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African Culture

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1. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
To have a baby
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

2. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
To have a baby
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
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

3. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
The mother
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

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

5. Mila
Covers 40% of Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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

6. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
The father's to learn how to survive
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

7. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
exploitation
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

8. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
the father
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

9. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

10. What are Africans' main method of communication?

11. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
a shrine

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

13. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Angola - Congo

14. What is initiation?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

15. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

16. African Masks
The mother
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

17. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Belgium
Guns to obtain more slaves
a mask ceremony

18. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
exploitation
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

19. What is a gerontocracy?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
when authority is held by the elders of the group
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

20. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
a mask ceremony
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Mauritania

21. What is the Sahel?
Belgium
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.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

22. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
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
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

23. What do Africans believe about death?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Covers 40% of Africa
that it is leaving one community and entering another

24. Swahili
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.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Belgium

25. Located in West Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Mauritania
that it is leaving one community and entering another

26. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Black Africans and people of European descent
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

27. Located in Central Africa
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Angola - Congo
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
The mother

28. What does 'scarification' represent?

29. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
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.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

30. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Black Africans and people of European descent
Belgium
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

31. Ashanti
South Africa - Mozambique
Belgium
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
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.

32. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
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 father's to learn how to survive
exploitation
Guns to obtain more slaves

33. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
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
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
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 storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

34. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
it is celebrated
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

35. How is death responded to in African culture
Mauritania
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
it is celebrated
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.

36. What is importance of Swahili language?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

37. What do Africans consider twins as?

38. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Covers 40% of Africa

39. Non-centralized government
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Black Africans and people of European descent
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

40. Griot

41. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
To have a baby
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

42. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
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
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

43. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
the father
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South 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.

44. Why is African immigration so important?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

45. Islam
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
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.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

46. Located in North Africa
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

47. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Arabs and Berbers

48. Arab
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
The father's to learn how to survive

49. Located in Southern Africa
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east 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.
South Africa - Mozambique
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

50. What is quinine?
Covers 40% of Africa
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
a shrine
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.