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African Culture

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1. Griot

2. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
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.
exploitation
the father
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

3. Located in Central Africa
Angola - Congo
a shrine
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

4. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
The mother
To have a baby
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

5. What is importance of Swahili language?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Mauritania
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

6. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Guns to obtain more slaves
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

7. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
a shrine
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.

8. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

9. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
a mask ceremony

10. What is initiation?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
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

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

12. What is quinine?
The father's to learn how to survive
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Black Africans and people of European descent
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

13. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

14. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

15. What is the Sahel?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

16. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Mauritania
it is celebrated
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
when authority is held by the elders of the group

17. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
the father
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

18. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
when authority is held by the elders of the group
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

19. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Guns to obtain more slaves
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

20. What is the savanna?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Arabs and Berbers
Covers 40% of Africa

21. Ashanti
Guns to obtain more slaves
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern 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.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

22. Animism
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Arabs and Berbers
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

23. 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
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Covers 40% of Africa

24. Located in North Africa
a mask ceremony
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

25. Located in East Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
exploitation

26. Located in Southern Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
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.
South Africa - Mozambique
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

27. How is death responded to in African culture
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
South Africa - Mozambique
it is celebrated

28. Islam
To have a baby
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.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

29. What is animism?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
when authority is held by the elders of the group
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.

30. What do Africans consider twins as?

31. Swahili
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
To have a baby

32. What are Africans' main method of communication?

33. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
exploitation
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

34. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

35. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Covers 40% of Africa
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

36. What do Africans believe about death?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
that it is leaving one community and entering another
a mask ceremony
To have a baby

37. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Black Africans and people of European descent
Covers 40% of Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

38. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
the father

39. What is a gerontocracy?
Belgium
when authority is held by the elders of the group
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

40. 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 spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Mauritania

41. 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
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

42. African Masks
it is celebrated
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Angola - Congo
South Africa - Mozambique

43. Non-centralized government
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
exploitation
Belgium

44. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

45. Arab
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.
Black Africans and people of European descent
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
a mask ceremony

46. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North 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
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Arabs and Berbers

47. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Guns to obtain more slaves
Belgium
when authority is held by the elders of the group

48. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
The father's to learn how to survive
the father
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

49. Why is African immigration so important?
South Africa - Mozambique
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

50. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
a shrine
South Africa - Mozambique
the father
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior