Transcript SS7G4a Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a

SS7G4a
Explain the differences
between an ethnic group
and a religious group.
Concepts:
CULTURE
INDIVIDUALS – GROUPS - INSTITUTIONS
SS7G4b
Explain the diversity of
religions within the Arab,
Ashanti, Bantu, and Swahili
ethnic groups.
Concepts:
CULTURE
INDIVIDUALS – GROUPS - INSTITUTIONS
WARM
ETHNIC
GROUPS
DECEMBER
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Copy the
graphic
organizer
•
Label the
four circles
by writing
the name of
the four
ethnic
groups in
Africa that
we are
studying
WARM
DECEMBER
•
Copy the
graphic
organizer
•
Label the
four circles
by writing
the name of
the four
ethnic
groups in
Africa that
we are
studying
ARAB
ASHANTI
ETHNIC
GROUPS
BANTU
SWAHILI
In Africa, the major
religions include
traditional beliefs
such as animism,
while trade,
migration, and
colonization brought
Judaism, Islam,
and Christianity to
Africa.
Traditional religions
such as animism,
the belief that all
things (living and
non-living including
natural phenomenon
such as wind) have
a soul and some of
these things may be
held up as gods.
Arabs
• Any member of the Arabic-speaking peoples native to the Middle
East and North Africa. Many Arabs are Muslims (followers of
Islam), but some are also followers of Christianity.
Ashanti
• People of West Africa near Ghana,
Ivory Coast, and Togo.
• Ashanti ethnic group mostly have
traditional beliefs. The symbol of
Asanti unity is the Golden Stool,
held to be so sacred that not even
kings were allowed to sit on it.
They also believe in spiritual and
supernatural powers.
An Asante chief
wearing silk cloth and
gold jewelry.
BANTU
One of the original ethnic
groups in Africa that was
part of the largest
migration of people on
the continent thousands
of years ago. Many
Bantu Africans have
traditional beliefs as
they believe in the power
of ancestors in everyday
life. However, in parts
of east Africa Bantu
culture has mixed with
the Arab culture to
create a new ethnic
group and culture known
as Swahili.
An
SWAHILI
•The Swahili people live on
the east coast of Africa from
Somalia to Mozambique.
Many Swahili people are
Muslims (believe in Islam)
after Arabs brought the
religion from Arabia when
trading.
•However, they also mix in
some traditional beliefs with
their Islamic beliefs.
•The Swahili language is a
mixture between Bantu and
Arabic.