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African Culture

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1. What is a gerontocracy?
To have a baby
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Guns to obtain more slaves
Black Africans and people of European descent

2. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
it is celebrated
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

3. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

4. 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 father's to learn how to survive
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

5. What is animism?
Angola - Congo
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

6. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

7. Arab
when authority is held by the elders of the group
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.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Arabs and Berbers

8. Mila
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
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
To have a baby
a mask ceremony

9. Non-centralized government
Angola - Congo
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Black Africans and people of European descent

10. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Mauritania
a shrine

11. What is the savanna?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Covers 40% of Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
The father's to learn how to survive

12. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
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.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

13. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
The father's to learn how to survive
Arabs and Berbers

14. What are Africans' main method of communication?

15. Why is African immigration so important?
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...)
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

16. What do Africans consider twins as?

17. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
The father's to learn how to survive

18. Ashanti
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
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.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

19. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

20. Located in North Africa
The father's to learn how to survive
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

21. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Arabs and Berbers
it is celebrated

22. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
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.

23. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
The mother
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Guns to obtain more slaves

24. Located in Southern Africa
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
South Africa - Mozambique
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

25. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

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

27. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
To have a baby
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

28. Located in East Africa
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Belgium
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

29. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
a mask ceremony
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Black Africans and people of European descent

30. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
the father
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Guns to obtain more slaves

31. How is death responded to in African culture
a mask ceremony
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
it is celebrated

32. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
The father's to learn how to survive

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

34. What does 'scarification' represent?

35. Swahili
Mauritania
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

36. African Masks
Arabs and Berbers
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

37. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Covers 40% of Africa

38. 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.
Guns to obtain more slaves
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
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

39. Located in West Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Mauritania
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

40. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
The father's to learn how to survive
Guns to obtain more slaves
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

41. What is importance of Swahili language?
Guns to obtain more slaves
The father's to learn how to survive
Arabs and Berbers
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

42. Griot

43. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
To have a baby
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

44. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
the father
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.
it is celebrated
Black Africans and people of European descent

45. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Angola - Congo
To have a baby
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

46. What is the African diaspora?
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
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

47. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Arabs and Berbers
The mother

48. Located in Central Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Angola - Congo
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

49. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Arabs and Berbers
the father
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.

50. What is initiation?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
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.