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African Culture

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1. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
To have a baby
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

2. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
South Africa - Mozambique
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

3. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
that it is leaving one community and entering another
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

4. What is animism?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

5. Located in East Africa
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Mauritania
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

6. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

7. Ashanti
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.
Covers 40% of Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

8. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
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
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
The mother

9. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
the father
The mother
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

10. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
that it is leaving one community and entering another
the father
Belgium
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

11. What do Africans consider twins as?

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

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

14. Non-centralized government
the father
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
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

15. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Black Africans and people of European descent
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

16. How is death responded to in African culture
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
it is celebrated
The father's to learn how to survive
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

17. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
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.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

18. What is initiation?
Covers 40% of Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

19. What is a gerontocracy?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group
exploitation

20. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

21. Griot

22. What is the Sahel?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

23. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
The mother

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

25. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
The father's to learn how to survive

26. What does 'scarification' represent?

27. Located in Central Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Angola - Congo

28. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
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
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
a shrine

29. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
the father
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
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

30. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
Covers 40% of Africa
The mother
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

31. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

32. Located in Southern Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
a mask ceremony
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
South Africa - Mozambique

33. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a mask ceremony

34. What are Africans' main method of communication?

35. Swahili
Guns to obtain more slaves
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

36. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
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
the father

37. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
exploitation
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

38. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Belgium
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Angola - Congo

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

40. African Masks
Belgium
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
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

41. Mila
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
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

42. What is the African diaspora?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
it is celebrated
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.

43. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
exploitation
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

44. Why is African immigration so important?
The father's to learn how to survive
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
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

45. 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.
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 storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

46. What is the savanna?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
exploitation
Covers 40% of Africa
Arabs and Berbers

47. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Guns to obtain more slaves
Arabs and Berbers

48. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
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
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

49. What do Africans believe about death?
exploitation
South Africa - Mozambique
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

50. Arab
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm