34 (ab) - Ethnic Groups in Africa Remediation

Multiple Choice

What are the two most practiced religions in Africa?

• Judaism and Islam

• Christianity and Islam

• Animism and Christianity

• Islam and traditional religion

Multiple Choice

What ethnic group lives in north Africa and mostly practices Islam?

• Arabs

• Swahili

• Bantu

• Persians

Multiple Choice

What ethnic group lives on the east coast of Africa, believes in Mila, and mostly practices Islam?

• Arabs

• Swahili

• Bantu

• Persians

Multiple Choice

What ethnic group lives in central or southern Africa, have a tradition of drum playing, and has many members that practice Christianity or Islam?

• Arabs

• Swahili

• Bantu

• Kurds

Multiple Choice

Why do many people in Africa speak Arabic and practice the religion of Islam?

• They Kurds were given their own country in Africa after Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria refused to recognize them as an ethnic group.

• The Arabs expanded their empire from the Arabian Peninsula into Africa as they traded over land and on the sea.

• The Bantu brought their iron-working skills from West Africa to the rest of the continent.

• The majority of Persians believe that the leader of the religion must be a blood relative of Muhammad.

Multiple Choice

What is the belief that natural physical entities,

including animals, plants, and features of the earth, have a spirit or soul?

• Shintoism

• Animism

• Confucianism

• Islam

Multiple Choice

The main religion of the Arabs and Swahili is?

• Traditional African Religion

• Christianty

• Islam

• Judaism

Multiple Choice

What ethnic group is circled in red?

• Bantu

• Swahili

• Ashanti

• Arabs

Multiple Choice

What ethnic group is circled in green?

• Bantu

• Ashanti

• Swahili

• Arabs

Multiple Choice

What ethnic group is circled in yellow?

• Bantu

• Ashanti

• Swahili

• Arabs

Multiple Choice

Why was learning Arabic important for those who became Muslims?

• The Quran is written in Arabic.
• Arabic is easy to learn.
• Arabic was the only written language.
• Muslims were required to only speak Arabic.

Multiple Choice

Which BEST describes the Bantu people?

• The Bantu are a nomadic people in the Sahara Desert
• The Bantu are a separate race in the northern part of the African continent.
• The Bantu live only in cities and towns; none of them farm or herd animals anymore.
• They are many different people who share a related language and some cultural characteristics.