African Culture

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

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

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3. What do Africans believe about death?
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.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior


4. Located in East Africa
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
when authority is held by the elders of the group
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.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania


5. What is animism?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Covers 40% of Africa


6. What is the savanna?
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
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.
Covers 40% of Africa


7. What do Africans consider twins as?

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8. Griot

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9. Located in Southern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
it is celebrated
a shrine
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another


10. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Guns to obtain more slaves
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert


11. What is a gerontocracy?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to 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
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
when authority is held by the elders of the group


12. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

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13. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the father
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication


14. What is the Sahel?
exploitation
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests


15. Animism
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
it is celebrated
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well


16. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
a shrine
Black Africans and people of European descent


17. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
South Africa - Mozambique
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land


18. What does 'scarification' represent?

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19. What is importance of Swahili language?
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
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture


20. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
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


21. Located in North Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.


22. Why is African immigration so important?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
South Africa - Mozambique
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa


23. What are Africans' main method of communication?

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24. How is death responded to in African culture
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
it is celebrated
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.


25. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Covers 40% of Africa
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Arabs and Berbers


26. 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
Arabs and Berbers
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


27. What is the African diaspora?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Mauritania
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 spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)


28. African Masks
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
South Africa - Mozambique
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal


29. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
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.
a mask ceremony
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well


30. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came


31. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
The mother
exploitation
a shrine
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe


32. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
To have a baby
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


33. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
it is celebrated
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came


34. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
it is celebrated
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese


35. Located in West Africa
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Mauritania
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.


36. Located in Central Africa
Angola - Congo
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)


37. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The mother
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
the father


38. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
a mask ceremony


39. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
The mother
Black Africans and people of European descent
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


40. 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.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
the father
To have a baby


41. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Arabs and Berbers
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm


42. Non-centralized government
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication


43. What is quinine?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Arabs and Berbers
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.


44. Swahili
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
a shrine
exploitation
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land


45. 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.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication


46. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand


47. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
that it is leaving one community and entering another


48. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Covers 40% of 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
the father


49. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
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
the father


50. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Black Africans and people of European descent
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)