African Culture

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1. Located in West Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Mauritania
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
that it is leaving one community and entering another


2. Located in Southern Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
South Africa - Mozambique
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.


3. Animism
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well


4. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
a mask ceremony
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese


5. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
the father
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Mauritania
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.


6. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
The father's to learn how to survive
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Black Africans and people of European descent


7. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to 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
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came


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

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9. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
The mother
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)


10. What do Africans consider twins as?

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11. What is initiation?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests


12. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
when authority is held by the elders of the group


13. What does 'scarification' represent?

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14. What are two main ethnic groups in Southern Africa?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
The father's to learn how to survive
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Black Africans and people of European descent


15. Why is African immigration so important?
South Africa - Mozambique
Guns to obtain more slaves
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe


16. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa


17. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
the father
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.


18. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
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.
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


19. Griot

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20. What are 'bride-wealth' gifts?

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21. What is the savanna?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Angola - Congo
Covers 40% of Africa
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


22. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Guns to obtain more slaves
Arabs and Berbers


23. Ashanti
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Belgium
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.


24. What is importance of Swahili language?
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
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests


25. Mila
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
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
To have a baby


26. What is the Sahel?
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
a mask ceremony
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.


27. Arab
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe


28. What is a gerontocracy?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
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


29. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Black Africans and people of European descent
Guns to obtain more slaves
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm


30. What is quinine?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
a mask ceremony
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)


31. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
The mother
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert


32. Swahili
a mask ceremony
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese


33. Islam
a mask ceremony
a shrine
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.


34. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
a mask ceremony
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)


35. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
To have a baby
a shrine
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa


36. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Covers 40% of Africa


37. What is animism?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
it is celebrated
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces


38. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Guns to obtain more slaves
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
exploitation
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior


39. Located in Central Africa
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Angola - Congo
it is celebrated
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.


40. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
The mother
when authority is held by the elders of the group
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand


41. Located in North Africa
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
a mask ceremony
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm


42. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
To have a baby
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal


43. Located in East 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.
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
it is celebrated
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania


44. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
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


45. Non-centralized government
the father
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
The carve a fertility statue that encourages the spirits to 'stay' in her world instead of being reborn in another
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor


46. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
Belgium
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
a mask ceremony
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand


47. 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
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
it is celebrated
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests


48. 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
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Mauritania
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania


49. What is the African diaspora?
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)


50. What do Africans believe about death?
South Africa - Mozambique
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
that it is leaving one community and entering another