WorksheetsAfrica Ethnic Groups Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a community of people sharing a common culture, ancestry, customs, and language known as?
Ethnic Group
Religious Group
What do members of a religious group have in common?
Share a belief in the same god
Share a common language
Share a common ancestor
Share a common territory
What are the two main religious groups in Africa?
Islam and Judaism
Christianity and Judaism
Islam and Christianity
Islam and Traditional African Religions
What religion did Arab traders bring with them to Africa?
Christianity
Judaism
Hinduism
Islam
Which form of Islam is dominant in North Africa?
Sunni Islam
Shia Islam
Most African languages can be traced to which ethnic group?
Arab
Ashanti
Bantu
Swahili
Where do most Ashanti live?
Northern Africa
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Southern Africa
About how many people in Africa today are part of the Bantu culture?
7 million
10 million
30 million
70 million
What is animism?
the belief in spirits
the belief that plants, animals, and trees have souls
the belief in supernatural powers
the belief in the power of praying to ancestors
Which religion do most Ashanti people practice?
Christianity
Islam
Supernatural/Animist
All of the above
Which ethnic group has a sacred "Golden Stool"?
Arab
Ashanti
Bantu
Swahili
The majority of the Swahili people practice which religion?
Christianity
Islam
Supernatural/Animist
Hinduism
Swahili people inhabit all of the following areas except
Mozambique
Tanzania
Nigeria
Kenya
The Swahili language has ties to what other language(s)?
Ashanti
Bantu and Ashanti
Arabic
Bantu and Arabic
The Ashanti people speak
Twi
Bantu
Swahili
Arabic
