African Culture

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1. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Mauritania
To have a baby
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand


2. What is the savanna?
Covers 40% of Africa
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
South Africa - Mozambique
Belgium


3. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
that it is leaving one community and entering another
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


4. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
To have a baby
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)


5. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
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
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came


6. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came


7. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a shrine
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


8. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a mask ceremony
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Covers 40% of Africa


9. What do Africans believe about death?
Covers 40% of Africa
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
that it is leaving one community and entering another


10. Griot

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11. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
that it is leaving one community and entering another
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces


12. Located in East Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania


13. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
exploitation
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
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. Swahili
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa


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


16. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests


17. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Guns to obtain more slaves


18. What is a gerontocracy?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
when authority is held by the elders of the group
South Africa - Mozambique
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth


19. Located in North Africa
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
The mother


20. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Arabs and Berbers
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Belgium


21. Located in Southern Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
South Africa - Mozambique
Covers 40% of Africa


22. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
The mother
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Mauritania


23. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
The mother
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land


24. Located in Central Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Angola - Congo
the father


25. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Black Africans and people of European descent
Angola - Congo


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

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27. What do Africans consider twins as?

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28. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the father


29. Animism
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
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
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.


30. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
exploitation
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Covers 40% of Africa
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa


31. What is animism?
Guns to obtain more slaves
South Africa - Mozambique
The father's to learn how to survive
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces


32. Mila
To have a baby
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
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
Black Africans and people of European descent


33. What does 'scarification' represent?

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34. What is quinine?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Belgium
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.


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

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36. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted


37. What are Africans' main method of communication?

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38. What is the Sahel?
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.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The mother


39. Islam
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
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.
To have a baby


40. How is death responded to in African culture
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a mask ceremony
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
it is celebrated


41. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth


42. Why is African immigration so important?
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
that it is leaving one community and entering another
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.


43. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Covers 40% of Africa
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth


44. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior


45. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
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.


46. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


47. What is importance of Swahili language?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Arabs and Berbers
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well


48. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor


49. Non-centralized government
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests


50. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern 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
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
it is celebrated