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African Culture

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1. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
exploitation
a shrine
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

2. What is initiation?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
that it is leaving one community and entering another

3. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
the father
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

4. African Masks
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

5. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
Covers 40% of Africa
Angola - Congo
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

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

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

8. What is quinine?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

9. Griot

10. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the father
The father's to learn how to survive

11. Located in West Africa
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Mauritania
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
it is celebrated

12. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Covers 40% of Africa
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

13. What is the Sahel?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

14. What is the African diaspora?
The father's to learn how to survive
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

15. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Angola - Congo
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

16. Mila
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Guns to obtain more slaves
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. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

18. What are Africans' main method of communication?

19. Non-centralized government
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

20. What is animism?
Belgium
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Guns to obtain more slaves
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

21. Animism
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Covers 40% of Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

22. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a mask ceremony
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
exploitation
South Africa - Mozambique

23. Located in Southern Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
South Africa - Mozambique
it is celebrated
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

24. What do Africans consider twins as?

25. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
it is celebrated
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

26. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Black Africans and people of European descent

27. How is death responded to in African culture
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
exploitation
it is celebrated

28. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
exploitation
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

29. Located in North Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Black Africans and people of European descent

30. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Black Africans and people of European descent
Guns to obtain more slaves
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

31. Located in Central Africa
The mother
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Angola - Congo
Belgium

32. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
it is celebrated

33. Ashanti
The mother
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.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Mauritania

34. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
the father
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

35. What is the savanna?
Black Africans and people of European descent
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Covers 40% of Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

36. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
it is celebrated
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

37. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

38. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
To have a baby

39. Arab
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

40. What is importance of Swahili language?
the father
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
a shrine
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

41. Islam
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
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
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 father's to learn how to survive

42. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
exploitation
when authority is held by the elders of the group
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

43. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

44. What is a gerontocracy?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

45. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Arabs and Berbers

46. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

47. Why is African immigration so important?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Belgium
South Africa - Mozambique

48. Swahili
South Africa - Mozambique
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Mauritania
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

49. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
a shrine
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The mother
exploitation

50. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.