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African Culture

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1. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
The mother
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.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

2. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
South Africa - Mozambique

3. Mila
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
it is celebrated
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
Guns to obtain more slaves

4. 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
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent

5. What is the savanna?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Covers 40% of Africa
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
a shrine

6. What do Africans believe about death?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
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 father's to learn how to survive
that it is leaving one community and entering another

7. Located in Southern Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
South Africa - Mozambique
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

8. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

9. African Masks
Mauritania
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
a shrine

10. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Guns to obtain more slaves

11. What is initiation?
it is celebrated
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
To have a baby
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

12. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
exploitation
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

13. Why is African immigration so important?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
when authority is held by the elders of the group
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

14. What do Africans consider twins as?

15. What is a gerontocracy?
exploitation
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Angola - Congo

16. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

17. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
The father's to learn how to survive
Mauritania
Black Africans and people of European descent

18. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
The mother
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
the father
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

19. 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.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

20. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Black Africans and people of European descent
Arabs and Berbers
the father
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

21. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a mask ceremony
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

22. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
a shrine
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
exploitation
Arabs and Berbers

23. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
The mother

24. What are Africans' main method of communication?

25. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

26. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
when authority is held by the elders of the group
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

27. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

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

29. What is quinine?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
a shrine

30. Swahili
Guns to obtain more slaves
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

31. What is the Sahel?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
South Africa - Mozambique
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

32. How is death responded to in African culture
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
South Africa - Mozambique
it is celebrated

33. Located in West Africa
the father
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Mauritania
a mask ceremony

34. What is importance of Swahili language?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Belgium
a shrine
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

35. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

36. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
The father's to learn how to survive
Belgium
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Guns to obtain more slaves

37. What does 'scarification' represent?

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

39. Arab
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.
Guns to obtain more slaves
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

40. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
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 mother
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

41. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
To have a baby
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.
Belgium

42. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Black Africans and people of European descent
Belgium
The father's to learn how to survive

43. Islam
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 father's to learn how to survive
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

44. 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.
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
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.

45. Non-centralized government
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

46. What is the African diaspora?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
it is celebrated
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

47. Located in Central Africa
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Angola - Congo
exploitation

48. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
To have a baby
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
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.

49. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over 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
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
when authority is held by the elders of the group

50. Griot