Yoruba Religions

What area do the Yoruba people inhabit?

• East Africa

• West Africa

• South Africa

• North Africa

What is the name of the supreme god in traditional Yoruba religion?

• Obatala

• Ogun

• Olodumare

• Orunmila

What is the Yoruba term for the divine energy that is believed to give a person the power to make things happen and affect change?

• Ori

• Orisha

• Aché

• Pantheon

Which deity in Yoruba religion is associated with war, the hunt, and metalworking?

• Ogun

• Obatala

• Olodumare

• Orunmila

According to the Yoruba creation myth, who created life after coming down to earth?

• Olodumare

• Ogun

• Obatala

• Orunmila

Despite external influences and restrictions, what aspect of Yoruba culture endured?

• Their language

• Their trade practices

• Their religion

• Their empire

What is the Yoruba ivory divination vessel used for?

• To hold water for religious ceremonies

• To communicate with the deity Orunmila

• To store sacred herbs used in rituals

• To represent the gods in a physical form

What resulted from the synthesizing of Yoruba religion with Christianity?

• A decline in the practice of Yoruba religion

• The creation of a new language

• Hybrid faiths such as Santería

• A new form of government

What does the term 'practitioners' refer to in the context of the Yoruba religion?

• People who are governed by religious laws

• People who actively engage in storytelling and singing

• People actively engaged in an art, discipline, or profession

• People who have studied the history of Yoruba religion

What does the term 'infused' mean as used in the document?

• To remove a quality from something

• To instill a quality in something

• To combine two different elements

• To separate a whole into parts