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African Culture

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1. Griot

2. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Guns to obtain more slaves
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Black Africans and people of European descent
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

3. What is the African diaspora?
Guns to obtain more slaves
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Angola - Congo
that it is leaving one community and entering another

4. Animism
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
To have a baby
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Arabs and Berbers

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

6. Non-centralized government
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
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.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Angola - Congo

7. 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
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Arabs and Berbers

8. Located in East Africa
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

9. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
that it is leaving one community and entering another

10. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
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
The father's to learn how to survive

11. What does 'scarification' represent?

12. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
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
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
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

13. 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
The mother
Guns to obtain more slaves

14. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
when authority is held by the elders of the group

15. What is importance of Swahili language?
To have a baby
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

16. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
South Africa - Mozambique
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
when authority is held by the elders of the group
To have a baby

17. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
exploitation
To have a baby
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

18. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Arabs and Berbers
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
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.

19. Arab
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

20. Located in Central Africa
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
Angola - Congo
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

21. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
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.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

22. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Guns to obtain more slaves
Mauritania
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

23. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

24. 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 spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

25. What is quinine?
Arabs and Berbers
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
South Africa - Mozambique
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

26. How is death responded to in African culture
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
it is celebrated
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

27. What do Africans consider twins as?

28. What is the Sahel?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
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.

29. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
The mother

30. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
it is celebrated
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

31. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
it is celebrated

32. Swahili
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Covers 40% of Africa

33. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a mask ceremony
Guns to obtain more slaves
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

34. Located in Southern Africa
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
South Africa - Mozambique
exploitation
that it is leaving one community and entering another

35. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Angola - Congo
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
the father

36. Located in North Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
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

37. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
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.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

38. African Masks
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Belgium

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

40. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
South Africa - Mozambique

41. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
exploitation
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

42. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

43. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
South Africa - Mozambique
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

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.
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Belgium
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

45. What is animism?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Mauritania
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

46. Islam
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
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 belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

47. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
that it is leaving one community and entering another
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.

48. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
the father
Black Africans and people of European descent

49. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Belgium

50. Why is African immigration so important?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication