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African Culture

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1. What is animism?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

2. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Covers 40% of Africa
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

3. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
it is celebrated
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

4. Islam
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.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
a mask ceremony
Guns to obtain more slaves

5. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
exploitation

6. Animism
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
The mother
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

7. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
exploitation
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a shrine

8. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
The mother
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Guns to obtain more slaves

9. 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
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

10. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Guns to obtain more slaves
a shrine
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

11. Why is African immigration so important?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
the father
Angola - Congo
Covers 40% of Africa

12. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry 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.
Guns to obtain more slaves
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

13. Located in East Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

14. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

15. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
Arabs and Berbers
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

16. African Masks
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

17. What do Africans believe about death?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
that it is leaving one community and entering another
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

18. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
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...)
a shrine

19. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
a mask ceremony
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

20. Located in North Africa
that it is leaving one community and entering another
The mother
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

21. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The father's to learn how to survive
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
when authority is held by the elders of the group

22. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

23. What do Africans consider twins as?

24. Non-centralized government
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
a mask ceremony

25. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
To have a baby
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

26. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
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
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

27. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
To have a baby
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

28. Mila
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Arabs and Berbers
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
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

29. What is the savanna?
it is celebrated
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Angola - Congo
Covers 40% of Africa

30. What are Africans' main method of communication?

31. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
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.
To have a baby
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

32. What is importance of Swahili language?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Guns to obtain more slaves
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

33. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
To have a baby
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.

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

35. What is the African diaspora?
Covers 40% of Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

36. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
exploitation
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
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

37. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
a shrine
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

38. Swahili
exploitation
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
South Africa - Mozambique
when authority is held by the elders of the group

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

40. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

41. Located in Southern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

42. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
the father
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

43. How is death responded to in African culture
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Arabs and Berbers
it is celebrated

44. What does 'scarification' represent?

45. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Angola - Congo
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

46. Located in West Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
Mauritania
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

47. What is quinine?
Angola - Congo
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

48. Located in Central Africa
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Angola - Congo
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Belgium

49. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
The mother
Arabs and Berbers

50. Griot