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African Culture

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1. What is animism?
Angola - Congo
The father's to learn how to survive
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces

2. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
The mother
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand

3. What do Africans believe about death?
The mother
the father
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
that it is leaving one community and entering another

4. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Angola - Congo
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another

5. What is a gerontocracy?
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
the father
when authority is held by the elders of the group

6. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Covers 40% of Africa
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

7. What is the Sahel?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

8. Griot

9. Animism
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
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.

10. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
a shrine
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Mauritania

11. Located in East Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Arabs and Berbers
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

12. What is initiation?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
exploitation
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

13. Located in Southern Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
To have a baby
South Africa - Mozambique
a mask ceremony

14. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
a mask ceremony
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania

15. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Guns to obtain more slaves
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

16. What is the African diaspora?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
it is celebrated
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

17. Islam
South Africa - Mozambique
exploitation
Black Africans and people of European descent
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.

18. 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
a shrine
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
it is celebrated

19. African Masks
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
a shrine
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
it is celebrated

20. Swahili
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

21. Non-centralized government
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Covers 40% of Africa
a mask ceremony
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests

22. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
The mother

23. Ashanti
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
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

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

25. What does 'scarification' represent?

26. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
Black Africans and people of European descent
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

27. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
exploitation
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

28. Mila
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Angola - Congo
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
Covers 40% of Africa

29. Located in Central Africa
Angola - Congo
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

30. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
the father
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
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese

31. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

32. What do Africans consider twins as?

33. Located in West Africa
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.
Mauritania
exploitation

34. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
South Africa - Mozambique
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

35. How is death responded to in African culture
Angola - Congo
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
that it is leaving one community and entering another
it is celebrated

36. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
To have a baby
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

37. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.

38. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Black Africans and people of European descent
To have a baby
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Belgium

39. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
a mask ceremony
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Arabs and Berbers

40. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Arabs and Berbers
Mauritania
Black Africans and people of European descent
To have a baby

41. 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
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
The mother

42. What is quinine?
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication

43. What are Africans' main method of communication?

44. What is importance of Swahili language?
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...)
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

45. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
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.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

46. Why is African immigration so important?
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Belgium
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe

47. Located in North Africa
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another

48. What is the savanna?
Covers 40% of Africa
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.

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

50. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Belgium