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African Culture

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1. What is animism?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
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
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.

2. What is importance of Swahili language?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

3. Ashanti
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.
To have a baby
South Africa - Mozambique

4. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

5. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Mauritania

6. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Guns to obtain more slaves
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The father's to learn how to survive

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

8. 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
exploitation
that it is leaving one community and entering another
To have a baby

9. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
it is celebrated
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

10. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
a mask ceremony

11. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

12. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
To have a baby
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

13. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Black Africans and people of European descent
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

14. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Angola - Congo
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

15. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Black Africans and people of European descent
To have a baby
the father
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

16. What is quinine?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

17. Griot

18. What are Africans' main method of communication?

19. Animism
Mauritania
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

20. Islam
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing 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.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

21. Why is African immigration so important?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
a mask ceremony
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

22. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
Arabs and Berbers
a mask ceremony
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

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

24. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

25. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
when authority is held by the elders of the group
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

26. Swahili
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
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.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

27. What is a gerontocracy?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
when authority is held by the elders of the group

28. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
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.
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

29. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The mother
exploitation
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

30. What is the savanna?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Covers 40% of Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
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.

31. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Covers 40% of Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group
a shrine

32. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
To have a baby
Covers 40% of Africa
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.

33. Located in Southern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The mother
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

34. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Arabs and Berbers

35. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Black Africans and people of European descent

36. What is initiation?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Mauritania
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

37. What do Africans believe about death?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
South Africa - Mozambique
Arabs and Berbers
that it is leaving one community and entering another

38. What does 'scarification' represent?

39. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
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

40. How is death responded to in African culture
that it is leaving one community and entering another
South Africa - Mozambique
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.

41. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
a shrine
a mask ceremony
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

42. Non-centralized government
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
The father's to learn how to survive
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

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

44. What do Africans consider twins as?

45. Located in Central Africa
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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.

46. Located in West Africa
it is celebrated
The father's to learn how to survive
Mauritania
a mask ceremony

47. Mila
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
The father's to learn how to survive

48. Arab
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

49. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
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.
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

50. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.