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African Culture

Subject : culture
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1. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?






2. Located in West Africa






3. Located in Central Africa






4. Why is African immigration so important?






5. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?






6. What is the Sahel?






7. Located in Southern Africa






8. Ashanti






9. What are Africans' main method of communication?


10. Griot


11. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?






12. What is the African diaspora?






13. What do Africans believe about death?






14. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?


15. Located in North Africa






16. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?






17. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?






18. What is animism?






19. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?






20. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting






21. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?






22. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?






23. Located in East Africa






24. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?






25. What is quinine?






26. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.






27. Mila






28. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?






29. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.






30. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?






31. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?






32. What is initiation?






33. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?






34. What does 'scarification' represent?


35. African Masks






36. What is the savanna?






37. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?






38. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?






39. Animism






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


41. Islam






42. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?






43. Non-centralized government






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


45. What is importance of Swahili language?






46. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?






47. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?






48. What is a gerontocracy?






49. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?






50. Swahili