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Africa Ethnic Groups Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a community of people sharing a common culture, ancestry, customs, and language known as?

a)

Ethnic Group

b)

Religious Group

2.

What do members of a religious group have in common?

a)

Share a belief in the same god

b)

Share a common language

c)

Share a common ancestor

d)

Share a common territory

3.

What are the two main religious groups in Africa?

a)

Islam and Judaism

b)

Christianity and Judaism

c)

Islam and Christianity

d)

Islam and Traditional African Religions

4.

What religion did Arab traders bring with them to Africa?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

5.

Which form of Islam is dominant in North Africa?

a)

Sunni Islam

b)

Shia Islam

6.

Most African languages can be traced to which ethnic group?

a)

Arab

b)

Ashanti

c)

Bantu

d)

Swahili

7.

Where do most Ashanti live?

a)

Northern Africa

b)

Eastern Africa

c)

Western Africa

d)

Southern Africa

8.

About how many people in Africa today are part of the Bantu culture?

a)

7 million

b)

10 million

c)

30 million

d)

70 million

9.

What is animism?

a)

the belief in spirits

b)

the belief that plants, animals, and trees have souls

c)

the belief in supernatural powers

d)

the belief in the power of praying to ancestors

10.

Which religion do most Ashanti people practice?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Supernatural/Animist

d)

All of the above

11.

Which ethnic group has a sacred "Golden Stool"?

a)

Arab

b)

Ashanti

c)

Bantu

d)

Swahili

12.

The majority of the Swahili people practice which religion?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Supernatural/Animist

d)

Hinduism

13.

Swahili people inhabit all of the following areas except

a)

Mozambique

b)

Tanzania

c)

Nigeria

d)

Kenya

14.

The Swahili language has ties to what other language(s)?

a)

Ashanti

b)

Bantu and Ashanti

c)

Arabic

d)

Bantu and Arabic

15.

The Ashanti people speak

a)

Twi

b)

Bantu

c)

Swahili

d)

Arabic