Oral History Written By T. Marie Kryst OCR 2000 Unit 4 Lesson 4 Gloria Garibay
Folklore Customs; Beliefs; and stories handed down from generation to generation by a group of people Sentence pg: 50 Synonym: fable; myth legend Antonym: nonfiction Part of Speech: Noun Gloria Garibay
Recite To say something aloud from memory ex.A Poem or Story Sentence pg: 48 Synonym: speech Antonym: song Part of Speech: Verb Gloria Garibay
Ancestors A person from whom one is descended Sentence pg: 48 Synonym: forefathers Antonym: descendant Part of Speech: Noun Gloria Garibay
Thrives To make a steady process; prosper; flourish Sentence pg: 49 Synonym: blossom; succeed; bloom Antonym: decline; fail Part of Speech: Verb Gloria Garibay
Inherited To gain as one’s right or portion or to receive or take over from a predecessor Sentence pg: 49 Synonym: passed down; genetic Antonym: acquired; contracted Part of Speech: Verb Gloria Garibay
Griot - gree-ot or gree-oh Western Africa- A member whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or small village through stories, poems, songs, or dance Sentence pg: 49 Synonym: storyteller Part of Speech: Noun Gloria Garibay
West Africa A region in the western part of Africa between the Sahara Desert & the Gulf of Guinea. Sentence pg: 49 Part of Speech: Noun Gloria Garibay
New Zealand a country in the South Pacific, South East of Australia. It consists of North Island & South Island and their adjacent small islands. Sentence pg: 49 Part of Speech: Noun Gloria Garibay