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African Culture

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1. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
it is celebrated
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

2. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Arabs and Berbers
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
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
a mask ceremony

3. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Guns to obtain more slaves

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

5. Islam
that it is leaving one community and entering another
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.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
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

6. Located in Central Africa
exploitation
Angola - Congo
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Black Africans and people of European descent

7. What is the Sahel?
Angola - Congo
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
the father

8. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
The father's to learn how to survive
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Covers 40% of Africa

9. Non-centralized government
The mother
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
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 belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

10. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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.

11. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Black Africans and people of European descent
a mask ceremony
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

12. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
a mask ceremony
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

13. What is the savanna?
Covers 40% of Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Arabs and Berbers

14. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Black Africans and people of European descent
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

15. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Black Africans and people of European descent
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

16. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
The father's to learn how to survive
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a shrine

17. What is importance of Swahili language?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
a shrine
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

18. What is quinine?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

19. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

20. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
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

21. What is a gerontocracy?
Mauritania
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
when authority is held by the elders of the group
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

22. Located in North Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

23. What are Africans' main method of communication?

24. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
The mother
Guns to obtain more slaves

25. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

26. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

27. Animism
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
South Africa - Mozambique
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

28. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
To have a baby
a shrine
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

29. Arab
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
South Africa - Mozambique
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group

30. What do Africans consider twins as?

31. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The mother
a shrine

32. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

33. What does 'scarification' represent?

34. Griot

35. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
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
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

36. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
it is celebrated
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

37. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
The father's to learn how to survive
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

38. 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
it is celebrated
when authority is held by the elders of the group
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

39. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

40. Swahili
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
exploitation
Arabs and Berbers
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

41. Why is African immigration so important?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Covers 40% of Africa
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

42. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
the father
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Arabs and Berbers

43. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
a shrine
Belgium
South Africa - Mozambique
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

44. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Arabs and Berbers
a shrine
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

45. What is initiation?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

46. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over 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
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
The father's to learn how to survive

47. What is animism?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Guns to obtain more slaves
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

48. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Black Africans and people of European descent
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

49. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Guns to obtain more slaves
Black Africans and people of European descent
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
South Africa - Mozambique

50. Located in East Africa
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Covers 40% of Africa