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African Culture

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1. Griot

2. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
exploitation
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Belgium
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

3. What is the Sahel?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
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 southern edge of the Sahara Desert

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

5. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Black Africans and people of European descent
Arabs and Berbers
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

6. What is initiation?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
The mother

7. What is importance of Swahili language?
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.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

8. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

9. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

10. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Mauritania
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
To have a baby

11. What is the savanna?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Covers 40% of Africa
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

12. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

13. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
a shrine
Black Africans and people of European descent

14. Located in East Africa
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
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the father

15. What is animism?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
it is celebrated
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

16. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern 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 shrine
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

17. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
a mask ceremony
Belgium
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

18. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
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.
Arabs and Berbers

19. Non-centralized government
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
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.

20. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Black Africans and people of European descent
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
when authority is held by the elders of the group
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

21. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group

22. What does 'scarification' represent?

23. Arab
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

24. African Masks
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
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

25. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Belgium
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
exploitation

26. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
when authority is held by the elders of the group
the father
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

27. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
it is celebrated
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

28. 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.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

29. What are Africans' main method of communication?

30. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
it is celebrated
Guns to obtain more slaves

31. Islam
it is celebrated
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.
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.

32. Why is African immigration so important?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

33. How is death responded to in African culture
when authority is held by the elders of the group
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
it is celebrated

34. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
a shrine

35. Located in Southern Africa
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
South Africa - Mozambique
The father's to learn how to survive

36. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
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
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The mother

37. What is a gerontocracy?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group
To have a baby
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

38. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
The mother
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

39. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
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
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

40. Located in West Africa
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Mauritania
Covers 40% of Africa

41. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

42. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

43. Mila
Guns to obtain more slaves
South Africa - Mozambique
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

44. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
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
a shrine
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
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.

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

46. What do Africans consider twins as?

47. What is quinine?
a mask 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
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Guns to obtain more slaves

48. Swahili
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
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

49. 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.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern 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.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

50. Animism
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well