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African Culture

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1. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Black Africans and people of European descent
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
South Africa - Mozambique

2. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Angola - Congo
To have a baby
Guns to obtain more slaves
a mask ceremony

3. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
exploitation
a shrine

4. What do Africans consider twins as?

5. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
Mauritania
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
The mother

6. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
To have a baby
the father
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

7. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Mauritania
Black Africans and people of European descent
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

8. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
that it is leaving one community and entering another
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

9. What is animism?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

10. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Belgium
Arabs and Berbers
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

11. What are Africans' main method of communication?

12. Why is African immigration so important?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
when authority is held by the elders of the group
To have a baby

13. Located in North Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

14. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

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

16. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
South Africa - Mozambique
Black Africans and people of European descent
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

17. Located in West Africa
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Belgium
Mauritania
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

18. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

19. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

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

21. Located in Central Africa
Mauritania
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Angola - Congo

22. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Guns to obtain more slaves
the father
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

23. Animism
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Black Africans and people of European descent
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

24. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
a mask ceremony
South Africa - Mozambique

25. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
The mother
Arabs and Berbers
Angola - Congo
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

26. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
it is celebrated
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

27. Non-centralized government
exploitation
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

28. Swahili
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

29. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Covers 40% of Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
when authority is held by the elders of the group

30. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Arabs and Berbers
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

31. What is the Sahel?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The mother

32. What is importance of Swahili language?
it is celebrated
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Belgium
Angola - Congo

33. What does 'scarification' represent?

34. What is initiation?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
a mask ceremony
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

35. Griot

36. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
a shrine

37. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Guns to obtain more slaves
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
the father

38. Mila
South Africa - Mozambique
To have a baby
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 mask ceremony

39. Located in Southern Africa
exploitation
South Africa - Mozambique
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
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.

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

41. Islam
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Guns to obtain more slaves
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. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
a shrine
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

43. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Angola - Congo
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

44. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

45. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
a mask ceremony
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Covers 40% of Africa

46. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Black Africans and people of European descent
Angola - Congo
a mask ceremony
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

47. African Masks
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
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

48. What is the savanna?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
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
Angola - Congo
Covers 40% of Africa

49. Ashanti
To have a baby
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.
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Black Africans and people of European descent

50. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
the father
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Belgium