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African Culture

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1. What does 'scarification' represent?

2. Animism
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
a shrine

3. Located in Southern Africa
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Mauritania
South Africa - Mozambique

4. What is a gerontocracy?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
To have a baby
when authority is held by the elders of the group

5. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
exploitation
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
The mother

6. 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.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
the father
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

7. Arab
Arabs and Berbers
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

8. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
South Africa - Mozambique
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
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

9. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Angola - Congo
a mask ceremony

10. Griot

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

12. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Angola - Congo
The mother

13. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
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 medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
a mask ceremony
To have a baby

14. Located in West Africa
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Mauritania
a mask ceremony
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

15. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
exploitation
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

16. African Masks
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Angola - Congo
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

17. Located in Central Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Angola - Congo

18. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
exploitation
the father
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

19. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
The father's to learn how to survive
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Arabs and Berbers

20. What do Africans consider twins as?

21. Located in East Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

22. What is initiation?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Angola - Congo
the father
it is celebrated

23. What is the African diaspora?
The father's to learn how to survive
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

24. How is death responded to in African culture
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
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
it is celebrated

25. What is importance of Swahili language?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

26. Mila
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
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

27. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

28. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Black Africans and people of European descent
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

29. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
exploitation
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

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

31. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Belgium
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

32. Non-centralized government
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
South Africa - Mozambique
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

33. Located in North Africa
Covers 40% of 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
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

34. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
exploitation
Guns to obtain more slaves

35. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
the father

36. Why is African immigration so important?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

37. What is quinine?
it is celebrated
The father's to learn how to survive
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
a shrine

38. What are Africans' main method of communication?

39. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
South Africa - Mozambique
exploitation
Arabs and Berbers
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

40. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

41. What do Africans believe about death?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
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
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

42. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Mauritania
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

43. What is the Sahel?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

44. What is animism?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
The father's to learn how to survive
South Africa - Mozambique
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

45. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Arabs and Berbers

46. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Mauritania

47. 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
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Guns to obtain more slaves

48. Islam
exploitation
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
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.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

49. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Belgium
a shrine

50. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
The father's to learn how to survive