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Nation Language

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who all were called as Amerindians?

a)

Taino

b)

Siboney

c)

Carib

d)

Arawak

2.

Who were the conquering people?

a)

The Spaniards

b)

The English

c)

The French

d)

The Dutch

3.

Who were considered as non human?

a)

Ashanti speakers

b)

Congolese

c)

Yoruba people

d)

West Africans in Caribbean islands

4.

Nation language originates from

a)

Oral tradition

b)

written word

c)

proverbs

d)

archaisms

5.

Caribbean educational system followed

a)

the language of the conquistador

b)

the language of the planter

c)

the language of the official

d)

the language of the anglican preacher

6.

The Caribbean equivalent to the pentameter

a)

dactyl

b)

iambic

c)

calypso

d)

domingo

7.

The two components of the oral tradition are

a)

griot

b)

audience

c)

kumina

d)

shango

8.

Who were the Maroons?

a)

escaped slaves

b)

escaped convicts

c)

escaped Africans

9.

Who wrote"Dan is the Man in the Van"?

a)

King Alfred

b)

San Domingo

c)

Mighty Sparrow

d)

Solomon Agundee

10.

Who is a griot?

a)

a West African historian

b)

a West African storyteller,

c)

a West African praise singer

d)

a West African musician.