African Culture

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1. Non-centralized government
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
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.


2. How is death responded to in African culture
Belgium
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
the father
it is celebrated


3. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Mauritania
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Belgium
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand


4. Arab
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
South Africa - Mozambique
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa


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

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6. Located in Central Africa
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
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
Angola - Congo
the father


7. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
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
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.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces


8. Islam
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
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.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa


9. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Mauritania
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came


10. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.


11. What do Africans consider twins as?

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12. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Guns to obtain more slaves
Morroco - Egypt - Libya


13. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
a shrine
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal


14. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The father's to learn how to survive
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert


15. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Arabs and Berbers
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


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

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17. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
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


18. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
a mask ceremony
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)


19. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
The father's to learn how to survive
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
Black Africans and people of European descent


20. Griot

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21. What does 'scarification' represent?

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22. Why is African immigration so important?
Belgium
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
it is celebrated


23. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
a shrine


24. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
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
Guns to obtain more slaves


25. Located in East Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well


26. Ashanti
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.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another


27. Located in North Africa
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another


28. Animism
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Angola - Congo
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well


29. What is a gerontocracy?
the father
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The mother
when authority is held by the elders of the group


30. Located in Southern Africa
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
The mother
Covers 40% of Africa
South Africa - Mozambique


31. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

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32. Mila
when authority is held by the elders of the group
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 southern edge of the Sahara Desert
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture


33. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
a mask ceremony
Black Africans and people of European descent
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces


34. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
South Africa - Mozambique
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Mauritania


35. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The father's to learn how to survive
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...)


36. Located in West Africa
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
South Africa - Mozambique
Mauritania
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor


37. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Belgium
a mask ceremony
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


38. What is importance of Swahili language?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
The father's to learn how to survive


39. 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.
the father
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces


40. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
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
the father
exploitation


41. What are Africans' main method of communication?

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42. What is the African diaspora?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Mauritania
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
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.


43. Swahili
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.


44. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern 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.
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


45. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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.
Mauritania
To have a baby


46. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
when authority is held by the elders of the group
The mother


47. What is the savanna?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
a shrine
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Covers 40% of Africa


48. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
exploitation
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces


49. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Mauritania
the father
a mask ceremony


50. What is quinine?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
South Africa - Mozambique
To have a baby