U3 L1: Indigenous Spiritual Practices (7.22)

Select the TWO correct endings to this sentence regarding the inferred role of ancestors in African spiritual practices.

Ancestors are/have...?

• capable of causing misfortune or illness

• primarily associated with rivers and mountains

• seen as divine beings that created the universe

• the ability to intercede with the divine on behalf of the living

• always seen as good and benevolent

What can be concluded about indigenous African spiritual traditions based on the text? (2 correct responses)

• Animism is a tradition that regards the natural world as sacred

• African spiritual traditions do not involve the use of rituals and ceremonies

• All African cultures practice exactly the same spiritual traditions

• Colonialism and the spread of other religions have impacted many African spiritual practices

• The traditions do not include belief in a supreme being who created the universe

Which response describes the belief of animism in indigenous African spirituality?

• the natural world is evil

• ancestors can intercede with the divine

• worshiping a single supreme being

• everything in nature has a spirit or essence

​ (a)   are believed to be able to intercede with the divine on behalf of the living.

• Ancestors
• Gods
• Priests
• Animals

​ Ancestor worship involves ​ (a)   and seeking forgiveness from ​ (b)   ​ .

• honoring
• ancestors
• spirits
• worshipping

Select the area in Africa that we are studying this unit.

Match the description to the religious practice.

• monotheistic

  Prophet Muhammad

  Quran

• ritual

• repeated practice

  cleansing

  prayer

• offering

• honorific gifts

  placed at altar

• ancestor worship

• honor with ritual

  intercedes with deities

• animism

• polytheistic

  spirits in nature

• Islam

Place the correct labels on the rivers and bodies of water of Africa.

a

b

c

d

e

f

Mediterranean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Congo River

Nile River

Niger River

Gulf of Guinea

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Islam

,

(b) Indigenous Spiritual Practices

• animism

• Five Pillars

• monotheistic

• ancestor worship

• polytheistic

• Prophet Muhammad

• spread through cultural diffusion

• practices that are native to the area

Match the name of each trade route to their general location.

a

b

c

d

Trans-Arabian

Silk Roads (Asia)

Silk Roads (Europe)

Trans-Saharan