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African Culture

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1. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
a shrine
The father's to learn how to survive
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

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

3. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
To have a baby

4. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
exploitation
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

5. What is the savanna?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Covers 40% of Africa
it is celebrated
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

6. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
South Africa - Mozambique
Guns to obtain more slaves
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

7. What is a gerontocracy?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
when authority is held by the elders of the group

8. What are Africans' main method of communication?

9. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Guns to obtain more slaves
Black Africans and people of European descent

10. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

11. What is initiation?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
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

12. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
a mask ceremony
the father
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

13. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
a shrine
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

14. What is animism?
The mother
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
a mask ceremony
the father

15. How are Bantu-speaking people important to 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
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
it is celebrated

16. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Mauritania
Guns to obtain more slaves

17. Arab
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

18. What does 'scarification' represent?

19. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
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)
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.

20. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Covers 40% of Africa
To have a baby

21. Located in Southern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Covers 40% of Africa

22. 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.
the father
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.

23. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
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...)
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

24. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
a mask ceremony

25. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
The mother
that it is leaving one community and entering another

26. What is quinine?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing 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.
Angola - Congo
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

27. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Arabs and Berbers

28. Why is African immigration so important?
exploitation
Belgium
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

29. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Guns to obtain more slaves
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
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

30. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

31. What do Africans believe about death?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
exploitation
Guns to obtain more slaves
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor

32. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

33. Griot

34. Non-centralized government
Black Africans and people of European descent
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Belgium

35. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
the father
it is celebrated
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

36. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
a shrine
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

37. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
exploitation
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Mauritania

38. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
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
when authority is held by the elders of the group

39. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Guns to obtain more slaves
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
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

40. Located in Central Africa
Angola - Congo
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
a shrine
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

41. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
when authority is held by the elders of the group

42. What is the African diaspora?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

43. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over 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.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The father's to learn how to survive
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

44. Mila
when authority is held by the elders of the group
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 shrine
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

45. Ashanti
Mauritania
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
a mask ceremony

46. What is an Age-Rite 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.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
South Africa - Mozambique

47. Swahili
The mother
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.
Mauritania
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

48. What is importance of Swahili language?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Covers 40% of Africa
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

49. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
South Africa - Mozambique
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

50. What do Africans consider twins as?