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African Culture

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1. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
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
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

2. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
it is celebrated
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

3. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Covers 40% of Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Guns to obtain more slaves
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

4. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
it is celebrated
a mask ceremony
Mauritania

5. What are Africans' main method of communication?

6. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Covers 40% of Africa
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
a shrine

7. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
To have a baby
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

8. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
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

9. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
that it is leaving one community and entering another

10. What is the savanna?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
a mask ceremony
Black Africans and people of European descent
Covers 40% of Africa

11. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
it is celebrated
exploitation
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Black Africans and people of European descent

12. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

13. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
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

14. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
a mask ceremony

15. Swahili
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

16. What do Africans believe about death?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
To have a baby
that it is leaving one community and entering another

17. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
The mother
exploitation

18. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
a mask ceremony
Mauritania

19. What is quinine?
it is celebrated
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

20. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
a mask ceremony
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

21. Why is African immigration so important?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Black Africans and people of European descent

22. What is initiation?
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
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

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

24. What do Africans consider twins as?

25. What is animism?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
it is celebrated
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

26. Non-centralized government
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

27. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
a shrine
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
South Africa - Mozambique

28. What does 'scarification' represent?

29. Islam
The father's to learn how to survive
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
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.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

30. Located in East Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

31. Located in North Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Mauritania
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

32. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
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
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

33. 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.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Covers 40% of Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

34. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Arabs and Berbers
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
a shrine

35. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

36. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
exploitation
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Belgium

37. Located in West Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Mauritania
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

38. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
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.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

39. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
the father
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

40. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
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

41. Located in Southern Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
South Africa - Mozambique

42. 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
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
that it is leaving one community and entering another

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

44. Mila
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in 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
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

45. What is the Sahel?
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The father's to learn how to survive
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
that it is leaving one community and entering another

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

47. Griot

48. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The mother
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Covers 40% of Africa
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

49. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
a mask ceremony

50. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Belgium
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
exploitation