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African Culture

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1. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
exploitation

2. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Mauritania
a shrine
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

3. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

4. What do Africans believe about death?
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 father's to learn how to survive
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.
that it is leaving one community and entering another

5. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
To have a baby
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

6. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Arabs and Berbers
the father
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

7. What does 'scarification' represent?

8. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
To have a baby
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

9. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
exploitation
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

10. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the father

11. Islam
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
when authority is held by the elders of the group
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.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

12. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
exploitation
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

13. Located in Central Africa
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Angola - Congo
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

14. What is the savanna?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Covers 40% of Africa
a shrine

15. Why is African immigration so important?
South Africa - Mozambique
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
a mask ceremony

16. African Masks
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Mauritania
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

17. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Belgium
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

18. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

19. Non-centralized government
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
a mask ceremony
the father

20. What is the African diaspora?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
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)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

21. Swahili
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
when authority is held by the elders of the group

22. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Mauritania
To have a baby

23. What is animism?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

24. What is importance of Swahili language?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Arabs and Berbers
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

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

26. What do Africans consider twins as?

27. What are Africans' main method of communication?

28. What is initiation?
Angola - Congo
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

29. 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
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

30. Located in East Africa
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

31. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
Arabs and Berbers
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
The mother

32. Ashanti
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.
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
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

33. Animism
exploitation
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

34. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Black Africans and people of European descent
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

35. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

36. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
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
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
a mask ceremony

37. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

38. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
Angola - Congo
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Arabs and Berbers

39. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Arabs and Berbers
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

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
Mauritania
The father's to learn how to survive
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

41. Griot

42. What is the Sahel?
Mauritania
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

43. Located in Southern Africa
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
South Africa - Mozambique
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

44. Arab
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
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
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

45. What is quinine?
Covers 40% of Africa
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

46. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
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 storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

47. Mila
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
The father's to learn how to survive
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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

48. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
Arabs and Berbers
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
a mask ceremony

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

50. How is death responded to in African culture
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
it is celebrated
Guns to obtain more slaves
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa