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WorksheetsAfrican Music slides 2-3
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
How many languages/dialects are spoken in Africa?
7
14
700
300
Which part of Africa has musical similarities to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Israel (the Middle East)?
Northern Africa
West Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Africa
Which words best describe how music is used in Northern Africa?
Fun and exciting
Serious and reserved for formal occasions
Complex and used daily
Used for daily chores and work
What is the area south of the Sahara desert called?
South Africa
Sub-Saharan
West Africa
Northern Africa
What word best describes the use of music in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Formal
Practical
Exciting
Boring
Music is used for ceremonies and rites such as birth, marriage, rites of passage, and_______.
Funerals
Shopping
Sleeping
The name of the talking drum is the __________.
Balafon
Mbira
Djembe
Kalungu
In Sub-Saharan Africa, they have a hard time separating dance, song and _____.
Poetry
Food
Family
Clothing
_____ is passing music from generation to generation orally, or verbally, without written records.
Oral Tradition
Dancing
Notation
Polyrhythms
Rhythms in Sub-Saharan Africa are described as ______.
Extremely complex
Fairy easy
Medium difficulty
A little difficult
____ means "to write down".
Oral Tradition
Notate
Polyrhythm
Ethnomusicology
_____ means "the study of world music".
Ethnomusicology
Biology
Zoology
Musicology
