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African Culture

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1. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
The mother
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
a mask ceremony

2. What is the African diaspora?
South Africa - Mozambique
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

3. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The mother
the monotheistic religion of Muslims based on the teachings of prophet Muhammad as laid down in the Koran. The second largest religion in the world.

4. What do Africans consider twins as?

5. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

6. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
a shrine

7. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
the father
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Mauritania
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

8. What is the savanna?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
a shrine
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Covers 40% of Africa

9. What is initiation?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Black Africans and people of European descent
To have a baby
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

10. What does 'scarification' represent?

11. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
people found in the modern country of Ghana - in west africa - and who are known for their artful weaving and colorful asasia - or kente cloth.
Black Africans and people of European descent
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

12. How is death responded to in African culture
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Angola - Congo
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
it is celebrated

13. Located in Southern Africa
it is celebrated
South Africa - Mozambique
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

14. What is a gerontocracy?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
when authority is held by the elders of the group
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

15. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
To have a baby
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Arabs and Berbers

16. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Swahili beliefs that spirits can posess a person and there is a close link between their religious beliefs and the practice of medicine and healing

17. Swahili
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

18. Arab
Swahili beliefs that spirits can posess a person and there is a close link between their religious beliefs and the practice of medicine and healing
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

19. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
a shrine
The father's to learn how to survive
the father

20. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
people found in the modern country of Ghana - in west africa - and who are known for their artful weaving and colorful asasia - or kente cloth.

21. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
a shrine
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

22. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Swahili beliefs that spirits can posess a person and there is a close link between their religious beliefs and the practice of medicine and healing
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

23. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
the father
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

24. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
The mother
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

25. What are Africans' main method of communication?

26. Located in Central Africa
a shrine
Angola - Congo
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

27. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
To have a baby
Mauritania
Covers 40% of Africa

28. What is importance of Swahili language?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

29. African Masks
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
a mask ceremony
To have a baby

30. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
a mask ceremony

31. What is the Sahel?
The father's to learn how to survive
Swahili beliefs that spirits can posess a person and there is a close link between their religious beliefs and the practice of medicine and healing
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

32. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Guns to obtain more slaves

33. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
The mother
exploitation

34. Islam
the monotheistic religion of Muslims based on the teachings of prophet Muhammad as laid down in the Koran. The second largest religion in the world.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The mother
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

35. What do Africans believe about death?
the monotheistic religion of Muslims based on the teachings of prophet Muhammad as laid down in the Koran. The second largest religion in the world.
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
that it is leaving one community and entering another
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

36. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
it is celebrated
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group

37. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Swahili beliefs that spirits can posess a person and there is a close link between their religious beliefs and the practice of medicine and healing
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
a mask ceremony

38. Ashanti
South Africa - Mozambique
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
people found in the modern country of Ghana - in west africa - and who are known for their artful weaving and colorful asasia - or kente cloth.
Mauritania

39. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
it is celebrated
that it is leaving one community and entering another

40. In childhood - where does the child move to before puberty?

41. What do African women do when they fail at birth and why?

42. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

43. Griot

44. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Belgium
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

45. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
it is celebrated

46. Non-centralized government
the father
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

47. Located in North Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

48. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

49. Located in East Africa
a mask ceremony
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

50. Mila
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the father
Swahili beliefs that spirits can posess a person and there is a close link between their religious beliefs and the practice of medicine and healing
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth