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North Africa  1.  How does culture spread in North Africa? Culture spreads usually by people traveling. When people travel from one place to another they take their culture, religion, beliefs, ideas, and customs with them. Because of this more people are introduced to their ideas and customs, religions ect. So if they move they might spread it also. This is called cultural diffusion. The word //diffuse// means to spread out. People like the Tuareg bring everything they own including their beliefs ect. With them when they move from place to place. They sometimes go to the cities to trade, and they can trade objects that involve what they believe in.

the green in the picture above represents how much the culture Islam has spread.I picked this picture because my paragraph talked about how cultures spread. [|http://raqs.co.nz]

The five Pillars of Islam are Declaration of Faith, Prayer, Almsgiving, Fasting and Pilgrimage. Declaration of Faith is belief in God and in Muhammad, God’s final messenger. Prayer is speaking prayer five times a day. Almsgiving is giving a portion of your belongings to the poor. Fasting is not eating or drinking form sunrise to sunset. And Pilgrimage is making the pilgrimage to Mecca at least on time in your entire lifetime. All of these five pillars come from the holy Islamic book called the Quran.
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http://images.google.com/images?q=quaran&gbv=2&ndsp=18&hl=en&start=36&sa=N This is the picture of a Quran, the holy Islamic book, much like the bible. All the laws in the Islamic religion are based on the Quran. I chose this picture because Islam is a major culture of North Africa.

What are the North African’s beliefs and ethnic groups? The culture and religions unify the different people of North Africa. More than 95 % of North Africans practice Islam and are called Muslims. They believe in one Allah (Arabic word for God.) They believe that the Old Testament prophets and Jesus were God’s messengers. The main ethnic group is the Arabs. The Islam and Arabic language unify these ethnic groups. The second largest ethnic group is the Berbers who live in rural areas, but some live in the city. Many people in West Africa have many different backgrounds and ways of life, but there nationalism keeps them unified. [|www.masoncrest.com]

This is a picture of an African ethnic group. I picked this picture because my paragraph had to do with the different ethnic groups. Vocab for All Culture- the way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs-Alex Culture Diffusion- the movement of customs and ideas -Jasmine Cultural diversity- a wide variety of culture - Katie

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