Custom, ritual, or a practice; something that is done the same way over and over Tradition The people in your immediate family (includes mother, father, siblings) Nuclear Family Your entire family (includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins) Extended Family Group of people who share everything and help each other survive; a tribe has a common culture and ethnicity Tribe Being married to more than one woman at the same time Polygamy a ceremony or custom that is done over and over again throughout the generations, a tradition Ritual A group of rituals that a person takes part in at a certain age to become an adult Rite of Passage Ancient religion focused on a belief in spirits and ancestor worship Animism To fall apart, to fall down or fail Collapse a group of people traveling or journeying together across the desert with camels, usually to trade goods Caravan The central city of the Mali empire and a place of higher learning and the gold and salt trade Timbuktu conclusion, ruling, decision, decree Resolution The movement of ideas and culture from one place to another Cultural Diffusion Fighting or war between two groups within the same country Civil War The deliberate killing of one group of people because of their race, religion, or beliefs Genocide To look for or search, to discover, to find Explore to not have, to be without Lack Explorer, person who travels to find new things, usually by ship or boat (sailor= person who explores by boat) Navigator someone who has no freedom or rights, is owned by someone who forces them to work for no pay Slave to introduce or bring in Import Leader of the non-violent movement to end apartheid in South Africa. Also the first black President of South Africa Nelson Mandela to take, to imprison or confine Capture massive business of buying, selling and transporting Africans to work in the Americas. Atlantic Slave Trade trip made by slaves across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas Middle Passage Slaves were examined and “fixed up” before they were sold Inspection Place where slaves were sold for the highest price Slave Auction When a stronger more powerful country takes over a weaker country Imperialism Having pride and love for your country Nationalism thinking your country, culture or race is the best (superior); extreme nationalism Ethnocentric Movement by European countries to control as much territory (land) in Africa as possible Scramble for Africa A meeting between 1884 and 1885 that divided African land between European countries Berlin Conference a smaller country that is ruled by a larger more powerful country Colony An imperialistic country; a country that controls a colony Mother Country to be less important then something or someone else, to not be as good as something else Inferior A movement to unite African people around the world and also to train Africans to become leaders of a newly independent African continent. Pan-Africanism freedom Independence separation or isolation; usually of a group of people Segregation to control or limit something Restriction A policy from 1948 to 1994 that maintains strict segregation of blacks and whites in South Africa Aparthied Refusing to buy products from a particular company or country because you don’t like what they are doing; a type of protest Boycott A mixture of Islamic and indigenous East African cultures Swahili Vocabulary from the section on Africa
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