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African Culture

Subject : culture
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1. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?






2. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.






3. Islam






4. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?






5. What is the African diaspora?






6. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?






7. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?






8. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?






9. Located in West Africa






10. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?






11. What is importance of Swahili language?






12. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?






13. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.






14. What is a gerontocracy?






15. What do Africans believe about death?






16. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?






17. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?


18. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?






19. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?






20. Located in Central Africa






21. What is quinine?






22. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?






23. What is the savanna?






24. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?






25. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?






26. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting






27. Arab






28. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?






29. Griot


30. Animism






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


32. Swahili






33. Non-centralized government






34. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?






35. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?






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


37. Mila






38. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?






39. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?






40. African Masks






41. Located in North Africa






42. What is the Sahel?






43. What do Africans consider twins as?


44. What are Africans' main method of communication?


45. How is death responded to in African culture






46. What is animism?






47. What does 'scarification' represent?


48. Located in Southern Africa






49. Located in East Africa






50. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?