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African Culture

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1. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
a shrine
Mauritania
Guns to obtain more slaves

2. Located in North Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
exploitation
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

3. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
a mask ceremony
The mother
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
The father's to learn how to survive

4. Located in West Africa
The father's to learn how to survive
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Mauritania

5. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Black Africans and people of European descent
exploitation
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

6. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Angola - Congo
Black Africans and people of European descent
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

7. Mila
Black Africans and people of European descent
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
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

8. What does 'scarification' represent?

9. Located in East Africa
Guns to obtain more slaves
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

10. Griot

11. What do Africans consider twins as?

12. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
Mauritania
a shrine
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

13. 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
when authority is held by the elders of the group
exploitation
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

14. What is initiation?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
To have a baby
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

15. 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
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

16. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
a mask ceremony
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

17. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
the father

18. What is animism?
Arabs and Berbers
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
it is celebrated

19. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
Mauritania
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Arabs and Berbers
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. What is the African diaspora?
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
the father
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)

21. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
it is celebrated
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

22. Why is African immigration so important?
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.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted

23. 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
that it is leaving one community and entering another
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

24. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

25. Non-centralized government
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
a mask ceremony
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

26. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
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.

27. Located in Southern Africa
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
Guns to obtain more slaves
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well

28. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Covers 40% of Africa
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

29. What are Africans' main method of communication?

30. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
To have a baby
when authority is held by the elders of the group
The father's to learn how to survive
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

31. What is a gerontocracy?
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Covers 40% of Africa

32. How is death responded to in African culture
a shrine
it is celebrated
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
South Africa - Mozambique

33. Islam
Angola - Congo
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
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.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

34. What is the savanna?
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.
Covers 40% of Africa
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

35. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
Mauritania
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Covers 40% of Africa

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

37. What is importance of Swahili language?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

38. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Black Africans and people of European descent
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came

39. Animism
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)

40. What do Africans believe about death?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
that it is leaving one community and entering another
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
the father

41. What is the Sahel?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
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

42. Swahili
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
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.

43. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
The mother

44. What is quinine?
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing 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
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

45. Located in Central 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
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
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.

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
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 storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Angola - Congo

47. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
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
it is celebrated
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

48. 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.
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
a shrine

49. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
To have a baby
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.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

50. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Arabs and Berbers
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
that it is leaving one community and entering another