African Ethnic Groups/Religion Vocabulary

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Fill in the blank: ________ is a group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or combination of such characteristics.

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Ethnic group

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Fill in the blank: ________ is a member of a Semitic people, originally from the Arabian peninsula and neighboring territories, inhabiting much of the Middle East and North Africa. Options: Arab, Persian, Berber, Kurd

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Arab

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Fill in the blank: ________ is the collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. Famous for migrations throughout central and southern Africa.

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Bantu

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Fill in the blank: ________ is a Bantu language with Arabic words, spoken along the east African coast.

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Swahili

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Fill in the blank: ________ are a people who live in what is now Ghana, in West Africa, and who are known for their artful weaving of colorful kente cloth.

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Ashanti

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Fill in the blank: ________ is a group with a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature.

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Religious Group

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Fill in the blank: ________ is the quality of being holy, worthy of respect and reverence.

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Sacred

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Fill in the blank: ________ is the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits.

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Animism

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Fill in the blank: ________ is a follower of the religion of Islam.

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Muslim

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Fill in the blank: ________ is the symbol the Ashanti believed came from heaven. It united the Ashanti people.

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Golden Stool