1
Infiltration of a hegemonic group into the power structure of another region and culture is:
Choose one answer.
a. colonization.
b. syncretism.
c. topology.
d. cosmology.
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Question 2
The Berlin Conference was convened mainly to do which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. End the slave trade
b. Divide rule of Africa between European nations
c. Turn over Africa to indigenous
d. Divide African artifacts among European museums
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Question 3
Which of the following is true of traditional masquerades overall throughout Africa?
Choose one answer.
a. They are mainly danced by women.
b. They are mainly performed in relation to the life cycle.
c. They are only performed for funerary ceremonies.
d. Both A and B.
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Question 4
What is the former independent country of Zaire now officially named?
Choose one answer.
a. Congo Republic
b. Democratic Republic of the Congo
c. Central African Republic
d. Chad
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Question 5
A willful blending of different spiritual beliefs, cultural practices, and/or related artistic forms is best described as:
Choose one answer.
a. hegemony.
b. colonization.
c. syncretism.
d. aestheticism.
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Question 6
The term "wadi" refers to which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Sculpture
b. Topography
c. Art style
d. Islamic belief
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Question 7
The Western part of North Africa was mainly colonized by which European nation?
Choose one answer.
a. France
b. Spain
c. Belgium
d. Portugal
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Question 8
What is the most common subject in earliest rock art of North Africa?
Choose one answer.
a. Men hunting
b. Animals
c. Women
d. Landscape
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Question 9
What is the name of the region in Libya where rock engravings are found?
Choose one answer.
a. Tassili N'ajjer
b. Fezzan
c. Morocco
d. Drakensberg
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Question 10
Which statement regarding a minaret is true?
Choose one answer.
a. Tuareg tents
b. Mud-based buildings
c. A type of scarification
d. A mosque in Algeria
e. It was derived solely for iconographic purpose.
f. It was derived largely for functional purpose.
g. It is found only in a small number of mosques.
h. It was a modern addition to traditional mosques.
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Question 11
Which of the following is a large indigenous group of North Africa?
Choose one answer.
a. Arab
b. Berber
c. Fezzan
d. Fon
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Question 12
Ancient Kush lies in the territory of which modern country?
Choose one answer.
a. Ethiopia
b. Sudan
c. Egypt
d. Meroe
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Question 13
In a bas-relief, sculpted sections do which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Stand out prominently from the backdrop
b. Stand out slightly from the backdrop
c. Are incised deeply into the backdrop
d. Are incised slightly into the backdrop
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Question 14
Rock-cut Christian churches are found in which city?
Choose one answer.
a. Meroe
b. Kush
c. Lalibela
d. Saqqara
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Question 15
The ancient city of Aksum is in which modern-day country?
Choose one answer.
a. Egypt
b. Ethiopia
c. Sudan
d. Kenya
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Question 16
The famous bust of Nefertiti, now in Berlin, was found in a(n):
Choose one answer.
a. tomb.
b. palace.
c. artist's workshop.
d. temple.
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Question 17
Tutankhamen ruled in which broad era of ancient Egyptian civilization?
Choose one answer.
a. Pre-dynastic
b. Old Kingdom
c. Middle Kingdom
d. New Kingdom
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Question 18
What is the main subject matter of early Coptic art?
Choose one answer.
a. Christianity
b. Islam
c. History from ancient Egyptian culture
d. Portraiture from life
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Question 19
What is the tomb form that predates the Egyptian pyramids?
Choose one answer.
a. A grave circle
b. A wadi
c. A sphinx
d. A mastaba
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Question 20
What was the main function of royal tomb sculpture in ancient Egypt?
Choose one answer.
a. To house the ka; in case it escapes the mummified body of the deceased
b. As votive; local priests would pray to sculptures in a pharaoh's tomb
c. As historical; to preserve a highly realistic portrait of the deceased
d. None of these answers
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Question 21
When was Tutankhamen's tomb discovered?
Choose one answer.
a. 17th century
b. 18th century
c. 19th century
d. 20th century
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Question 22
Which of the following adjectives best describes the overall aesthetic of ancient Egyptian art?
Choose one answer.
a. Rigid
b. Natural
c. Violent
d. Fragile
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Question 23
Which of the following best identifies the overall theme of most content of Egyptian art?
Choose one answer.
a. War
b. Peace
c. Permanence
d. Ephemeral
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Question 24
Which term best describes the pyramid complex at Giza?
Choose one answer.
a. Acropolis
b. Metropolis
c. Necropolis
d. Megalopolis
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Question 25
The prevalent religion of ancient Egypt is best described as:
Choose one answer.
a. polytheistic.
b. monotheistic.
c. atheistic.
d. dynastic.
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Question 26
How was the Great Mosque at Djenne primarily constructed?
Choose one answer.
a. By using reconstituted Roman ruins
b. By cutting into rock
c. By the mud brick technique
d. None of these options
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Question 27
The Chi Wara crest mask symbolizes a(n):
Choose one answer.
a. antelope.
b. lion.
c. elephant.
d. lizard.
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Question 28
The Chi Wara masquerade of the Bamana tradition relates to which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Ancient mothers
b. Funeral rites
c. Birth ceremonies
d. The founding of agriculture
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Question 29
The Do masquerade of the Bwa is characterized by which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Carved wooden helmet masks
b. Woven cloth costumes
c. Costumes of natural grasses
d. Dancers on stilts
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Question 30
The Dogon are native to a region in which modern country?
Choose one answer.
a. Nigeria
b. Chad
c. Algeria
d. Mali
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Question 31
The Dogon sculptural canon is characterized by which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Elongation of form
b. Mix of geometric and figurative form
c. Both A and B
d. None of these answers
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Question 32
The Gerewol festival focuses on which social group?
Choose one answer.
a. Young women
b. Young men
c. Older men and women
d. Older men
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Question 33
The Gerewol is a festival of which ethnic group?
Choose one answer.
a. Berber
b. Bamana
c. Tuareg
d. Fulani
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Question 34
What does repatriation of Nok art mean?
Choose one answer.
a. Scientific testing for authentication of age
b. The return to Nigeria of Nok art currently owned by institutions outside the country
c. Distributing reinterpretations of Nok art to public museums
d. All of these answers
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Question 35
What is the prominent medium of Nok art that survives today?
Choose one answer.
a. Clay
b. Stone
c. Wood
d. Plastic
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Question 36
Which of the following statements is true of bogolanfini cloth?
Choose one answer.
a. It is associated with males of the Bamana.
b. It is associated with females of the Bamana.
c. It is associated with females of the Dogon.
d. It was first developed for the tourist trade.
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Question 37
Which of the following statements is true of the Dogon Kanaga masquerade?
Choose one answer.
a. It is primarily a funeral ritual.
b. It expresses aspects of Dogon cosmology.
c. The head crest is an abstract form.
d. All of these answers.
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Question 38
What we refer to as "Nok" art derives from which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. The name of the historian who first wrote about it
b. The place it was found
c. The language spoken in the region it was found
d. None of these answers
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Question 39
Ere Ibeji are devoted to which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Ancestral mothers
b. Twins
c. The supreme deity
d. The Orisa Obatala
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Question 40
Goree Island is located off the coast of which modern country?
Choose one answer.
a. Guinea
b. Liberia
c. Ghana
d. Senegal
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Question 41
Helmet masks of the Ejagham are distinct from others in the region because of their use of which materials?
Choose one answer.
a. Cowrie shells
b. Paints
c. Stretched animal skins
d. Metal studs
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Question 42
Iconography in Asante art most directly relates to which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Functions of saint-like figures
b. Dynastic history
c. Verbal proverbs/sayings
d. Gender
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Question 43
Ikenga is a votive type associated with which culture?
Choose one answer.
a. Igbo
b. Yoruba
c. Bamana
d. Fon
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Question 44
In ancient Ife, metal sculptures were created through which technique?
Choose one answer.
a. Carving
b. Casting
c. Welding
d. Modeling
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Question 45
Indigo-dyed cloth of the Yoruba is called:
Choose one answer.
a. adinkra.
b. asafo.
c. ukara.
d. adire.
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Question 46
Kente cloth is associated most closely with which culture?
Choose one answer.
a. Yoruba
b. Asante
c. Baule
d. Fon
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Question 47
Mami Wata can best be described as which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. A water spirit across cultures in Africa and the African diaspora
b. A supreme being in Yoruba and Igbo kingdoms
c. Mother Earth mainly in West Africa
d. A pan-African women's heritage group
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Question 48
Metal heads in royal art of Benin City represent which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Monarchs
b. Deities
c. Soldiers
d. Priests
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Question 49
Regalia refer to which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Styles of West African art
b. Objects reserved for use by royal elite of a culture
c. Objects reserved for use by religious clerics of a culture
d. None of these answers
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Question 50
Symbolic writing of the Ejagham is known as:
Choose one answer.
a. uli.
b. nsibidi.
c. ukara.
d. adire.
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Question 51
The ancient Kingdom of Benin is located in which modern nation?
Choose one answer.
a. Benin
b. Nigeria
c. Cameroon
d. Ghana
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Question 52
The Gelede masquerade honors which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Twins
b. Ancestral mothers
c. The king at Oyo
d. All the Orisas
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Question 53
The mbari is best identified as which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. A temple for worship
b. A residence for the head diviner of a community
c. A spirit house
d. A men's association
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Question 54
The royal complex of the Fon kingdom is located in which modern nation?
Choose one answer.
a. Nigeria
b. Benin
c. Ghana
d. Mali
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Question 55
The spirit Esu is associated most with which function below?
Choose one answer.
a. Messenger
b. Fertility
c. Agriculture
d. Age initiation
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Question 56
The study of materials and art styles to determine date, technique, and place of production best falls under which specialty?
Choose one answer.
a. Art criticism
b. Aesthetic theory
c. Curatorial
d. Connoisseurship
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Question 57
The Yoruba are native to which modern region?
Choose one answer.
a. Northern Nigeria
b. Southern Nigeria
c. Southern Mali
d. Benin City
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Question 58
What is one main distinction of Mende masquerade traditions from others in Africa?
Choose one answer.
a. No drumming is used.
b. Dancers do not cover their faces.
c. Women organize and perform in the prominent masquerades.
d. Men play woman's roles.
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Question 59
Which adjective best describes the aesthetic of figurative art from ancient Ife?
Choose one answer.
a. Naturalistic
b. Geometric
c. Colossal
d. Ceramic
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Question 60
Which country was westernized by African Americans in the 19th century?
Choose one answer.
a. Mauritania
b. Sierra Leone
c. Guinea
d. Liberia
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Question 61
Which of the following groups is not related to the Akan culture?
Choose one answer.
a. Fante
b. Baule
c. Senufo
d. Asante
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Question 62
Which of the following is the most renowned object type from ancient Ife?
Choose one answer.
a. The bronze equestrian figure
b. The bronze head
c. Kuduo containers
d. Wood votives
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Question 63
Which of the following materials has the most spiritual significance in Akan culture?
Choose one answer.
a. Ebony wood
b. Gold
c. Soapstone
d. Silver
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Question 64
Which of the following object types relate most to status and prestige in Akan culture?
Choose one answer.
a. Akua ma
b. Personal stools
c. Brass weights
d. Adinkra
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Question 65
Which of the following statements is false in regard to mbari?
Choose one answer.
a. It is meant to be a permanent monument.
b. It is closely associated with the earth mother deity.
c. It is created in relation to community issues.
d. It is an ephemeral form.
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Question 66
Which of the following statements is true of art from the Kingdom of Benin?
Choose one answer.
a. Most art was produced at the court of the Oba.
b. Europeans are represented in traditional sculpture of Benin City.
c. Bronze plaques featured representations of the Oba.
d. All of these answers.
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Question 67
Which of the following statements is true of the Egungun masquerade?
Choose one answer.
a. Dancers are completely covered in textile costumes.
b. Women are the main performers.
c. It commemorates early victories of the Yoruba over neighboring groups.
d. All of these answers.
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Question 68
Which of the following statements is true of traditional adinkra cloth?
Choose one answer.
a. It is distinguished by a stamp printing technique.
b. It is ornamented with symbolic forms.
c. It was associated with mourning.
d. All of these answers.
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Question 69
Which of the following statements is true of traditional adinkra cloth?
Choose one answer.
a. It is distinguished by a stamp printing technique.
b. It is ornamented with symbolic forms.
c. It was associated with mourning.
d. All of these answers.
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Question 70
"Ijele" refers to which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. A woven textile of the Igbo
b. The largest traditional mask type in Africa
c. The palace compound of an Igbo chief
d. A fertility votive of the Yoruba
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Question 71
"Nomoli" refers to which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Stone figures found in Sierra Leone
b. Carved ivory figures found in Sierra Leone
c. The Senufo men's association
d. None of these answers
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Question 72
"Sande" refers to which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. A women's society in Mende culture
b. A men's society in Dan culture
c. A Bamana masquerade
d. A type of nomoli
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Question 73
Objects known as Sapi ivories come from which region?
Choose one answer.
a. West Atlantic Coast
b. Central Sudan
c. Gold Coast
d. Sahara
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Question 74
In art discourse, the term provenance refers to which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. The history of ownership of an object
b. The stylistic lineage of an object
c. The market value of an object
d. The relative quality of an object
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Question 75
In the creation of minkisi, the nganga does which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Carves the core wooden votive
b. Adds organic substances to the core votive
c. Both A and B
d. None of these answers
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Question 76
Lukasa are Luba objects associated with which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Fertility
b. Funeral rites
c. Historical memory
d. Age initiations
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Question 77
Minkisi are sculpture types of which culture?
Choose one answer.
a. Bangwa
b. Kongo
c. Fon
d. Mangbetu
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Question 78
Reliquary guardians are prominent types in groups situated in which modern country?
Choose one answer.
a. Cameroon
b. Gabon
c. Nigeria
d. Guinea
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Question 79
The Kuba Kingdom is located in which modern nation?
Choose one answer.
a. Congo Republic
b. Democratic Republic of the Congo
c. Central African Republic
d. Angola
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Question 80
Theoretically, ownership and display of African art in Europe can be understood as cultural:
Choose one answer.
a. syncretism.
b. appropriation.
c. hegemony.
d. repatriation.
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Question 81
Which of the following best describes the generally intended representation of couples in African sculpture?
Choose one answer.
a. Portraiture of specific individuals
b. Symbolic lineage
c. Anatomical abstraction
d. Carving technique
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Question 82
Which of the following groups has the tradition of using complex beaded tools and thrones?
Choose one answer.
a. Bamum
b. Bamileke
c. Both A and B
d. None of these answers
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Question 83
Which of the following is a type of body ornamentation unique to the Mangbetu among groups of central Africa?
Choose one answer.
a. Scarification
b. Elaborate hairstyles
c. Head elongation
d. Tooth shaping
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Question 84
Which of the following most directly indicates status in Kongo mother sculpture?
Choose one answer.
a. Wood type used
b. Position
c. Exposed breasts
d. Represented scarification
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Question 85
Which of the following statements is true of minkisi?
Choose one answer.
a. They have a rigid canon of form.
b. The belly is a symbolic focus.
c. They are sculpture types of the Bangwa culture.
d. All of these answers.
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Question 86
Which of the following groups is found in the modern nation of Cameroon?
Choose one answer.
a. Bamum
b. Bamileke
c. Both A and B
d. None of these answers
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Question 87
Architecture at Lamu most strongly reflects which outside influences?
Choose one answer.
a. Egyptian and Sudanese
b. Arabic and Indian
c. French and English
d. Congolese and Bantu
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Question 88
Colors in Maasai beaded ornaments are determined by which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. The meanings associated with them
b. Aesthetic judgments
c. Individual artistic decisions
d. Both A and B
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Question 89
In traditional weaving in Madagascar, what does the color red symbolize?
Choose one answer.
a. Life
b. Death
c. Light
d. Fire
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Question 90
Most early rock painting in southern Africa is attributed to which group?
Choose one answer.
a. The Khoi
b. The San
c. The Zulu
d. The Shona
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Question 91
The architectural ruins at Great Zimbabwe reflect which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Rigid, geometric organization
b. Organic, curved structures
c. A series of low, small enclosures
d. Knowledge of Egyptian building techniques
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Question 92
The foundation of the Great Mosque at Kilwa is made of what material?
Choose one answer.
a. Mud brick
b. Coral cement
c. Marble
d. Adobe
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Question 93
The Great Mosque at Kilwa is in which country?
Choose one answer.
a. Tanzania
b. Kenya
c. Uganda
d. Madagascar
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Question 94
The Lydenburg heads are of which medium?
Choose one answer.
a. Bronze
b. Ceramic
c. Wood
d. Stone
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Question 95
The ruined city of Great Zimbabwe was mostly built from which material?
Choose one answer.
a. Stacked stone without mortar
b. Cement
c. Ceramic brick
d. Wood
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Question 96
Which of the following is an important site for African Rock art in the southern part of the continent?
Choose one answer.
a. Zambia
b. Durban
c. Drakensberg
d. Johannesburg
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Question 97
"Jumba" refers to which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. A mosque in Swahili
b. A traditional food of the Swahili coast
c. A large house
d. An indigenous language in Kenya
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Question 98
Which of the following is an indigenous language on the east coast of Africa?
Choose one answer.
a. Arabic
b. Mande
c. Swahili
d. Zulu
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Question 99
What are some of the issues that modern and contemporary artists address in their art work?
Choose one answer.
a. Politics
b. Identity
c. Tradition
d. All of these answers
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Question 100
What types of new media have contemporary artists incorporated into African Art forms?
Choose one answer.
a. Installations
b. Found objects
c. Video
d. All of these answers
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Question 101
Which of the following terms can be used to describe the manner in which modern and contemporary African artists incorporate the past into their art work?
Choose one answer.
a. Alienation
b. Appropriation
c. Allocation
d. Annexation
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Question 102
Which of the following best describes the most appealing aspect of African sculptures for European artists of the early 20th century?
Choose one answer.
a. The abstracted anatomy
b. The materials used
c. The cultural symbolism of the works for the cultures in which they were created
d. Their potential monetary worth as curiosities
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