Africa's Ethnic Groups Comprehension Check

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

• Ethnic Group

• Religious Group

What do members of a religious group have in common? Choose TWO.

• God(s), prophets, prayers

• cultural characteristics, race, national origin

• language, food, common ancestry

• history, sacred text, holy days

What are the TWO main religious groups in Africa?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Judaism

• animist

What religion did Arab traders bring with them to Africa?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

Most African languages can be traced to which ethnic group?

• Swahili

• Ashanti

• Bantu

Where do most Ashanti live?

• Ghana and Ivory Coast

• Northern Africa

• Eastern Coast of Africa

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

• About 1/3 of the population or 28 million people.

• About 1/2 of the population or 105 million people

• About 2/3 of the population or 70 million people.

Which ethnic group has a golden stool?

• Bantu

• Swahili

• Ashanti

The majority of the Swahili people practice which religion?

• Christianity

• Traditional animist

• Islam

The Swahili language has ties to what other languages? Choose TWO.

• Bantu

• Arabic

• English

• Twi