African Culture

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
• If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
• Match each statement with the correct term.
• Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
The father's to learn how to survive
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


2. 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.
Covers 40% of Africa
it is celebrated
Angola - Congo


3. Swahili
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
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.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.


4. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
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.


5. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


6. Animism
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal


7. Located in North Africa
The father's to learn how to survive
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Arabs and Berbers
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania


8. What is a gerontocracy?
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
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
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa


9. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Mauritania
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
To have a baby
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.


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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


11. Located in Central Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
South Africa - Mozambique
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Angola - Congo


12. Ashanti
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
The mother
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
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.


13. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
when authority is held by the elders of the group


14. How is death responded to in African culture
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
it is celebrated
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came


15. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Covers 40% of Africa
Belgium
it is celebrated


16. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture


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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


18. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
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
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another


19. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Angola - Congo


20. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Belgium


21. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
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


22. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
The father's to learn how to survive
South Africa - Mozambique
a shrine
Covers 40% of Africa


23. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Belgium
a shrine


24. What is initiation?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Belgium
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal


25. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
To have a baby
The father's to learn how to survive
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted


26. What do Africans consider twins as?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


27. 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
Guns to obtain more slaves
Arabs and Berbers


28. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
the father
To have a baby
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
that it is leaving one community and entering another


29. What is the African diaspora?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)


30. 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
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.


31. Mila
Angola - Congo
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
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well


32. African Masks
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Belgium
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania


33. What is the Sahel?
The mother
Mauritania
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.


34. What do Africans believe about death?
The father's to learn how to survive
Mauritania
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
that it is leaving one community and entering another


35. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
the father
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania


36. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
The mother
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Morroco - Egypt - Libya


37. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The mother
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm


38. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North 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.
Arabs and Berbers
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe


39. What is animism?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.


40. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.


41. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
exploitation
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.


42. What is the savanna?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Covers 40% of Africa


43. What are Africans' main method of communication?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


44. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
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
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor


45. What is importance of Swahili language?
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.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.


46. Griot

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


47. Located in Southern Africa
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
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
South Africa - Mozambique


48. What is quinine?
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
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture


49. What does 'scarification' represent?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


50. Non-centralized government
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Black Africans and people of European descent
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests