The war of the golden stool was a result of

British demanding the Ashanti stool- which symbolized rule

A similarity between the veranda post, golden stool, and ikenga figure are

each has a stool to symbolize honor and power

The Power figure represents a Kongo belief in medicinal powers. What was its function?

A source of divine protection for its peoples

Stools are significant to African cultures for all the following reasons EXCEPT

believe that each stool falls into owner's lap from heaven

The Pwo masks created by Chokwe people represented

honorable and ideal fertile women

What was the function of the Ikenga figures of the Igbo people?

in the household as a symbol of personal accomplishment

The veranda post symbolizes

A king requiring the support of those around him

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1
The veranda post is LEAST similar to the
Niobides Krater
Winged Victory at Samothrace
Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Gypsum Votive Figures
2
Congo societies were
pastoral
patrilineal
matrilineal
communist
3
The war of the golden stool was a result of
conflict over the Russia's expansionist policy
attempts made by warring tribes to burn the stool
British demanding the Ashanti stool- which symbolized rule
the new dictator planning to symbolically destroy the stool
4
A similarity between the veranda post, golden stool, and ikenga figure are
each has a stool to symbolize honor and power
each symbolize the bond between man and woman
each were given to their people by the heavens
each are made of cherry tree wood
5
The Power figure represents a Kongo belief in medicinal powers. What was its function?
A source of divine protection for its peoples
A symbol of personal wealth and triumph
As a mask at the sacred Congolese dance
To mix and store medicines inside of
6
Stools are significant to African cultures for all the following reasons EXCEPT
gifted stools at coming of age
stools signify honor
they are often seen as sacred
believe that each stool falls into owner's lap from heaven
7
The Pwo masks created by Chokwe people represented
heads of enemy women slain in war
honorable and ideal fertile women
the agricultural goddess Nefertiti
King Pwo's senior wives
8
What was the function of the Ikenga figures of the Igbo people?
used incult-like rituals for agricultural worship
used as a forced tribute to the king
in the household as a symbol of personal accomplishment
as symbols of ideal strength placed in training grounds
9
The veranda post symbolizes
life after death
the inferiority of women
A king requiring the support of those around him
the ability to connect with ancestors
10
Female Pwo masks were worn by
pregnant women
young girls at coming of age schooling
men
only the matriarch

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