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African Culture

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

2. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Mauritania
the father

3. Located in Southern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

4. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a mask ceremony
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

5. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Black Africans and people of European descent
Mauritania

6. What is animism?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
a mask ceremony
exploitation
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

7. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
the father
Belgium
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
a shrine

8. What do Africans believe about death?
Covers 40% of Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
that it is leaving one community and entering another
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

9. 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.
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
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Guns to obtain more slaves

10. What is the savanna?
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
Covers 40% of Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

11. What is a gerontocracy?
Mauritania
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
when authority is held by the elders of the group
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

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

13. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
exploitation
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
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.

14. African Masks
The mother
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
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

15. Ashanti
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
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.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

16. 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.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Belgium
To have a baby

17. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

18. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Arabs and Berbers
exploitation
the father

19. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The mother

20. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

21. What is quinine?
Angola - Congo
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

22. What is importance of Swahili language?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

23. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The father's to learn how to survive
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

24. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

25. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

26. How is death responded to in African culture
Mauritania
Guns to obtain more slaves
it is celebrated
Angola - Congo

27. What is initiation?
a shrine
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.
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

28. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
it is celebrated
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Black Africans and people of European descent
The mother

29. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

30. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

31. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
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
Mauritania
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

32. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

33. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Guns to obtain more slaves
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

34. Animism
a mask ceremony
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

35. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
the father
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.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

36. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
exploitation
that it is leaving one community and entering another
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

37. Griot

38. Located in North Africa
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

39. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

40. What are Africans' main method of communication?

41. Swahili
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Arabs and Berbers
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
the father

42. Located in East Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Black Africans and people of European descent
Guns to obtain more slaves

43. Located in Central Africa
Angola - Congo
Black Africans and people of European descent
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.

44. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
To have a baby
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
that it is leaving one community and entering another

45. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Guns to obtain more slaves
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

46. What do Africans consider twins as?

47. 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
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
the father
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

48. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
The father's to learn how to survive
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

49. What does 'scarification' represent?

50. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
The father's to learn how to survive
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.