WorksheetsGriot
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was the main job of the griot?
Protecting the village
Storytelling
Fishing for food
Working with iron
How did the griots help to teach the children of the village?
Showing them how to farm
Instructing them on ways to fight off the enemy
Through messages on how to behave in their stories
Teaching them how to read and write
Which instrument used by griots was a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone?
Balafon
Kora
Ngoni
Besides musician and storyteller, what other job did the griot have for the village?
Historian
Chief
Historian
Leaders of the Warriors
Which instrument used by griots was similar to a harp and was made from a vegetable called a calabash?
Balafon
Kora
Ngoni
True or False: There are still some people working as griots in Africa today.
True
False
What important event was it important for the griot to remember?
Births and Marriages
Wars
Droughts
All of the Above
Which instrument used by griots was similar to a lute?
Balafon
Kora
Ngoni
What instrument do some historians believe the Ngoni became after traveling to America with African slaves?
Guitar
Trombone
Harmonica
Banjo
How was the history of the village kept by the griot?
Through stories that were passed down
Through cave paintings
Using hieroglyphics on stone tablets
All of the Above
