01_First farmers in SA

Question 1

Where did early African farmers move into over a thousand years ago?

Answer 1

Bushveld of the northeastern part of southern Africa

Question 2

What type of region is the Bushveld?

Answer 2

Summer rainfall region of South Africa

Question 3

What animals did early African farmers herd?

Answer 3

Sheep and cattle

Question 4

What crops did early African farmers grow?

Answer 4

Millet and sorghum

Question 5

What crafts did early African farmers engage in?

Answer 5

Pottery and ironworking

Question 6

What valuable item did early African farmers trade in?

Answer 6

Ivory

Question 7

What were the small settlements where most South African farmers lived called?

Answer 7

Chiefdoms

Question 8

Who led the chiefdoms?

Answer 8

A local chief

Question 9

What was one of the early kingdoms mentioned in the text?

Answer 9

Mapungubwe

Question 10

In which present-day province was Mapungubwe located?

Answer 10

Limpopo province

Question 11

During which century was Mapungubwe wealthy and powerful?

Answer 11

Early 1200s

Question 12

Where did African farmers move down to along the east coast?

Answer 12

Fertile river valleys between the Drakensberg mountains and the coast

Question 13

What did farmers do to prepare land for planting crops?

Answer 13

Cleared the land by cutting down trees and bushes and burning the grass

Question 14

Why were cattle important to early African farmers?

Answer 14

For meat, milk, and clothing

Question 15

What additional source of meat did farmers rely on?

Answer 15

Hunting

Question 16

What did farmers do as their herds of cattle increased?

Answer 16

Moved out of the valleys to high grassland ridges

Question 17

What was the consequence of moving to high grassland ridges?

Answer 17

Farmers could no longer produce all the food they needed

Question 18

What did farmers have to exchange for grain?

Answer 18

Cattle

Question 19

By the 1500s, where had African farmers settled along the coast?

Answer 19

Almost as far as Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)

Question 20

What types of pasture did farmers use at different times of the year?

Answer 20

Sourveld and sweetveld

Question 21

What type of records exist about the movements of early African farmers?

Answer 21

No written records

Question 22

Who works with historians to find out about early African farming settlements?

Answer 22

Archaeologists

Question 23

What is the term for the circular arrangement of huts and cattle kraal?

Answer 23

Homestead

Question 24

Fill in the blank: Most early African farmers lived in small settlements called _______.

Answer 24

chiefdoms

Question 25

True or False: Most early African farmers lived in large cities.

Answer 25

False