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African Culture

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1. How is death responded to in African 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
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
it is celebrated

2. Ashanti
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
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.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

3. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Arabs and Berbers
that it is leaving one community and entering another
the father

4. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

5. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
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.
exploitation
Covers 40% of Africa
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

6. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
To have a baby

7. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a shrine
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

8. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
exploitation
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

9. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
a mask ceremony

10. 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 carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
that it is leaving one community and entering another
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

11. What is a gerontocracy?
it is celebrated
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
when authority is held by the elders of the group

12. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
To have a baby
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Mauritania
The mother

13. What is quinine?
exploitation
the father
South Africa - Mozambique
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

14. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
the father
The father's to learn how to survive
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

15. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Arabs and Berbers
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

16. Located in North Africa
exploitation
South Africa - Mozambique
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Belgium

17. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
a shrine
Arabs and Berbers
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

18. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

19. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
the father
Angola - Congo
Guns to obtain more slaves
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

20. Griot

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

22. What do Africans consider twins as?

23. What is animism?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
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
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

24. Animism
a mask ceremony
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

25. What is the African diaspora?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
To have a baby

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

27. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
it is celebrated
The father's to learn how to survive
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

28. Located in East Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

29. What is the Sahel?
a shrine
the father
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

30. 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.
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Covers 40% of Africa
a shrine

31. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

32. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the father

33. Swahili
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
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.

34. 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
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.
Covers 40% of Africa

35. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
the father
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

36. What are Africans' main method of communication?

37. Located in Central Africa
a shrine
The father's to learn how to survive
Angola - Congo
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

38. What is initiation?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
The mother
the father
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

39. What does 'scarification' represent?

40. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Angola - Congo
Belgium

41. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
South Africa - Mozambique
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

42. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Black Africans and people of European descent

43. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
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
when authority is held by the elders of the group

44. Located in Southern Africa
The father's to learn how to survive
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
South Africa - Mozambique
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

45. Non-centralized government
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
the father
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
it is celebrated

46. What is the savanna?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Covers 40% of Africa
The mother

47. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Black Africans and people of European descent
Belgium

48. Why is African immigration so important?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
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
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

49. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
the father
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
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

50. Arab
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well