6.1 African Culture Flashcards
1
Q
What were African storytellers called?
A
Griots
2
Q
What is the flat grasslands in Africa?
A
Savannah
3
Q
What is the narrow strip of land between the Sahara and Savannah?
A
Sahel
4
Q
What showed a mans wealth and were rarely killed?
A
cattle
5
Q
What was important to Africans?
A
having children
6
Q
What was the primary purpose of marriage?
A
To pass on family traditions
7
Q
what was the largest family group called?
A
a clan
8
Q
What were multiple clans together called?
A
A tribe
9
Q
What did tribes share?
A
Customs, beliefs and language
10
Q
the Africans account of what is much like the bible’s?
A
Creation
11
Q
Which clan believed in only one god?
A
Kikuyu clan
12
Q
Like what country did Africa practice Ancesteral Worship?
A
China
13
Q
What is the belief that spirits live in nature called?
A
Animism
