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African Culture

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1. Located in North Africa
Covers 40% of Africa
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

2. What is the African diaspora?
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.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

3. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Covers 40% of Africa
The mother
exploitation

4. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Arabs and Berbers

5. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Black Africans and people of European descent
The mother
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

6. What is the savanna?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Covers 40% of Africa
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

7. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
a mask ceremony

8. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
exploitation
Mauritania
The mother

9. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
To have a baby
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

10. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

11. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
The father's to learn how to survive

12. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
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.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

13. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Covers 40% of Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

14. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
it is celebrated
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
The father's to learn how to survive

15. What do Africans believe about death?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

16. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
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.
To have a baby
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

17. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Arabs and Berbers
Guns to obtain more slaves
Covers 40% of Africa

18. Swahili
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
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.

19. African Masks
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
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

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

21. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Covers 40% of Africa
a shrine
Black Africans and people of European descent
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

22. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

23. What is quinine?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
a mask ceremony
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

24. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
exploitation
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Mauritania
the father

25. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
Mauritania
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
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. Griot

27. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
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.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

28. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
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

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

30. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Angola - Congo
Belgium
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Guns to obtain more slaves

31. What are Africans' main method of communication?

32. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

33. Mila
a mask ceremony
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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

34. What is initiation?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
The mother
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

35. What is animism?
The mother
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

36. Arab
Belgium
exploitation
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

37. Non-centralized government
it is celebrated
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
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

38. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
a shrine
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
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.

39. What does 'scarification' represent?

40. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
The father's to learn how to survive
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

41. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
The mother
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

42. Animism
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Mauritania
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

43. 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.
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 shrine
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

44. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
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.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Angola - Congo

45. What is importance of Swahili language?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
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

46. Located in Central Africa
Angola - Congo
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
The mother
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

47. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Belgium

48. Located in East Africa
Mauritania
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
when authority is held by the elders of the group

49. Located in Southern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
it is celebrated
Black Africans and people of European descent
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

50. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand