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Africa
Question | Answer |
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abstraction | art that represents ideas rather than reality |
ancestor worship | the worship of dead family members |
animism | a "magical" African religion that emphasizes the worship of nature spirits and ancestors |
clan | a close group of family and friends |
fetish | a carved figure that houses a spirit |
oral tradition | the spoken history or stories of a group that are passed down through generations |
scarification | body scars that represent important events in a person's life |
tribe | a socio-political group with a common culture and ancestry |
tribalism | when a group is more loyal to their tribe than their country |
deforestation | the destruction of forests |
desertification | the spread of deserts due to natural and man-made causes |
drought | a lack of water in a certain area over a long period of time |
famine | a lack of food in a certain area over a long period of time |
rain forest | a dense, humid forest |
savanna | large, dry grasslands in Africa |
direct rule | type of colonial rule; local rulers replaced by colonial rulers |
indirect rule | type of colonial rule; colonial leaders ruled through local leaders |
child soldier | a young child kidnapped, often drugged and forced to fight in a war |
colonialism | the belief in and practice of creating colonies to benefit the homeland. |
Darfur | a region in western Sudan that is experiencing genocide related to the fighting between Arabs and black Africans. |
Divide and Rule | the colonial practice of setting local tribes against each other; if they fight each other, they can't unite to fight their colonizer. |
genocide | the mass killing of a certain ethnic and/or religious group. |
missionary | someone who travels to spread their religion |
nationalism | an extreme pride in one's nation |
SPLA | the Sudanese People's Liberation Army; they are the black Africans of Sudan fighting for independence from the Arab dominated North. |