Africa Ethnic Groups Flashcard

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What is a community of people sharing a common culture, ancestry, customs, and language known as?

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Ethnic Group

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What do members of a religious group have in common?

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Share a belief in the same god

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What are the two main religious groups in Africa?

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Islam and Christianity

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What religion did Arab traders bring with them to Africa?

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Islam

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Most African languages can be traced to which ethnic group?

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Bantu

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Where do most Ashanti live?

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Western Africa

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About how many people in Africa today are part of the Bantu culture?

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70 million

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What is animism?

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the belief that plants, animals, and trees have souls

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Which religion do most Ashanti people practice? Options: Christianity, Islam, Supernatural/Animist, All of the above

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Supernatural/Animist

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The majority of the Swahili people practice which religion?

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Islam