World Cultures Midterm
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- Maji Maji Rebellion
- 1905, natives from oppressed german colonies rebelled but were crushed
- amulet
- used to ward off bad spirits
- culture
- the way of life of a certain group of people including their beliefs and traditions
- Ashanti Resistance
- 1873 defeated by british after many years of fighting
- source of nile
- lake victoria
- lesson of Not Enough Pineapples
- If the rule of the culture is to exchange, you can't demand a gift or refuse a gift.
- enculturation
- the process of learning one's culture
- country first to dominate atlantic slave trade
- portugal
- Okonkwo's son
- Nwoye
- Things Fall Apart author
- Chinua Achebe
- charm
- used to attract good spirits
- Berlin Conference rules
- 1. make a formal, public announcement 2. effectively occupy the territory (roads, railroads) 3. extend control from coast to interior 4. negotiate a treaty with the local peoples, constituting a claim
- Berlin Conference dates
- 1884-1885
- egyptian writing system
- hieroglyphics
- key reason for decline of slave trade
- industrial revolution
- name of african who led Amistad insurrection
- Sengbe Pieh
- why does Okonkwo have to exile himself from tribe?
- his gun exploded at Ogbuefi Ezeudu [an important elder]'s funeral, killing the man's 16 year old son
- name of Okonkwo's tribe
- Umuofia
- sasshi
- the anticipation of another's message through insightful guesswork
- Kingdom of Ghana
- founded 500 AD, ended 1076 AD, caravans and mosques
- lesson of No Watermelon At All
- In a society where food is shared or gifted as part of social life, you may not buy it with money.
- year of Amistad insurrection
- 1839
- name of Ibo ancestral spirits
- egwugwu
- Ezinma
- Okonkwo's favorite daughter who he wishes was a son
- modest surplus economy
- No one ever goes hungry, just the right amount
- lesson of Too Many Bananas
- Never refuse a gift and never fail to return a gift [regift]. If you can't use it, give it away.
- W.E.B Du Bois
- sent delegates from all African movements to pan-african congress that called for rights to vote, education, and eventually independence
- Mansa Musa
- emperor of Mali who made pilgrimage in 1324 and brought scholars to Mali from Mecca
- Sir Henry Morton Stanley
- British journalist/adventurer living in USA hired to find David Livingstone, explored Africa, encouraged annexation of Congo region
- Vasco De Gama
- portuguese explorer who sailed around african peninsula
- limited purpose money
- Type of money that cannot be easily distributed and is not portable.
- Jared Diamond main ideas
- orientation of continent: east-west, domestication, immunity to disease
- large surplus economy
- Typical of modern industrial nations
- shere christian missionaries can build their church in things fall apart
- evil forest
- MEND
- Organization of rebels in Nigeria attacking Shell oil facilities
- subsistence economy
- no surplus, live off what you make
- Djenne mosque
- built in Mali from sand around wooden beams in 1300s
- Eating Christmas in the Kalahari theme/lesson
- !Kung Bushmen's practice is not to brag when they succeed but to play it down, modesty
- name of Okonkwo's friend
- Obierka
- main character Things Fall Apart
- Okonkwo
- kula ring
- System of exchanging objects in two different circles in South Pacific islands
- Animism
- • Animals, plants, trees, and other physical objects possess within them an unseen spirit or soul that gives them life
- typical behavior
- Several ways of behaving are more or less acceptable. One is more common.
- fetish
- Magic word or object used to attract good spirits
- white mans burden
- Term describing the European notion that it was their duty to civilize Africa.
- alternative behavior
- Several ways of behaving are acceptable. None is considered better than the others.
- Ikemefuna
- boy from neighboring village who lives with Okonkwo for 3 years before Okonkwo has to kill him
- Benin Empire
- 15th to 17th century kingdom ruled by oba that can trace to today
- compulsory behavior
- the culture provides only one accepted way of doing things
- restricted behavior
- Certain ways of behaving are acceptable only for some members of society, but not for the society as a whole.
- Unoka
- Okonkwo's lazy father who he is disappointed in
- Ganda Accommodation
- King Mutesa went along with making Ganda a christian community
- Ethiopian resistance
- defeated italians w/ help of emperor Menelik II
- taboos
- Things that societies forbid their members from practicing
- only two uncolonized countries during scramble
- ethiopia and liberia
- David Livingstone
- most important missionary and explorer of Africa in Victorian period, Scottish, went back and forth from Africa over 30 years, abolitionist, 1871 disappeared but was living among Africans, found by Sir Henry Morton Stanley
- potlach
- ceremony in which native americans burn their wealth to stimulate the economy
- Belgian king who created his own personal colony in Congo region
- King Leopold
- shamans
- Witch doctor or medicine man or women with the power to practice magic
- cultural group in rwanda preferred by germans and belgians
- tutsis
- six suggestions
- Beware of stereotypes, See the common humanity in people, Recognize a different scale of values, Develop human empathy, Discern interrelationships between language and culture, Study cultures for their intrinsic worth
- preferred behavior
- Several ways of behaving are acceptable. One is more highly regarded than the rest.
- What event causes church to be burned down?
- Enoch unmasks an egwugwu
- where homosapiens first evolved in east africa
- great rift valley
- Muhammad born
- 570 AD
- Negritude
- Literary movement led by Leopold Senghor and Aime Cesaire
- yap stone
- Indians traditional currency