SHS History · Year 1
Traditional Leaders and Indigenous Healthcare in Pre-Colonial Ghana practice questions
Traditional leaders who contributed to the growth of their kingdoms (Togbe Sri I, Okai Koi, Otara Firal I, Naa Gbewa, Osei Tutu I, Ndewura Jakpa Lanta), the role of women in pre-colonial political systems, and the features, methods, practitioners and remedies of indigenous healthcare in pre-colonial Ghana.
29 questions in this topic: 5 recall, 18 applying skills and concepts, 5 strategic thinking and 1 extended thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.
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- Question 1Recall
Which group of indigenous healthcare practitioners in pre-colonial Ghana specialised in treating fractured or dislocated bones, a skill for which certain families in almost every town became particularly noted?
- aBone setting experts
- bSpecialised Islamic clerics
- cTraditional birth attendants
- dHybrid herbalist-spiritualists
- Question 2Skills & concepts
Osei Tutu I's military organisation for the Asante Union, adapted from the Akwamu formation, divided forces into the Vanguard (adonten), the rear (kyidom) and the left (benkum) and
- aright (nifa) wings
- bTindana command
- cWulomo division
- dCouncil of Elders division
- Question 3Skills & concepts
The annual festival at Kumasi, which Osei Tutu I required all members of the Asante Union to attend to settle disputes and unite the various peoples of Asante, was the
- aHomowo festival
- bHogbetsotso festival
- cOdwira festival
- dAdae Kese festival
- Question 4Skills & concepts
Traditional healers in pre-colonial Ghana used a diagnostic practice involving objects such as bones, cowrie shells and sacred objects to interpret the spiritual cause of a disease. Among the Ewe, this practice was known as
- ayifomi
- bakonta sekan
- cafakaka
- dnsawa
- Question 5Strategic thinking
Charms and talismans used for protection and healing in pre-colonial Ghana were referred to by the Akan as 'suman', by the Ewe as 'dzoka', and in Mampruli as
- aafakaka
- bnsawa
- csabri
- dyifomi
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