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African Culture

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1. What is quinine?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
To have a baby
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

2. Swahili
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
The mother

3. Arab
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Angola - Congo
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
a mask ceremony

4. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The mother
The father's to learn how to survive
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

5. What is the savanna?
Covers 40% of Africa
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.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

6. What is the Sahel?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
To have a baby
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

7. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

8. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Belgium
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

9. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

10. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
The father's to learn how to survive
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
Belgium

11. Located in Central Africa
a shrine
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Angola - Congo
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

12. Non-centralized government
the father
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
a mask ceremony

13. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
The father's to learn how to survive
The mother
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

14. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
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
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

15. Located in North Africa
Guns to obtain more slaves
exploitation
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
that it is leaving one community and entering another

16. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
The mother
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

17. What is importance of Swahili language?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Covers 40% of Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
that it is leaving one community and entering another

18. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
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.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Angola - Congo

19. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
exploitation
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
a shrine
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.

20. What do Africans consider twins as?

21. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
it is celebrated
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

22. What does 'scarification' represent?

23. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Mauritania
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

24. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
a shrine
Black Africans and people of European descent
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

25. 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.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
a shrine

26. Islam
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Belgium
exploitation
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.

27. What is animism?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a shrine
Angola - Congo
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

28. 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
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

29. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

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

31. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
The father's to learn how to survive
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Arabs and Berbers
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

32. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Arabs and Berbers
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

33. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Guns to obtain more slaves
exploitation
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

34. Located in Southern Africa
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
South Africa - Mozambique
the father

35. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
the father
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Black Africans and people of European descent

36. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
To have a baby
Angola - Congo

37. Griot

38. What is initiation?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

39. Why is African immigration so important?
Covers 40% of Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
when authority is held by the elders of the group
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

40. African Masks
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 mother
exploitation
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

41. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
Belgium
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The father's to learn how to survive
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.

42. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

43. What are Africans' main method of communication?

44. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
To have a baby
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

45. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Belgium
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.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

46. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
exploitation
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

47. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
a mask ceremony
Guns to obtain more slaves
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
when authority is held by the elders of the group

48. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
The father's to learn how to survive
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

49. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
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.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
South Africa - Mozambique

50. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
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.