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African Culture

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1. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Arabs and Berbers
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

2. What is importance of Swahili language?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
a shrine
Angola - Congo

3. 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
Black Africans and people of European descent
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

4. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

5. Located in North Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
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.
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

6. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Arabs and Berbers

7. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Mauritania
The father's to learn how to survive
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

8. Located 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.
Mauritania
Black Africans and people of European descent
South Africa - Mozambique

9. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
a mask ceremony
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

10. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
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.
Mauritania
the father

11. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
The mother
exploitation

12. Animism
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South 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

13. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

14. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering 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
The father's to learn how to survive
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

15. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
To have a baby
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
a shrine

16. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

17. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
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
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
it is celebrated

18. Non-centralized government
when authority is held by the elders of the group
the father
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Belgium

19. How is death responded to in African culture
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
it is celebrated
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

20. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
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.
a shrine
it is celebrated
when authority is held by the elders of the group

21. Griot

22. Swahili
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Covers 40% of Africa
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

23. What is initiation?
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
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

24. What is animism?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Angola - Congo

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

26. What is the savanna?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Covers 40% of Africa

27. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
South Africa - Mozambique
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

28. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

29. African Masks
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

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

31. What are Africans' main method of communication?

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

33. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
a mask ceremony
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Arabs and Berbers

34. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
a mask ceremony
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
a shrine

35. What do Africans consider twins as?

36. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
The mother
exploitation
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

37. What is a gerontocracy?
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.
when authority is held by the elders of the group
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

38. Located in West 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
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Mauritania

39. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Black Africans and people of European descent
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Guns to obtain more slaves

40. What does 'scarification' represent?

41. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
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
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

42. 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.
a mask ceremony
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

43. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Black Africans and people of European descent
exploitation
it is celebrated

44. Located in Central Africa
Belgium
Angola - Congo
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

45. Located in East Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The father's to learn how to survive

46. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
it is celebrated
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

47. What is the Sahel?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

48. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Arabs and Berbers
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

49. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

50. 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
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Angola - Congo
South Africa - Mozambique