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African Culture

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1. What is the African diaspora?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
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.

2. 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 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
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

3. Located in North Africa
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

4. Why is African immigration so important?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

5. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Guns to obtain more slaves
South Africa - Mozambique

6. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
Guns to obtain more slaves
The mother
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

7. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

8. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
The mother
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

9. What is the savanna?
To have a baby
South Africa - Mozambique
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Covers 40% of Africa

10. Swahili
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 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
the father

11. Located in Southern Africa
that it is leaving one community and entering another
South Africa - Mozambique
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

12. Non-centralized government
Covers 40% of Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

13. Ashanti
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Arabs and Berbers
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.

14. Griot

15. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Guns to obtain more slaves
The mother

16. What do Africans consider twins as?

17. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
a mask ceremony
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

18. Islam
Angola - Congo
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 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

19. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

20. What is animism?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Guns to obtain more slaves
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
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.

21. What is quinine?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

22. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

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

24. Arab
Black Africans and people of European descent
exploitation
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

25. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
The mother
Mauritania
To have a baby

26. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

27. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

28. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
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
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

29. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

30. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
The father's to learn how to survive
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

31. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
that it is leaving one community and entering another
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

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

33. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Belgium
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

34. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Black Africans and people of European descent
a shrine
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

35. What does 'scarification' represent?

36. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
it is celebrated
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

37. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

38. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

39. African Masks
exploitation
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Black Africans and people of European descent

40. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

41. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Mauritania
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
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

42. Animism
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.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
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

43. What are Africans' main method of communication?

44. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
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

45. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
it is celebrated
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

46. What is initiation?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Guns to obtain more slaves
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

47. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
The mother
that it is leaving one community and entering another

48. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over 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.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

49. What is importance of Swahili language?
Covers 40% of Africa
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

50. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
exploitation
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya