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African Culture

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1. Located in East Africa
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

2. African Masks
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
a mask ceremony
Belgium
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

3. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
South Africa - Mozambique
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
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

4. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
To have a baby
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

5. What is a gerontocracy?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Mauritania
when authority is held by the elders of the group
a mask ceremony

6. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

7. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Mauritania
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
a mask ceremony
Black Africans and people of European descent

8. What are Africans' main method of communication?

9. What is animism?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
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.
exploitation

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

11. What is initiation?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
it is celebrated
Black Africans and people of European descent
Arabs and Berbers

12. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
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 used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

13. 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
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
The mother

14. What is the African diaspora?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
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

15. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Angola - Congo
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

16. Located in North Africa
Covers 40% of Africa
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
The mother
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

17. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Arabs and Berbers
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

18. What is the savanna?
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.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Covers 40% of Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

19. Located in Southern Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
South Africa - Mozambique
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

20. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
To have a baby
a shrine
Belgium
Covers 40% of Africa

21. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
The father's to learn how to survive
To have a baby
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

22. 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.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

23. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Black Africans and people of European descent
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

24. Non-centralized government
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
South Africa - Mozambique
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

25. What do Africans believe about death?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
To have a baby
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

26. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
exploitation
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

27. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
exploitation
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

28. Located in West Africa
the father
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.
Mauritania
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

29. What is importance of Swahili language?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
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.
it is celebrated
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

30. What is quinine?
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.
Covers 40% of Africa
that it is leaving one community and entering another

31. Swahili
South Africa - Mozambique
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Black Africans and people of European descent
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

32. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
The father's to learn how to survive
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
the father
Guns to obtain more slaves

33. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Arabs and Berbers
Angola - Congo
a shrine

34. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
South Africa - Mozambique
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

35. What does 'scarification' represent?

36. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
The mother
Belgium
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.

37. 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
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

38. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The mother
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

39. Islam
exploitation
Covers 40% of Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
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.

40. Located in Central Africa
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Angola - Congo
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The father's to learn how to survive

41. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
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...)

42. Arab
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
The mother
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

43. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
exploitation
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
a mask ceremony

44. How is death responded to in African culture
a mask ceremony
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
it is celebrated
Black Africans and people of European descent

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

46. What do Africans consider twins as?

47. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
a shrine

48. Why is African immigration so important?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Angola - Congo
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

49. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
South Africa - Mozambique
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
the father
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.

50. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
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.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land