Arabs
Which region of Africa do Arabs primarily reside in?
What is: Northern Africa
When did the Ashanti Empire formally unite?
What is: 1701
The Bantu people exist in which parts of Africa?
What is: Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa
What is the language group called that uses the Swahili language?
What is: Bantu language
Which ethnic group (sometimes) blends animism with Christianity and Islam
What is: The Ashanti
What religious text is intertwined with Afro-Arabic lives, and is present in one of the three major montheistic relgions?
What is: The Qua' ran
Ashanti homelands are within regions of an abudance of what materials?
What is: gold, cocoa, timber, and fertile soil
In which direction did Bantu settlers migrate to?
What is: Eastward and Southward
What two outside cultures influenced the Swahili, and why?
What is: African and Middle Eastern, due to its maritime geography
What is: Ashanti
Clothing, such as ____ robes and ____ coverings reflect ____ culture in Africa
What is: Flow (flowing), head, Arabic
What symbol represents the soul of the entire Ashanti nation?
What is: The Ashanti Golden Stool (or Golden Stool)
What is ancestral veneration, and what does it have to do with traditional Bantu beliefs?
What is: The honoring and deep respect for ancestors, one of the major beliefs in Bantu culture
Which three religions are present in Swahili culture, and which one has traditional roots in Africa?
What is: Christianity, Islam, Animism; Animism
This is a type of language that can be compared to a bridge between languages.
When did Arabic-speaking people start to immigrate/travel to Northern Africa, and what did they impact (list at least three, if tie, group with most valid answers wins)
What is: 600s and 700s CE, Islam, Arabic language, New Architecture
Bright colors and complex patterns on cloth represent what in Ashanti culture?
What is: Unity, creativity, bravery, and spiritual strength
What did Bantu people help spread through migration?
What is: farming techniques, ironworking skills, cattle herding, and innovative social organizations
Traders in some Swahili city-states became rich from trading what?
What is: Ivory, gold, spices, tortoise shells, and porcelain? (must state at least all five)
Mrbeast wants to go on a trip to Kenya to build wells for Swahili villages. Meanwhile, Carl is flying over the Drakensburg mountains. Which is most likely to be found in Mrbeast's area, and which in Carl's?
What is: Mrbeast = Christianity, Carl = Christianity
Bob is an Arab trader in the year 677, wanting to get from Cairo to England, and then to a small town in Central Africa. Which trade routes does he use?
What is: Meditteranean ports, trans-Saharan trade routes
What does a matrilineal culture in Ashanti mean, and what is an example?
What is: descendence and inheritance towards the mother's lineage; matriarchs, or Queen Mothers have important authority within family networks (Simplified is motherly lineage favoritism, matriarchs)
How many people speak Bantu, and how many languages and dialects of it are there?
What is: 200 million people, over 650 regional languages and dialects
Name all the famous Swahili city-states!
What is: Kilwa, Mombasa, Malindi, Gede, Lamu, Zanzibar (must say at least three, if all five, then offer 1000 points)
What culture is coconut rice present in, and which is date-filled pastries?
What is: Swahili, Arab