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African Mythology

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On a scale of Baby Yoda (Grogu), how are you feeling today?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

Did you like learning about African myths?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Kind of, I like other stories more.

3.

True or false:

Africa is one country with the same myths.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Where is the Anansi myth from?

a)

South Africa

b)

Western Africa- Ghana

c)

Eastern Africa- Ethiopia

d)

Northern Africa- Egypt

5.

Which animal form does Anansi take?

a)

Goat

b)

Bison

c)

Spider

d)

Ant

6.

What is Anansi's role/responsibility?

a)

Sky God

b)

Sun God

c)

God of Leadership

d)

God of Mischief

7.

Who is Nyame?

a)

Sky god who knows and sees everything

b)

God of Mischief

c)

God of Lies

d)

God of the Animals

8.

Where is the Kaang myth from?

a)

Ghana

b)

Southern Africa

c)

Eritrea

d)

Tunisia

9.

Who is Kaang?

a)

San God of Wisdom

b)

Bushmen God of Water

c)

Bushmen Creator God

d)

San God of Fire

10.

Why did Kaang warn the people to not build fires?

a)

Good would come to the world and Kaang is evil

b)

The plague would come to the people

c)

He never warned the people

d)

Evil would befall them

11.

What do the Bushmen of Africa believe?

a)

Fire is bad.

b)

Spirits can fly from one living thing to another.

c)

Plants are not alive, only animals and humans are.

d)

A man's spirit cannot fly into a lion.

12.

Where is the legend of the River God from?

a)

Zambia

b)

Ethipia

c)

Ghana

d)

Togo

13.

Who is Nyaminyami?

a)

Sun God

b)

Sky God

c)

Zambezi River God

d)

God of Love

14.

Why was Nyaminyami so angry with the building of the dam?

a)

He was separated from his wife.

b)

He did not like the colonizers.

c)

He did not do anything.

15.

Who is your favorite African God?

a)

Anansi

b)

Nyame

c)

Kaang

d)

Nyaminyami

e)

One of the gods I researched