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African Culture

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1. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
To have a baby
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

2. Located in West Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Mauritania
Belgium

3. Located in Central Africa
Angola - Congo
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Belgium

4. Why is African immigration so important?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
To have a baby
a mask ceremony
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

5. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Guns to obtain more slaves
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
a mask ceremony

6. What is the Sahel?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

7. Located in Southern Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
South Africa - Mozambique
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

8. Ashanti
the father
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
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.
Arabs and Berbers

9. What are Africans' main method of communication?

10. Griot

11. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

12. What is the African diaspora?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Guns to obtain more slaves
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

13. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
To have a baby

14. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

15. Located in North Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
The father's to learn how to survive
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a mask ceremony

16. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
The father's to learn how to survive
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.

17. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
To have a baby
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

18. What is animism?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
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
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

19. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
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.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The father's to learn how to survive

20. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Belgium
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

21. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
the father
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

22. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
exploitation
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
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

23. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Mauritania
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
when authority is held by the elders of the group

24. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
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.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

25. What is quinine?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
To have a baby
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

26. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Arabs and Berbers

27. 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
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

28. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the father
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
exploitation

29. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Black Africans and people of European descent
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

30. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
The mother

31. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

32. What is initiation?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Arabs and Berbers

33. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a mask ceremony
To have a baby
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

34. What does 'scarification' represent?

35. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a shrine
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

36. What is the savanna?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Covers 40% of Africa
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

37. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
Mauritania
Guns to obtain more slaves
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

38. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Belgium
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
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

39. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
it is celebrated
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

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

41. Islam
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
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.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

42. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
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.
a shrine
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

43. Non-centralized government
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Guns to obtain more slaves

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

45. What is importance of Swahili language?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Angola - Congo
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

46. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
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.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Black Africans and people of European descent

47. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

48. What is a gerontocracy?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
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.
when authority is held by the elders of the group
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

49. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
it is celebrated

50. Swahili
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth