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African Culture

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1. What is importance of Swahili language?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

2. What is initiation?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
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 ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

3. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
that it is leaving one community and entering another
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

4. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

5. Swahili
The mother
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

6. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
the father
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

7. Non-centralized government
Mauritania
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

8. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Belgium
a shrine
Black Africans and people of European descent

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

10. Mila
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing 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
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
The mother

11. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Belgium
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

12. What do Africans consider twins as?

13. What is a gerontocracy?
exploitation
To have a baby
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
when authority is held by the elders of the group

14. How is death responded to in African culture
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
it is celebrated
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

15. What does 'scarification' represent?

16. What are Africans' main method of communication?

17. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
To have a baby
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

18. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

19. Located in East Africa
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
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 southern edge of the Sahara Desert

20. Why is African immigration so important?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
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.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

21. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
exploitation
The mother

22. Located in West Africa
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Mauritania

23. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a mask ceremony
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

24. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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 most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

25. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

26. Griot

27. What do Africans believe about death?
a mask ceremony
The father's to learn how to survive
Guns to obtain more slaves
that it is leaving one community and entering another

28. Located in North Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
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 mother
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

29. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

30. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
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
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

31. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
a mask ceremony
exploitation
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

32. What is quinine?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

33. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

34. Located in Central Africa
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Angola - Congo
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The mother

35. What is animism?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Arabs and Berbers

36. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
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
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

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

38. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

39. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
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.

40. Located in Southern Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
South Africa - Mozambique
Arabs and Berbers

41. 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.
a mask ceremony
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
a shrine

42. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
a mask ceremony
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

43. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Guns to obtain more slaves

44. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

45. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
the father
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.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

46. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
The father's to learn how to survive
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

47. Islam
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
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 most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Arabs and Berbers

48. African Masks
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Angola - Congo
Guns to obtain more slaves
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

49. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Belgium
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

50. Animism
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Arabs and Berbers