African Culture

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1. What are Africans' main method of communication?

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2. Located in Central Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
The mother
Angola - Congo
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land


3. Located in West Africa
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Angola - Congo
Mauritania
Guns to obtain more slaves


4. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a mask ceremony
To have a baby
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
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


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

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6. Why is African immigration so important?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came


7. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
a shrine
The father's to learn how to survive


8. Animism
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Guns to obtain more slaves


9. Griot

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10. What does 'scarification' represent?

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11. What is importance of Swahili language?
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
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


12. Located in North Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania


13. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Angola - Congo
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm


14. Located in Southern Africa
the father
Mauritania
South Africa - Mozambique
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm


15. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
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
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Belgium


16. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
it is celebrated


17. What is quinine?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Angola - Congo


18. What was a religious 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
Arabs and Berbers
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture


19. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
The father's to learn how to survive
Guns to obtain more slaves


20. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

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21. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests


22. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Black Africans and people of European descent
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South 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


23. What is the African diaspora?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well


24. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
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.
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.


25. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted


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

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27. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Black Africans and people of European descent
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Arabs and Berbers
Angola - Congo


28. Mila
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
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
a shrine
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior


29. 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
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
when authority is held by the elders of the group


30. African Masks
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
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
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal


31. What do Africans believe about death?
South Africa - Mozambique
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
that it is leaving one community and entering another


32. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
it is celebrated


33. What is a gerontocracy?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
a mask ceremony
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.


34. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
a shrine
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
To have a baby


35. What do Africans consider twins as?

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36. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
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.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.


37. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Guns to obtain more slaves
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.


38. What is the savanna?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Mauritania
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Covers 40% of Africa


39. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
Arabs and Berbers
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
exploitation


40. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
the father
Angola - Congo
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania


41. Located in East Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)


42. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Black Africans and people of European descent
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
the father
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture


43. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Belgium
South Africa - Mozambique
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land


44. Islam
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
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


45. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
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


46. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
a shrine
Belgium
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came


47. Non-centralized government
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man


48. Ashanti
Black Africans and people of European descent
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Belgium
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 is animism?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces


50. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
it is celebrated
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
exploitation