SHS History · Year 1
Socio-Cultural Practices in Pre-Colonial Ghana practice questions
Family structure, kinship and inheritance (matrilineal and patrilineal systems), rites of passage (naming ceremonies, puberty rites such as Dipo, marriage rites, funeral rites), traditional games, and traditional music and dance forms across Ghana's ethnic groups.
29 questions in this topic: 8 recall, 15 applying skills and concepts, 5 strategic thinking and 1 extended thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.
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- Question 1Skills & concepts
The wooden xylophone made by the Dagaare in northern Ghana, with gourd resonators hung beneath the keys and played using rubber-tipped sticks, is called the
- aAtumpan
- bFontomfrom
- cNtahara
- dGyil
- Question 2Strategic thinking
The payment of bride price in pre-colonial Ghanaian marriage is described in the Learner Material as helping to stabilise marriages mainly because
- ait made divorce impossible under any circumstance
- bits return would signal divorce, discouraging couples from separating lightly
- cit was paid only after several years of marriage
- dit removed all responsibilities from the bride's family
- Question 3Skills & concepts
Among the Akan, receiving one's first gun from one's father marked a young man's puberty transition mainly because it symbolised his readiness to
- adefend the community and take part in adult duties such as paying taxes
- bleave the community permanently
- cbecome a priest-king
- dtake on the office of Queen Mother
- Question 4Recall
The Krobo puberty rite in which girls approaching womanhood underwent a twelve-month period of training under selected elderly women is known as
- aBragoro
- bDipo
- cGbortoworwor
- dYifomi
- Question 5Skills & concepts
During the Akan naming ritual, an elder dipped a finger in water and alcohol, saying "wo se nsu a, nsu" and "wo se nsa a, nsa". This ritual was mainly meant to emphasise
- athe wealth of the child's family
- bthe child's future occupation
- cthe number of children the parents would have
- dthe importance of truthfulness in the child's life
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