Kwaanza Is

question 29

Multiple Choice

Kwaanza is

• A) a ritual transported from Africa to America in the eighteenth century and preserved by secret societies in African American communities.
• B) a type of music attacked as demeaning by African American rights activists in the 1970s.
• C) a fashion featuring colorful shirts, caps, and head wraps brought from Africa and adopted by African Americans in the 1970s as an expression of cultural pride.
• D) a holiday created in 1966 to celebrate the shared African heritage of all African Americans.

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Definitions:

Bones Functions

Essential roles including support, protection, movement, mineral storage, and blood cell formation.

Skeletal System

The framework of bones and cartilages that supports the body, protects internal organs, and facilitates movement.

Osteons

Structural units of compact bone, consisting of concentric layers of calcified matrix and central blood vessels.

Compact Bone

The dense, hard outer layer of bone that gives it strength and houses the osteons and Haversian system for nutrient and waste exchange.