The !Kung Bushmen

Question 1

The names ǃKung (ǃXun) and Ju are variant words for ?

Answer 1

People

Question 2

The !Kung use hunting and gathering for subsistence up until?

Answer 2

1970s

Question 3

The !Kung people of Southern Africa recognize a Supreme Being, called? ____, who is the Creator and Upholder of life.

Answer 3

!XU

Question 4

the _____-ǃKung know !xu as Erob,

Answer 4

Otjimpolo

Question 5

They also have _____ and _____ beliefs, which means they believe in both _____ and ______

Answer 5

animistic and animatistic
personifications and impersonal forces

Question 6

Amongst the ǃKung there is a strong belief in the existence of spirits of the dead called?_____ who live immortally in the sky.

Answer 6

llgauwasi

Question 7

The ǃKung practice ____ to communicate with the spirit world,

Answer 7

shamanism

Question 8

What is the Name of the Anthropologist who collected a report on the process on entering trance from a !Kung woman named nisa

Answer 8

Marjorie shostak

Question 9

In the ǃKung state of mind, having health is equivalent to having ?

Answer 9

social harmony

Question 10

The ǃKung term for this powerful healing force is ?

Answer 10

Nlum

Question 11

In the ǃKung state of mind, having health is equivalent to having?

Answer 11

social harmony

Question 12

The ǃkia can be translated as ?

Answer 12

trance

Question 13

Women on the other hand have a special medicine called the ____

Answer 13

Gwah

Question 14

ǃKung have a saying concerning healing which is?

Answer 14

“Healing makes their hearts happy, and a happy heart is one that reflects a sense of community.”

Question 15

ǃKung women usually experience their first menstruation at the age of? , their first birth at? and their last birth by their late?

Answer 15

16½
19½
30s

Question 16

Time between the births of children among the !kung is traditionally about ?

Answer 16

3–5 years.

Question 17

Among the !Kung every first marriage is?

Answer 17

arranged

Question 18

On the marriage day, among the !Kung the tradition is the “_____” ceremony

Answer 18

Marriage by capture

Question 19

Which pattern of residence do the !Kung bush men practice?

Answer 19

Ambilocal

Question 20

Who breaks ǃKung kinship principles down into three different sets

Answer 20

Richard Borshay Lee

Question 21

Kinship I follows conventional kin terms (father, mother, brother, sister) and is based on ?

Answer 21

genealogical position

Question 22

The ǃKung language, commonly called?, is one of the larger click languages and belongs to the ___ language family, loosely categorised in the ____ language group

Answer 22

Ju
Kxʼa
Khoisan