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African Culture

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1. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Black Africans and people of European descent
Guns to obtain more slaves
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
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

2. Non-centralized government
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
the father

3. Griot

4. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
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
that it is leaving one community and entering another
a shrine
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

5. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
the father
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

6. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Arabs and Berbers
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

7. Animism
a mask ceremony
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
it is celebrated
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

8. What is quinine?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
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

9. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
The father's to learn how to survive
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

10. What is the African diaspora?
Covers 40% of Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

11. What does 'scarification' represent?

12. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

13. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
South Africa - Mozambique
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

14. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

15. Located in Southern Africa
The father's to learn how to survive
Guns to obtain more slaves
South Africa - Mozambique
The mother

16. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The father's to learn how to survive
The mother
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

17. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

18. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
a mask ceremony
a shrine

19. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

20. What is a gerontocracy?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
the father
when authority is held by the elders of the group
that it is leaving one community and entering another

21. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Mauritania
The father's to learn how to survive
Black Africans and people of European descent
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

22. What is the savanna?
Covers 40% of Africa
Angola - Congo
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

23. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
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
The father's to learn how to survive
Belgium

24. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
The mother
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
To have a baby

25. Located in North Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

26. Swahili
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

27. What are Africans' main method of communication?

28. Arab
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
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.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

29. Why is African immigration so important?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
when authority is held by the elders of the group

30. Mila
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
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

31. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

32. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Angola - Congo

33. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
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
exploitation

34. What is the Sahel?
a shrine
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

35. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
To have a baby
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

36. Islam
Arabs and Berbers
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.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Angola - Congo

37. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
exploitation
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Guns to obtain more slaves

38. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
the father
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Black Africans and people of European descent
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

39. What do Africans consider twins as?

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

41. Located in Central Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Covers 40% of Africa
Angola - Congo
it is celebrated

42. Ashanti
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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.
exploitation

43. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

44. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
South Africa - Mozambique
a mask ceremony

45. What is animism?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Belgium
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

46. What is importance of Swahili language?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
a shrine
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

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

48. What is initiation?
it is celebrated
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
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.

49. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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...)
Belgium

50. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.