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African Culture

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1. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
South Africa - Mozambique
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

2. Located in Southern 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.
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
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

3. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

4. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Angola - Congo
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

5. Arab
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

6. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
To have a baby
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
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.

7. Why is African immigration so important?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Covers 40% of Africa

8. Located in North Africa
The mother
a mask ceremony
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a shrine

9. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Black Africans and people of European descent
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

10. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

11. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
the father

12. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
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
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

13. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Covers 40% of Africa
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

14. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The father's to learn how to survive
the father
Belgium

15. Non-centralized government
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
the father
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

16. What is animism?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
To have a baby
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

17. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Mauritania

18. What is importance of Swahili language?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
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

19. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Black Africans and people of European descent
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

20. Griot

21. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
exploitation
Arabs and Berbers
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

22. What do Africans consider twins as?

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

24. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
when authority is held by the elders of the group
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
a shrine

25. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
that it is leaving one community and entering another
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

26. How is death responded to in African culture
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
it is celebrated
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

27. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
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.

28. 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
exploitation
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

29. What is initiation?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Arabs and Berbers

30. What does 'scarification' represent?

31. Islam
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.
a mask ceremony
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.

32. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Black Africans and people of European descent
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Belgium

33. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Black Africans and people of European descent
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Arabs and Berbers

34. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
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.
The father's to learn how to survive
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

35. What is the savanna?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
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
Covers 40% of Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

36. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Arabs and Berbers
The mother

37. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

38. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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

39. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
exploitation
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

40. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The mother
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

41. What is quinine?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Belgium
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The mother

42. What is the African diaspora?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Belgium

43. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Guns to obtain more slaves
the father
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a mask ceremony

44. Located in Central Africa
Arabs and Berbers
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Angola - Congo

45. Swahili
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
when authority is held by the elders of the group
the father
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

46. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Covers 40% of Africa
the father
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

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

48. What are Africans' main method of communication?

49. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

50. African Masks
Angola - Congo
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.