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African Culture

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1. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

2. Located in North Africa
Guns to obtain more slaves
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Black Africans and people of European descent
the father

3. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Mauritania
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

4. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The mother
Guns to obtain more slaves
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

5. What is quinine?
Mauritania
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

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

7. What do Africans believe about death?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

8. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
The mother
Guns to obtain more slaves
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

9. Ashanti
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
South Africa - Mozambique
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.

10. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
The father's to learn how to survive
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

11. Located in Central Africa
Angola - Congo
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
exploitation
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

12. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
The father's to learn how to survive
Guns to obtain more slaves
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

13. What is importance of Swahili language?
The father's to learn how to survive
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
exploitation

14. What is the savanna?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Covers 40% of Africa
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

15. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

16. What is animism?
To have a baby
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

17. What is initiation?
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
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
it is celebrated

18. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
The father's to learn how to survive
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

19. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
a mask ceremony

20. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a mask ceremony
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
a shrine

21. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

22. 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
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.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Black Africans and people of European descent

23. 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
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

24. Swahili
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

25. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

26. Located in Southern Africa
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
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.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

27. What are Africans' main method of communication?

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

29. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
exploitation
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

30. Why is African immigration so important?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

31. Animism
a shrine
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Belgium
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

32. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
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.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

33. What does 'scarification' represent?

34. 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
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

35. 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.
a shrine
the father
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

36. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

37. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

38. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

39. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
South Africa - Mozambique
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
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

40. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
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
Mauritania
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Belgium

41. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
South Africa - Mozambique
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
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.

42. African Masks
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
it is celebrated
Belgium
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

43. Located in West Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Angola - Congo
Mauritania
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

44. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

45. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
a shrine
To have a baby
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

46. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Covers 40% of Africa
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

47. How is death responded to in African culture
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
it is celebrated
Guns to obtain more slaves
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.

48. Arab
Belgium
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
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

49. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
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.
it is celebrated

50. What do Africans consider twins as?