African Culture

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1. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
a mask ceremony
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Belgium


2. What is animism?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior


3. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
To have a baby
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


4. What is importance of Swahili language?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
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 belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces


5. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
The father's to learn how to survive
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Belgium


6. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Black Africans and people of European descent
exploitation
that it is leaving one community and entering another


7. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
the father
Mauritania
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)


8. What is a gerontocracy?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Mauritania


9. 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
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
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


10. What is initiation?
Guns to obtain more slaves
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
Angola - Congo


11. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
the father
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert


12. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land


13. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
when authority is held by the elders of the group
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted


14. Located in Southern Africa
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
South Africa - Mozambique
The mother
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor


15. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
a mask ceremony


16. Mila
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 mask ceremony
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
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.


17. What do Africans believe about death?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
that it is leaving one community and entering another


18. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
the father
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth


19. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth


20. What do Africans consider twins as?


21. What is the savanna?
South Africa - Mozambique
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
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.
Covers 40% of Africa


22. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
a shrine
a mask ceremony
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


23. Griot


24. What is the African diaspora?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa


25. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
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
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Belgium


26. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Arabs and Berbers
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
when authority is held by the elders of the group


27. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Arabs and Berbers
a shrine
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The mother


28. Why is African immigration so important?
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
To have a baby
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)


29. Located in East Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.


30. What does 'scarification' represent?


31. What is the Sahel?
Mauritania
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
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.


32. Located in Central Africa
The father's to learn how to survive
Angola - Congo
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
a shrine


33. What is quinine?
The mother
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
Guns to obtain more slaves


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


35. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
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.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Arabs and Berbers


36. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
a mask ceremony
the father
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.


37. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
it is celebrated
Belgium
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


38. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Covers 40% of Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Morroco - Egypt - Libya


39. What are Africans' main method of communication?


40. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Guns to obtain more slaves
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
South Africa - Mozambique
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)


41. Swahili
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Covers 40% of Africa


42. Located in West Africa
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
a mask ceremony
Mauritania
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert


43. Located in North Africa
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior


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


45. Islam
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
South Africa - Mozambique
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 monotheistic religion of Muslims based on the teachings of prophet Muhammad as laid down in the Koran. The second largest religion in the world.


46. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?


47. Ashanti
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern 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.
To have a baby
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.


48. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
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.
exploitation
Mauritania
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth


49. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
the father
a mask ceremony
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Belgium


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