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African Culture

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1. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Guns to obtain more slaves
Angola - Congo
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

2. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Black Africans and people of European descent
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

3. 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.
a mask ceremony
a shrine
The father's to learn how to survive

4. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
The father's to learn how to survive
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

5. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
The father's to learn how to survive

6. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
To have a baby
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
a mask ceremony

7. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Angola - Congo
Mauritania
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

8. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
exploitation
Guns to obtain more slaves
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

9. Why is African immigration so important?
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
South Africa - Mozambique
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

10. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

11. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
The father's to learn how to survive
the father
Belgium

12. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
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

13. What is importance of Swahili language?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
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.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

14. What is the savanna?
Covers 40% of Africa
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

15. Located in North Africa
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

16. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The mother
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
a mask ceremony
that it is leaving one community and entering another

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

18. Located in East Africa
the father
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

19. Located in Southern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
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
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

20. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Mauritania
Guns to obtain more slaves
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

21. Arab
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
South Africa - Mozambique

22. Located in West Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
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.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Mauritania

23. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Belgium
Angola - Congo
it is celebrated
the father

24. What is initiation?
Covers 40% of Africa
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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)

25. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
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.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
that it is leaving one community and entering another

26. What does 'scarification' represent?

27. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

28. 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
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

29. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
To have a baby
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.

30. What do Africans consider twins as?

31. Non-centralized government
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Guns to obtain more slaves
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
a mask ceremony

32. What is animism?
Guns to obtain more slaves
Covers 40% of Africa
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

33. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
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
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.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

34. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
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.

35. What is the African diaspora?
it is celebrated
the father
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

36. What is quinine?
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
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

37. Located in Central Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Mauritania
Angola - Congo
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

38. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

39. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
exploitation
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

40. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a mask ceremony
Covers 40% of Africa
exploitation

41. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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

42. How is death responded to in African culture
a shrine
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
it is celebrated

43. Swahili
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 most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

44. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
exploitation
it is celebrated
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

45. What are Africans' main method of communication?

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

47. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Belgium
that it is leaving one community and entering another
The mother

48. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
a mask ceremony
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

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

50. Griot