
a. Griot
a. Singer
a. Oral history
a. caliph
An area of high flat land
a. Mountain
a. Plateau
a. Farmland
a. greenland
1. Tropical grasslands
a. Tundra
a. Desert
a. Savanna
a. yard
1. A Muslim leader
a. Buddha
a. Islam
a. Caravan
a. caliph
The group of Muslims that believe the descendants of Mohammed should rule
Shia
Sunni
1. The holy book of Islam
a. Torah
a. Bible
a. Koran
a. muhammed
1. A green area in the desert fed by underground water source
a. Oasis
a. Sheikh
a. Yard
a. plateau
A group of travelling merchants and animals
Oasis
a. Mansa musa
a. Caravan
a. shiekh
the largest desert in Africa is the:
sahara
mojave
death valley
congo
tracing your family lineage through your mother instead of your father is known as __________
matrileneal
patrileneal
griots
savanna
the group of people responsible for early West African culture, language and way of life is the ______ people
zimbabwe
shiekh
bantu
beduin
the belief that ancestors live in things such as trees, animals and other objects is known as________.
animism
shiah
sunni
catholicism
in African society, people lived in groups that shared a common ancestor known as a _______
house
tribe
caravan
clan
the purpose of the griot's storytelling and songs was_____
to pass down history to other generations
to get a record deal
to organize parades and do animal dances
to make sure to change the past
ancestor worship is the idea that_____
ancestors can be looked to for guidance in life
ancestors are dead and gone
people can visit their aunts and uncles
the gods and saints have influence in heaven
