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African Culture

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1. Located in East Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

2. Swahili
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

3. Located in North Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

4. What is initiation?
To have a baby
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
a shrine

5. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
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
Arabs and Berbers

6. What is a gerontocracy?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
when authority is held by the elders of the group
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing 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.

7. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
that it is leaving one community and entering another

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

9. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
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.

10. Mila
Mauritania
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern 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
The father's to learn how to survive

11. What does 'scarification' represent?

12. What is importance of Swahili language?
The mother
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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

13. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

14. Islam
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
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 monotheistic religion of Muslims based on the teachings of prophet Muhammad as laid down in the Koran. The second largest religion in the world.

15. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
a mask ceremony
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

16. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a mask ceremony
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

17. What is the savanna?
Covers 40% of Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group
that it is leaving one community and entering another
the father

18. Arab
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Belgium

19. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
a shrine
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
The father's to learn how to survive

20. What is the African diaspora?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
a mask ceremony

21. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Belgium
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

22. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
South Africa - Mozambique
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
The mother

23. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

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

25. Located in Southern Africa
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
South Africa - Mozambique
a mask ceremony
it is celebrated

26. What is the Sahel?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The mother
Angola - Congo

27. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Arabs and Berbers
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

28. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

29. Located in Central Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Angola - Congo
Mauritania

30. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

31. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Mauritania
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

32. Ashanti
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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.
Guns to obtain more slaves
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

33. Why is African immigration so important?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
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.

34. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
South Africa - Mozambique
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

35. Non-centralized government
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Arabs and Berbers
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

36. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
the father
Belgium
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

37. How is death responded to in African culture
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
it is celebrated
exploitation
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

38. Animism
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Angola - Congo

39. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The father's to learn how to survive

40. Griot

41. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
a mask ceremony
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Black Africans and people of European descent
Belgium

42. Located in West Africa
Arabs and Berbers
Mauritania
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

43. African Masks
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.
Angola - Congo
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

44. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Black Africans and people of European descent
To have a baby
the father
that it is leaving one community and entering another

45. What are Africans' main method of communication?

46. What is quinine?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

47. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Mauritania
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

48. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
The father's to learn how to survive
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
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

49. What do Africans believe about death?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
that it is leaving one community and entering another
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
it is celebrated

50. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
To have a baby
a shrine
Covers 40% of Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)