Test on Africa Study Guide

What is Africa's 3 ethnic groups?

• Ashanti, Bantu, Swahili

• Christianity, Islam, Judism

• Muslim, Arabic, Africa

• There are no 3 groups

Where is the location of Ashanti?

• South Africa Congo and Namibia

• North Africa Savanna and Niger River

• West Africa Ghana and Ivory coast

• None of these

Answer explanation

The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), today commonly called the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted between 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. It expanded from the Ashanti Region to include most of Ghana as well as parts of Ivory Coast and Togo.

Where is the location of Bantu?

• Found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa

• North of the Ivory Coast in Africa

• In Eastern Africa with the Swahilis

• In the Kalahari Desert where the Nomads live

Answer explanation

Bantu is a general term for over 400 different ethnic groups in Africa, from Cameroon, Southern Africa, Central Africa, to Eastern Africa, united by a common language family (the Bantu languages) and in many cases common customs. How they spread throughout such a wide area has been the focus of much study and theorizing.

Where is the location of Swahili?

• They are found in coast of eastern Africa

• They are found in northern Africa (Egypt, Libera, Niger)

• The Swahili people move around all the time so there is no specific place that they live.

• The Swahili people are found in eastern Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, & Mozambique)

Answer explanation

East Africa

The Swahili people ( Swahili: WaSwahili) are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting East Africa. Members of this ethnicity primarily reside on the Swahili coast, in an area encompassing the Zanzibar archipelago, littoral Kenya, the Tanzania seaboard, northern Mozambique, the Comoros Islands, and Northwest Madagascar.

Locations:

Found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa - Swahili

The Bantu people are found in eastern Africa

West Africa Ghana and Ivory Coast - Ashanti

• Ethnic Group

• Christianity Group

• Islam Group

Answer explanation

Ethnicity may be construed as an inherited or as a societally imposed construct. Ethnic membership tends to be defined by a shared cultural heritage, ancestry, origin myth, history, homeland, language, dialect, religion, mythology, folklore, ritual, cuisine, dressing style, art, or physical appearance. Ethnic groups may share a narrow or broad spectrum of genetic ancestry, depending on group identification, with many groups having mixed genetic ancestry.^[4][5][6] Ethnic groups often continue to speak related languages.

True or False:

The Ashanti religion is a mixture of spiritual and supernatural powers.

• True

• False

Opition 1 or 2?:

1: The Bantu practice Islam, Christianity, & traditional African religions

2: The Bantu practice Judaism, Muslim, & Non-African religions

• 2

• 1

Answer explanation

While most Bantu are Muslim, a small percentage follow traditional African religion or Christianity. The name “Bantu” was given by foreign aid workers at the inception of the 1991 civil war; locally, Bantu peoples are given derogatory names referring to their dark skin and thick curls (jereer, “hard/kinky hair,” and adoon, “slave”).

True or False:

The Ashanti religion is a mixture of spiritual and supernatural powers.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Ashanti oral tradition and spiritual values build on the feelings of profound respect for the land, traditions, and culture. The Ashanti religion, for example, combines supernatural and spiritual powers. As part of the Akan ethnic group, they believe that everything has a soul, especially animals, trees, and other plants. They also believe in supernatural beings and other magical powers, including witches, forest monsters, and fairies. Although the Ashanti of today has converted to Muslim and Christian denominations, the people believed in the traditional religion that paid respect to ancestors, higher gods, spirits, and supreme beings. Read more: https://yen.com.gh/171325-ashanti-culture-language-religion-food-rites-clothing-facts.html

The Swahili have been one of the factors that helped create a common identity for such a diverse group of people.

True or False?

• True

• False

• Both

Answer explanation

The Swahili people (Swahili: WaSwahili) comprise mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab and Comorian ethnic groups inhabiting the Swahili coast, an area encompassing the Zanzibar archipelago and mainland Tanzania's seaboard, littoral Kenya, northern Mozambique, the Comoros Islands, southwestern Somalia and Northwest Madagascar. The original Swahili distinguished themselves from other Bantu peoples by self-identifying as Waungwana (the civilised ones). In certain regions (e.g. Lamu Island), this differentiation is even more stratified in terms of societal grouping and dialect, hinting to the historical processes by which the Swahili have coalesced over time.

What language does Ashanti speak?

• Spanish

• Arabic

• Twi (or Asante)

• Swahili