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African Culture

Subject : culture
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1. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?






2. What is initiation?






3. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?






4. African Masks






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






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


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


8. What is quinine?






9. Griot


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






11. Located in West Africa






12. Located in East Africa






13. What is the Sahel?






14. What is the African diaspora?






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






16. Mila






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






18. What are Africans' main method of communication?


19. Non-centralized government






20. What is animism?






21. Animism






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






23. Located in Southern Africa






24. What do Africans consider twins as?


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






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






27. How is death responded to in African culture






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






29. Located in North Africa






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






31. Located in Central Africa






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






33. Ashanti






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






35. What is the savanna?






36. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?






37. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?






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






39. Arab






40. What is importance of Swahili language?






41. Islam






42. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?






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






44. What is a gerontocracy?






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






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






47. Why is African immigration so important?






48. Swahili






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






50. What do Africans believe about death?