Kwanzaa
Vocab
Kemet
Divinity
Bonus
100

The year that Kwanzaa was founded.

1966

100

A culture's relationship with a Divine universe

Theology

100
The name Egypt comes from this language

Greek

100

Known as the key to life for uniting masculine and feminine energies

Ankh

100

The Kemite Father of Medicine and the architect who designed the first step. His name means "I come in peace"

Imhotep

200
The founder of Kwanzaa

Dr. Maulana Karenga

200

Theorizes that Africans evolved from the primate

Social Darwinism

200

The word Kemet translates to this

The Black Land

200

The god of the underworld who is often portrayed as a judge in the Judgement Scene

Ausar or Osiris

200

This self-taught free 18th century African in American created the almanac to chart season for farmers and also made the first striking clock in America. A giant clock tower in England is named after him. 

Benjamin Banneker

300

The Second Principle of Kwanzaa, meaning self-determination. 

Kujichagulia

300

belief that there is only one god

Monotheism

300

Ancestors of Ancient Kemet are said to have migrated from this place in their ancient language

Ta Ntr

300
Kemite universe is established under these divine feminine principles

Maat

300

The people of Mali who studied the constellation of Sirius B, which they called Potolo.

Dogon

400

How Kwanzaa's founder defines culture

Thought and Behavior

400

an atheist or agnostic culture's perception of the origins of the universe

Cosmogony

400

The ancestors of Kemet descended to the earth from the heavenly constellation known as

Sirius B or Kedar

400

The specific ethnic/cultural name given for the first ancestors of Kemet

Anu

400

A doctor/physician that studied chemistry at Stanford University and went to space in 1992

Mae Jemison

500

This word is Swahili for gift

Zawadi

500

Belief in one God manifest as interdependent powers/deities in creation working as one

Mono-pantheism

500

The Kemite language is known as this

Mdu Ntr or Sacred Speech

500

The Kemite seen attribute of the All-Powerful Creator

Ra

500

The land known by the Kemites as Ta Ntr, was the place their ancestors are said to have migrated from. T This land known as the horn of Africa is currently occupied by which modern nation. 

Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia

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