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Lesson 3 African Society and Culture
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Where did most people live in early Africa?
What did rural village homes consist of?
In rural villages, villagers generally were ________________
Africa's urban areas often began as ___________________________________
Rural villages eventually grew into ______________________________
What were centers of government and trade?
African towns and cities were _____________________________________________
Who thrived in African towns and cities?
What were artisans skilled in?
What formed the basis of African society?
People often lived in _________________________
What did extended families include?
Extended families were part of large social groups known as _______________________
What could members of a lineage group do?
What did older members have more than younger people in many other ancient societies?
What did members of a lineage group were expected to do?
What are many of Africa's social practices a result of?
What did the Bantu share?
Where did the Bantu migrate?
How many Africans speak hundreds of Bantu languages?
Bantu villages were ___________________
Where did Bantu villagers traced their descent to?
What did Bantu women receive for joining a husband's family?
What type of gifts did a women receive when she joined her husband's family?
What was typical in an African village?
Children were raised by their mothers until the age of ___________
What did children learn?
At age six, girls and boys went to separate places to learn their roles as they ______________________________________________
Who took over their son's education?
What did boys learn to do?
What did young men learn from experience?
Who took over their daughter's education?
What did girls learn from their mothers?
What would be their entry into the community of women?
What was the role of women in Africa as in most other early societies?
What were European soldiers amazed at when they visited Africa?
African women also served as _________________
What did Queen Dahia al-Kahina do?
Which queen led an army against Arab invaders who attacked her kingdom?
What area did Queen Nzinga govern?
Which queen governed lands in southwestern Africa?
What did Queen Nzinga spend 30 years on?
Which queen spent almost 30 years fighting Portuguese invaders and resisting the slave trade?
Where did Bantu peoples settled most?
Who sailed down to Africa's western coast?
What was the captain of the European ship plan?
How many people did the captain and the crew seize?
Who were those 12 Africans who were the first African slaves in history?
Where did the ship with the enslaved people go back to?
Where were the first African slaves?
What was a common practice throughout the world?
Slavery has been practiced in Africa since ___________________________________
Bantu warriors raided nearby villages for captives to use as ___________________________________________________
Why did Bantu warriors raid nearby villages?
Some captives captured by Bantu warriors were freed ___________________
What else did Africans use their enslaved enemies for?
How did some enslaved Africans eventually gain freedom?
The trade in humans grew as ____________________________________________________
What also increased with Africa's contact with the Muslim world?
WHat banned the enslavement of Muslims?
Muslims could enslave ___________________________
What did Arab Muslim merchants trade for enslaved non-Muslims Africans?
What happened when Europeans arrived in West Africa?
Why did Africans armed with European guns begin raiding villages?
Who brought 235 enslaved African to a dock in Portugal in 1444?
What did a Portuguese ship bring to a dock in Portugal in 1444?
Most enslaved Africans were forced to work in _________________
Where were most of the enslaved Africans sent to?
What were the Atlantic islands mild climate ideal for?
What did harvesting sugarcane prove to be?
What couldn't plantation owners pay their employees?
What did plantation owners do instead of paying employees high wages?
What didn't enslaved people receive when farming sugarcane?
What happened to Portugal by 1500?
What happened with Europeans in the late 1400s?
What did the Europeans do with enslaved Africans?
Where did the Europeans transport enslaved Africans across?
Who forcibly transported enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean?
Europeans forcibly transport enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations that grew ________________________________________
Africans excelled in many art forms, including __________________________________________________
What did the arts serve as?
What did arts teach people?
What was the earliest art form in Africa?
Rock paintings showed the life of people in the area as they ______________________________________________
Why did African woodcarvers make masks and statues?
What did people believe about masks?
What other items held similar purposes to masks?
What did metalworkers in the West African region of Benin make?
What was connected to everyday African life?
What did people use music and dance for?
What else did the people use arts for?
What played a vital role in community activities?
African music included ____________________________
What type of musical instruments were used to keep the beat in early African music?
What did enslaved African rely on to remind them of their homeland?
What did songs of religious faith and hopes for freedom become?
African-based music developed such as, __________________________________________
What was dance used by many Africans?
Many African peoples had dance rituals that marked _______________________________________
Many African peoples had dance rituals that marked particular stages of life, such as __________________________________________________
What did Africans keep alive in addition to music and dance?
Griots promoted the oral tradition with stories of _______________________________________
Who promoted the oral tradition with stories of West African history, genealogy, and lessons?
What did griots do?
What remained important to African identity although some stories would be written later?
What did few enslaved Africans do in the Americas?
What did popular stories often describe?