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African Culture

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1. What was an economic motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
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.

2. Located in East Africa
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
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm

3. What was a political motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
To have a baby

4. 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
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Griots. Griots are essentially 'storytellers' because only few African societies had written languages.
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

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

6. How is death responded to in African culture
it is celebrated
Angola - Congo
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
exploitation

7. Who was considered to be the 'biggest winner' of land after the meeting
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
Belgium
Mauritania

8. What is the savanna?
Covers 40% of Africa
Belgium
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

9. What are Africans' main method of communication?

10. What is the Sahel?
To have a baby
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Black Africans and people of European descent

11. Arab
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
the father
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.

12. What power are elderly women believed to possess in African society?
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Arabs and Berbers
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

13. In African society - who picks the spouse for a woman/girl?
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
the father
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

14. What is a gerontocracy?
when authority is held by the elders of the group
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Mauritania
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.

15. Who held the Berlin Conference and how many nations were invited?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)

16. In the slave trade - what were African slaves traded for to the Europeans?
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
Guns to obtain more slaves

17. What was a religious motive as to why Europeans took over Africa?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
Mauritania
To have a baby
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior

18. In African society - what item do most have in their homes dedicated to a certain family?
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa
Tribes use councils or elders to represent best interests
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
a shrine

19. How are Bantu-speaking people important to African culture?
Belgium
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
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
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth

20. What does 'scarification' represent?

21. What are two cities in Southern Africa that have a population of more than one million people?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
that it is leaving one community and entering another
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert

22. Why is African immigration so important?
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.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
To have a baby

23. What is the African diaspora?
Mauritania
it is celebrated
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

24. African Masks
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
a shrine
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture

25. What is an Age-Rite ceremony?
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
To have a baby
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
Gifts given from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

26. What is importance of Swahili language?
the spread and expansion of African culture (over 400 years)
It is used by various ethnic groups in East Africa as the language of business and communication
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa

27. Located in North Africa
Morroco - Egypt - Libya
To have a baby
a shrine
The mother

28. What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Mauritania
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
exploitation
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.

29. In Africa - what is considered one of the greatest honors (by a woman)?
Belgium
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
To have a baby
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal

30. Located in West Africa
The mother
the father
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
Mauritania

31. What is animism?
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)
a storyteller who passes a group's oral traditions on from one generation to another
The belief that there are spirits present in animals - plants - and other natural forces
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

32. In childhood - where does the child spend most of his/her first years with?
South Africa - Mozambique
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The mother
a mask ceremony

33. What two types of leadership can you find in Africa? Explain them.
Centralized government - tribe has a chief - king - or emperor
They spread southward as a group and share their language and culture
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
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

34. Islam
The father's to learn how to survive
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
To have a baby

35. Why did Southern Africa attract Europeans?
Southern tip of Africa - came for slaves and to farm
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
Europeans felt their religions and culture were superior
Africa was filled with valuable things (rubber - palm oil - wood - etc...)

36. Swahili
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
a mask ceremony
that it is leaving one community and entering another
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; people and culture found on the coast of east Africa.

37. What key objective was in the minds of each and every European colonial power?
exploitation
Because it spreads culture and the language to all parts of the globe
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
South Africa - Mozambique

38. In Africa - is premarital sex allowed? Why or why not?
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Angola - Congo
No. If done - the boy who gets the girl pregnant most provide compensation to family.
the father

39. Located in Central Africa
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
Angola - Congo

40. Ashanti
Otto von Bismarck; 14 nations came
Belgium
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.
South Africa - Mozambique

41. Griot

42. What happens after completion of an Age-Rite ceremony?
a mask ceremony
Kenya - Zanzibar - Tanzania
Used for ceremonies - Believed to hold ancestor spirits - Headdress - Face masks - Helmet - Body masks - Horizontal
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.

43. Located in Southern Africa
South Africa - Mozambique
If honored - society will benefit. If ignored - destruction may occur.
The mother
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man

44. What are the two largest ethnic groups in North Africa?
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
'supernatural' creatures and they are unwanted
Arabs and Berbers
Morroco - Egypt - Libya

45. What is initiation?
Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa
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
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land

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

47. Name the three main groups of people of European ancestry in Southern Africa.
Nationalism (shared identity - history - and destiny)
1. British settlers - English 2. Afrikaners - Dutch settlers - Afrikaans 3. Portuguese settlers - Portuguese
an event where a boy goes off for months to train - educate - and understand
that it is leaving one community and entering another

48. What is quinine?
Mauritania
A medication that helped Europeans survive malaria to continue colonizing Africa.
The mother
ethnic group that inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East and northern Africa

49. What do Africans believe about death?
A ceremony/event that decides whether one is still a boy or is prepared to become a man
a shrine
that it is leaving one community and entering another
when authority is held by the elders of the group

50. Animism
the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
marks made on masks to represent monster's teeth
the belief that everything has a soul; and you should respect what you have and treat it well
Push factor are negative things about a land - Pull factors are positive things about a land