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African Culture

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1. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

2. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
a shrine

3. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
a mask ceremony
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

4. Located in West Africa
Belgium
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
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
Mauritania

5. Mila
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
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Guns to obtain more slaves

6. Swahili
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
The mother
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Covers 40% of Africa

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

8. African Masks
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
a shrine
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

9. What do Africans believe about death?
South Africa - Mozambique
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

10. Located in East Africa
Mauritania
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

11. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
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
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

12. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
The father's to learn how to survive
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Guns to obtain more slaves

13. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Guns to obtain more slaves
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

14. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
the father
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

15. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
The mother
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.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

16. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
Arabs and Berbers
exploitation
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

17. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The mother
a mask ceremony
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

18. Arab
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
it is celebrated
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique

19. What are Africans' main method of communication?

20. 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
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
The father's to learn how to survive

21. What is animism?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
The mother
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

22. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
the father
a mask ceremony
Arabs and Berbers

23. Non-centralized government
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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

24. Why is African immigration so important?
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
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

25. 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.
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Belgium
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

26. Ashanti
The father's to learn how to survive
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Guns to obtain more slaves
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.

27. What is importance of Swahili language?
it is celebrated
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
The mother
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

28. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
a shrine
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

29. What do Africans consider twins as?

30. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
To have a baby

31. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
a mask ceremony
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

32. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
a mask ceremony
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

33. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

34. Located in North 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.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
To have a baby

35. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Belgium
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

36. What is the Sahel?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
The father's to learn how to survive
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

37. Located in Central Africa
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Angola - Congo
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

38. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
the father
Black Africans and people of European descent
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

39. What is initiation?
it is celebrated
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

40. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North 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
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

41. What is the savanna?
Covers 40% of Africa
The mother
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Guns to obtain more slaves

42. What does 'scarification' represent?

43. What is a gerontocracy?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group

44. Animism
Angola - Congo
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Belgium
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

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

46. What is quinine?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

47. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
To have a baby
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.
The mother
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

48. What is the African diaspora?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Belgium
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

49. Located in Southern Africa
Angola - Congo
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
South Africa - Mozambique
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

50. Griot