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African Culture

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

2. Non-centralized government
it is celebrated
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
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.

3. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
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.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

4. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
a mask ceremony
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

5. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
the father
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

6. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Arabs and Berbers
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

7. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Black Africans and people of European descent
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

8. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
The mother
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

9. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
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 medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Guns to obtain more slaves
it is celebrated

10. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Mauritania
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
that it is leaving one community and entering another

11. Located in East Africa
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.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
To have a baby
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

12. How is death responded to in African culture
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
it is celebrated
The mother
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

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

14. Swahili
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.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

15. Mila
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
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

16. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

17. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Belgium
Arabs and Berbers
Guns to obtain more slaves

18. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Belgium
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Angola - Congo

19. What does 'scarification' represent?

20. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
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
South Africa - Mozambique
it is celebrated

21. What are Africans' main method of communication?

22. Griot

23. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Covers 40% of Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

24. What is quinine?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
The father's to learn how to survive
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

25. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Covers 40% of Africa
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
To have a baby
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

26. Located in North Africa
Mauritania
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

27. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The mother
The father's to learn how to survive
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

28. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

29. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

30. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
The father's to learn how to survive
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.

31. African Masks
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.
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

32. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
exploitation
The mother

33. Islam
Arabs and Berbers
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
a mask ceremony
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.

34. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
exploitation
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

35. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
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.
South Africa - Mozambique
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
it is celebrated

36. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
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.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

37. What is animism?
a shrine
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
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

38. Located in West Africa
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Mauritania
a shrine
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

39. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a mask ceremony
The father's to learn how to survive
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

40. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

41. What is the African diaspora?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
a mask ceremony
Guns to obtain more slaves

42. What is initiation?
Mauritania
To have a baby
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

43. Why is African immigration so important?
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
a shrine
Guns to obtain more slaves

44. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

45. What do Africans consider twins as?

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

47. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
exploitation
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

48. Located in Central Africa
Angola - Congo
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.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

49. Located in Southern Africa
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

50. Animism
it is celebrated
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
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal