African Culture

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1. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
To have a baby
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
the father
Arabs and Berbers


2. Swahili
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
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


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

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4. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
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


5. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
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.


6. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
the father
South Africa - Mozambique
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


7. What is the savanna?
Guns to obtain more slaves
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Covers 40% of Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests


8. Mila
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
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
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa


9. What is quinine?
Black Africans and people of European descent
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Arabs and Berbers
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa


10. What do Africans believe about death?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land


11. Located in North Africa
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor


12. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Guns to obtain more slaves
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe


13. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a shrine
a mask ceremony


14. What is animism?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.


15. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Arabs and Berbers
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Belgium


16. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
the father
Arabs and Berbers
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.


17. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Black Africans and people of European descent
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
exploitation
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert


18. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

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19. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
the father
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand


20. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Black Africans and people of European descent
Belgium
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert


21. What is the African diaspora?
Angola - Congo
Arabs and Berbers
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Black Africans and people of European descent


22. Arab
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another


23. Located in West Africa
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Belgium
Mauritania
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another


24. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
The father's to learn how to survive
it is celebrated
Guns to obtain more slaves


25. Located in Southern Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Covers 40% of Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
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.


26. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
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
To have a baby
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal


27. Why is African immigration so important?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe


28. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
it is celebrated
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
the father


29. What does 'scarification' represent?

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30. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
it is celebrated
that it is leaving one community and entering another


31. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Arabs and Berbers
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor


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


33. What is a gerontocracy?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
when authority is held by the elders of the group
a shrine


34. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
a mask ceremony
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Angola - Congo


35. African Masks
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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
the father


36. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
The mother
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
South Africa - Mozambique


37. Non-centralized government
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
exploitation
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
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.


38. Ashanti
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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.
Covers 40% of Africa
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


39. What is the Sahel?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert


40. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
The mother
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
a shrine
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.


41. What do Africans consider twins as?

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42. Animism
The mother
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
South Africa - Mozambique


43. Located in Central Africa
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.
Angola - Congo
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe


44. How is death responded to in African culture
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
it is celebrated
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land


45. 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
Arabs and Berbers
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa


46. Islam
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
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.
Mauritania


47. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.


48. What is initiation?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
a shrine
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 ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man


49. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Covers 40% of Africa


50. Griot

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