Team White - Kwanzaa

Dr. _______, professor and chairman of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach, created Kwanzaa in 1966 after searching for ways to bring African-Americans together as a community.  

• Maulana Karenga
• Frederick Douglass

• Dre

• Medgar Evers

Many of the words for the Kwanzaa celebration

come from which language?

• English

• Yoruba

• Swahili

• French

The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase “matunda ya kwanza” which means _____ in Swahili

• First Fruits

• Heritage

• Harvest

• Unity

There are _________ days of Kwanzaa.

• 4
• 7
• 9
• 8

What day does Kwanzaa begin?

• December 24

• December 25

• December 26

• January 1

What day does Kwanzaa end?

• remembered 25

• January 1

• December 26

• January 4

The seven candles (Mishumaa Saba) represent

the seven _______ of Kwanzaa.

• Tenets

• Dwarfs

• Principles

• Virtues

During Kwanzaa, the candles are lit on a

• bendera
• menorah
• kinara
• candelabra

The 7 Principles of Kwanzaa include:

(Select all that apply)

• • Umoja (Unity)

  • Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)

• • Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility)

  • Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)

• Amani (Peace)

  Familia (Family)

• • Nia (Purpose)

  • Kuumba (Creativity)

  • Imani (Faith)

What is the name of the Kwanzaa feast?

• Thanksgiving
• Saba
• Umoja
• Karamu