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African Culture

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1. 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
Mauritania
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Arabs and Berbers

2. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
To have a baby

3. Located in Southern Africa
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing 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
South Africa - Mozambique

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

5. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Black Africans and people of European descent

6. Located in North Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
the father
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

7. 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.
Belgium
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

8. Located in Central Africa
Angola - Congo
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east 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.
a shrine

9. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
it is celebrated
the father
Black Africans and people of European descent
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

10. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
Arabs and Berbers
when authority is held by the elders of the group

11. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

12. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a shrine

13. Located in West Africa
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Covers 40% of Africa
Mauritania
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

14. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
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.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

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

16. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
when authority is held by the elders of the group
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.
Belgium
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

17. What does 'scarification' represent?

18. Animism
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

19. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
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.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

20. What is animism?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

21. Why is African immigration so important?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
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.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

22. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
South Africa - Mozambique
The mother
a shrine
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

23. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
exploitation

24. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Angola - Congo
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

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

26. How is death responded to in African culture
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Covers 40% of Africa
it is celebrated

27. What is the savanna?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Covers 40% of Africa
The father's to learn how to survive
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

28. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
South Africa - Mozambique
To have a baby
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Guns to obtain more slaves

29. What do Africans consider twins as?

30. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
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
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

31. Ashanti
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
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.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

32. 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
Covers 40% of Africa
the father
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

33. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
it is celebrated
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
the father

34. What is initiation?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

35. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

36. What is a gerontocracy?
The mother
the father
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
when authority is held by the elders of the group

37. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

38. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
The mother
Arabs and Berbers
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

39. What is quinine?
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.
Belgium
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
when authority is held by the elders of the group

40. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
The mother
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

41. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
the father
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

42. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
Belgium
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

43. 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.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

44. Mila
Belgium
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
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

45. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite 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.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
a mask ceremony

46. Arab
Angola - Congo
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
a shrine

47. What do Africans believe about death?
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.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

48. What is importance of Swahili language?
Black Africans and people of European descent
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

49. What are Africans' main method of communication?

50. Griot