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African Culture

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1. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Belgium
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

2. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Mauritania
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

3. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
a shrine

4. What are Africans' main method of communication?

5. What is the Sahel?
The mother
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Arabs and Berbers
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

6. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

7. Located in East Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
The mother
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

8. African Masks
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

9. Located in Central Africa
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.
Angola - Congo
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

10. 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.
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
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

11. What is the African diaspora?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
when authority is held by the elders of the group
that it is leaving one community and entering another

12. Swahili
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
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

13. Located in West Africa
Mauritania
a mask ceremony
Guns to obtain more slaves
South Africa - Mozambique

14. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Arabs and Berbers
Mauritania
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

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

16. 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 shrine
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Belgium

17. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Mauritania
Guns to obtain more slaves
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

18. Animism
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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 most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

19. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
To have a baby
it is celebrated
Black Africans and people of European descent
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.

20. Located in North Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

21. What is a gerontocracy?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
when authority is held by the elders of the group
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.

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

23. What is the savanna?
Belgium
The mother
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Covers 40% of Africa

24. What is importance of Swahili language?
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
when authority is held by the elders of the group
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

25. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
the father
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

26. Griot

27. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

28. What do Africans consider twins as?

29. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
it is celebrated
Guns to obtain more slaves
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a shrine

30. What is animism?
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.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

31. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
The mother
exploitation
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

32. How is death responded to in African culture
that it is leaving one community and entering another
it is celebrated
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
South Africa - Mozambique

33. What is quinine?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
To have a baby
Black Africans and people of European descent
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

34. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Angola - Congo
The father's to learn how to survive
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

35. Located in Southern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

36. What does 'scarification' represent?

37. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
a mask ceremony
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

38. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Black Africans and people of European descent
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

39. Why is African immigration so important?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

40. Arab
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
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

41. Mila
that it is leaving one community and entering another
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
The mother

42. Non-centralized government
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.
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
it is celebrated

43. Ashanti
The mother
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
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.
Angola - Congo

44. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
a mask ceremony
Covers 40% of Africa
exploitation
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

45. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
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
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

46. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
that it is leaving one community and entering another
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
when authority is held by the elders of the group

47. What is initiation?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

48. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
The mother

49. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Arabs and Berbers
Guns to obtain more slaves
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

50. What do Africans believe about death?
it is celebrated
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
that it is leaving one community and entering another