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African Culture

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1. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
a mask ceremony
Belgium

2. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Black Africans and people of European descent
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

3. Non-centralized government
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Arabs and Berbers
the father

4. What do Africans believe about death?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
that it is leaving one community and entering another
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

5. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
The father's to learn how to survive
a shrine
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

6. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
exploitation
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

7. African Masks
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
Angola - Congo
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

8. What is the African diaspora?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Covers 40% of Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

9. What is animism?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
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
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

10. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Arabs and Berbers
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

11. Mila
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
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
a shrine

12. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

13. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
South Africa - Mozambique
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.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
the father

14. What is quinine?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
that it is leaving one community and entering another
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

15. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

16. Located in North Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Angola - Congo
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

17. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
The mother
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Belgium

18. Why is African immigration so important?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

19. What is the Sahel?
exploitation
Guns to obtain more slaves
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

20. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Mauritania
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

21. What does 'scarification' represent?

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

23. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

24. Ashanti
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
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.
To have a baby
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

25. 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.
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.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

26. Located in West Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South 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
Mauritania

27. What is initiation?
Angola - Congo
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

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

29. Located in Central Africa
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Angola - Congo
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Guns to obtain more slaves

30. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
exploitation
the father
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

31. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Covers 40% of Africa
a shrine
South Africa - Mozambique
The father's to learn how to survive

32. Arab
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
a mask ceremony

33. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
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.

34. What are Africans' main method of communication?

35. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
The mother
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
a mask ceremony
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

36. Located in Southern Africa
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.
South Africa - Mozambique
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

37. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
the father
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Black Africans and people of European descent
To have a baby

38. What is a gerontocracy?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
a mask ceremony
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
when authority is held by the elders of the group

39. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
The mother
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

40. What is importance of Swahili language?
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.
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
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
The father's to learn how to survive

41. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
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
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

42. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Angola - Congo
Arabs and Berbers
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
The father's to learn how to survive

43. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

44. How is death responded to in African culture
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
it is celebrated
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
To have a baby

45. What is the savanna?
To have a baby
Covers 40% of Africa
that it is leaving one community and entering another
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

46. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

47. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
the father
Guns to obtain more slaves
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

48. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Covers 40% of Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

49. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

50. Swahili
Angola - Congo
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania