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1. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Guns to obtain more slaves
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania


2. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land


3. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
the father
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
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.


4. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Arabs and Berbers
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Covers 40% of Africa


5. What is animism?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth


6. Located in East Africa
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe


7. What is the savanna?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Covers 40% of Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya


8. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
To have a baby
Guns to obtain more slaves
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication


9. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
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
Covers 40% of Africa


10. What is the Sahel?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert


11. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
South Africa - Mozambique
Arabs and Berbers
exploitation


12. Located in Southern Africa
a mask ceremony
Arabs and Berbers
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.


13. What is importance of Swahili language?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
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
To have a baby
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication


14. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
The father's to learn how to survive
exploitation
Black Africans and people of European descent
it is celebrated


15. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
a shrine


16. What do Africans consider twins as?

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17. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
exploitation
Covers 40% of Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.


18. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Mauritania
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture


19. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
a shrine
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
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


20. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
The mother


21. What does 'scarification' represent?

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22. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
exploitation
Black Africans and people of European descent
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.


23. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

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24. Why is African immigration so important?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Mauritania
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
it is celebrated


25. What is a gerontocracy?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
when authority is held by the elders of the group
South Africa - Mozambique
Belgium


26. Griot

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27. Ashanti
Angola - Congo
a mask ceremony
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.
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


28. Located in Central Africa
The father's to learn how to survive
The mother
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Angola - Congo


29. Non-centralized government
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication


30. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
it is celebrated


31. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
it is celebrated
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
The mother
Guns to obtain more slaves


32. What are Africans' main method of communication?

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33. Animism
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Mauritania
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.


34. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
a mask ceremony
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture


35. What is the African diaspora?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)


36. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
exploitation
Black Africans and people of European descent
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
it is celebrated


37. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The father's to learn how to survive
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand


38. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
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.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese


39. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


40. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
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


41. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Arabs and Berbers
To have a baby
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Covers 40% of Africa


42. What do Africans believe about death?
To have a baby
that it is leaving one community and entering another
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another


43. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
a shrine
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.


44. What is initiation?
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
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


45. Located in North Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Angola - Congo


46. 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.
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came


47. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
a mask ceremony
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Morroco - Egypt - Libya


48. Swahili
To have a baby
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm


49. Arab
Arabs and Berbers
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm


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

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