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African Culture

Subject : culture
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1. What is the savanna?






2. Non-centralized government






3. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?






4. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?






5. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?






6. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?






7. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?






8. What is a gerontocracy?






9. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?






10. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?






11. Located in East Africa






12. How is death responded to in African culture






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


14. Swahili






15. Mila






16. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?






17. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting






18. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.






19. What does 'scarification' represent?


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






21. What are Africans' main method of communication?


22. Griot


23. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?






24. What is quinine?






25. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?






26. Located in North Africa






27. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?






28. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?






29. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?






30. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?






31. African Masks






32. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?






33. Islam






34. Arab






35. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?






36. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?






37. What is animism?






38. Located in West Africa






39. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?






40. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?






41. What is the African diaspora?






42. What is initiation?






43. Why is African immigration so important?






44. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?


45. What do Africans consider twins as?


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


47. What do Africans believe about death?






48. Located in Central Africa






49. Located in Southern Africa






50. Animism