WorksheetsAFRICAN ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS QUIZ
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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 is a community of people whose identity is distinctive in terms of common religious beliefs and practices?
a)
Ethnic group
b)
Religious group
3.
What are the two main religious groups in Africa?
a)
Buddhism and Hinduism
b)
Christianity and Islam
c)
Judaism and Hinduism
d)
Shintoism and Confucianism
4.
What religion did Arab traders bring with them to Africa?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Arabic
d)
Bantu
5.
Most African languages can be traced to which ethnic group?
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Swahili
6.
Which ethnic group has a sacred “Golden Stool”?
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Swahili
7.
The majority of the Swahili people practice which religion?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Animism
d)
Confucianism
8.
This ethnic group believes that plants, animals, and trees have souls.
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Swahili
9.
What term is used to describe the belief that plants, animals, and trees have souls?
a)
Animism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Christianity
d)
Shintoism
10.
Which ethnic group can be found primarily in northern Africa?
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Swahili
11.
Which ethnic group has a language with over 650 different dialects?
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Swahili
12.
Which ethnic group can be traced back almost 50,000 years ago?
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Swahili
13.
This ethnic group can be primarily located in central and southern Africa?
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Swahili
14.
The Arabs speak what language?
a)
Arabic
b)
Bantu
c)
Asante
d)
Twi
15.
Asante (Twi) is the language spoken by which ethnic group?
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Swahili
16.
The eastern coastline of Africa is the home to which ethnic group?
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Swahili
17.
Which African ethnic group can trace its ancestry back to Southwest Asia (Middle east) where Islamic traders left to trade and spread their religion in Africa?
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Aryans
18.
Which ethnic group is located in Western Africa, in the countries of Ghana and Ivory Coast?
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Swahili
19.
Which ethnic group believes their civilization will continue to thrive as long as they continue to control the Golden Stool?
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Bantu
d)
Swahili
20.
What was the main reason why the Islam religion split/divided up?
a)
Holy book issues
b)
They could not decide on a main language
c)
They disagreed about which holy days to celebrate
d)
They could not agree about leadership
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