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African Culture

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1. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
a mask ceremony
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

2. What are Africans' main method of communication?

3. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Black Africans and people of European descent
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 belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

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

5. 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
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
South Africa - Mozambique
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

6. What do Africans believe about death?
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
that it is leaving one community and entering another
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

7. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
South Africa - Mozambique
The mother

8. Arab
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Arabs and Berbers

9. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Covers 40% of Africa
the father
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

10. What is the Sahel?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
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 southern edge of the Sahara Desert

11. What is initiation?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Guns to obtain more slaves
Arabs and Berbers
Belgium

12. Non-centralized government
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Covers 40% of Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

13. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
a mask ceremony
Belgium
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

14. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
To have a baby
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)
Angola - Congo

15. What does 'scarification' represent?

16. What is quinine?
Mauritania
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
To have a baby

17. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

18. What is a gerontocracy?
it is celebrated
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

19. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Belgium
that it is leaving one community and entering another

20. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
The father's to learn how to survive
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
a shrine
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

21. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
the father
a mask ceremony
The mother
a shrine

22. What is importance of Swahili language?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Mauritania
a mask ceremony
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

23. Located in West Africa
a shrine
Mauritania
Covers 40% of Africa
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

24. Located in Central Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Black Africans and people of European descent
Guns to obtain more slaves
Angola - Congo

25. What is the savanna?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Covers 40% of Africa
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

26. Located in North Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
a mask ceremony
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

27. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

28. Griot

29. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Mauritania
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

30. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Mauritania

31. Located in East Africa
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

32. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

33. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
exploitation
Arabs and Berbers
the father

34. Swahili
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

35. Located in Southern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Belgium

36. Why is African immigration so important?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

37. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

38. 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.
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
a shrine

39. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

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

41. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
exploitation
South Africa - Mozambique
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

42. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
a shrine
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Mauritania

43. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
exploitation
Guns to obtain more slaves
a shrine
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

44. 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
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

45. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Black Africans and people of European descent
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
To have a baby
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

46. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Arabs and Berbers
that it is leaving one community and entering another

47. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
exploitation
a shrine
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
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

48. What is animism?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

49. What do Africans consider twins as?

50. Ashanti
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.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted