Religious groups & Ethnic Groups Review

Arabs represent one of the major ethnic groups in Africa today. They mainly live in North Africa. Based on this information, which religion is MOST LIKELY dominant in North Africa?

• Judaism

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Christianity

Which characteristic is MORE often shared by people belonging to the same ethnic group than people belonging to the same religious group?

• common practices of worship

• common belief system

• common sacred texts

• common ancestry

Islam is one of the most widely practiced religions in eastern Africa. How did Islam spread to the region?

• through marriages between African and Muslim royalty

• through contact between African and Muslim merchants

• through colonization by Muslim empires

• through the capture of Muslim slaves

Select the religious groups of Africa.

• Muslims

• Christians

• Arabs

• Swahili

What the belief that natural physical entities,
including animals, plants, and features of the earth, have a spiritual essence?

• Shintoism
• Animism
• confucianism
• Islam

What is the difference between an ethnic group and a religious group? Select the TRUE statement.

• Individuals cannot choose which ethnic group they belong to.

• Individuals cannot choose which religious group they belong to.

• Those who are part of the same ethnic group always share common interests.

• Religious Groups have the same ancestors.

What ethnic group is circled in red?

• Bantu

• Swahili

• Ashanti

• Arabs

The main religion of the Arabs and Swahili is....

• Traditional African Religion

• Christianty

• Islam

What ethnic group is circled in green?

• Bantu

• Ashanti

• Swahili

• Arabs

What ethnic group is circled in yellow?

• Bantu

• Ashanti

• Swahili

• Arabs