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African Music slides 2-3

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many languages/dialects are spoken in Africa?

a)

7

b)

14

c)

700

d)

300

2.

Which part of Africa has musical similarities to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Israel (the Middle East)?

a)

Northern Africa

b)

West Africa

c)

Sub-Saharan Africa

d)

East Africa

3.

Which words best describe how music is used in Northern Africa?

a)

Fun and exciting

b)

Serious and reserved for formal occasions

c)

Complex and used daily

d)

Used for daily chores and work

4.

What is the area south of the Sahara desert called?

a)

South Africa

b)

Sub-Saharan

c)

West Africa

d)

Northern Africa

5.

What word best describes the use of music in Sub-Saharan Africa?

a)

Formal

b)

Practical

c)

Exciting

d)

Boring

6.

Music is used for ceremonies and rites such as birth, marriage, rites of passage, and_______.

a)

Funerals

b)

Shopping

c)

Sleeping

7.

The name of the talking drum is the __________.

a)

Balafon

b)

Mbira

c)

Djembe

d)

Kalungu

8.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, they have a hard time separating dance, song and _____.

a)

Poetry

b)

Food

c)

Family

d)

Clothing

9.

_____ is passing music from generation to generation orally, or verbally, without written records.

a)

Oral Tradition

b)

Dancing

c)

Notation

d)

Polyrhythms

10.

Rhythms in Sub-Saharan Africa are described as ______.

a)

Extremely complex

b)

Fairy easy

c)

Medium difficulty

d)

A little difficult

11.

____ means "to write down".

a)

Oral Tradition

b)

Notate

c)

Polyrhythm

d)

Ethnomusicology

12.

_____ means "the study of world music".

a)

Ethnomusicology

b)

Biology

c)

Zoology

d)

Musicology