Summer 2011 African Civilization Midterm

Midterm Study!

93 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

Cards In This Set

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Definition of anthropology?
Study of Others
Definition of cosmology?
World-view
Definition of sociology?
Study of the "we."
Definition of cosmogony?
The creation of the world.
Definition of divination?
Peering into the past, present, and/or future and drawing significance.
Sub-Saharan?
All of the countries that fall south of the Sahara. AKA Black Africa.
Definition of Hegemony?
Counterpush from the bottom.
Definition of ideology?
Flow of ideas trickle from the top to the bottom
Definition of subsistence?
Supporting oneself at a minimum level.
Definition of "tribe"?
Used interchangably with sur-names
Babalawo?
Priesthood of Ifa, diviner
Calabash/ gourd?
A vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable, or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe
Cosmogony?
Creation of the world
Divination?
Peering into the past, present, and/or future and drawing significance.
Diviner?
The name of someone who has the power of Divination