African Culture

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1. What is the Sahel?
Covers 40% of Africa
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania


2. Griot

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3. What is animism?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Belgium


4. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

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5. Why is African immigration so important?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


6. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
it is celebrated
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.


7. What is quinine?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Mauritania
Guns to obtain more slaves
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.


8. How is death responded to in African culture
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
it is celebrated
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests


9. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
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
the father
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces


10. Mila
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
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
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.


11. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Covers 40% of Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Guns to obtain more slaves


12. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a mask ceremony
Angola - Congo
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand


13. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
when authority is held by the elders of the group
The father's to learn how to survive
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert


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

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15. What is initiation?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
the father


16. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
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.
Guns to obtain more slaves
it is celebrated
a shrine


17. What do Africans consider twins as?

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18. What is the African diaspora?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Belgium


19. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
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
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture


20. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
that it is leaving one community and entering another


21. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Angola - Congo
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
To have a baby


22. Located in North 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.
Arabs and Berbers
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya


23. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
exploitation
Arabs and Berbers
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another


24. Ashanti
a mask ceremony
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 used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Black Africans and people of European descent


25. Non-centralized government
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces


26. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
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


27. African Masks
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
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Belgium
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal


28. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
The father's to learn how to survive
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land


29. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
To have a baby


30. Swahili
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.


31. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
The father's to learn how to survive
exploitation
it is celebrated


32. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Belgium
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
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor


33. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.


34. What is the savanna?
Angola - Congo
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Covers 40% of Africa
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa


35. Islam
To have a baby
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.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


36. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Black Africans and people of European descent
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.


37. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
The father's to learn how to survive
Belgium
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
a shrine


38. What does 'scarification' represent?

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39. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The mother
Guns to obtain more slaves
the father
exploitation


40. What is importance of Swahili language?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor


41. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Arabs and Berbers
South Africa - Mozambique
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe


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

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43. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior


44. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Guns to obtain more slaves
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)


45. What is a gerontocracy?
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.
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Black Africans and people of European descent


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


47. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
the father
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior


48. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Arabs and Berbers
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


49. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
The mother
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand


50. Arab
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.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa