History Term 1 Flashcards
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African society gradually evolved from ___(1)___ to ___(2)___ and ___(3)___ communities.
(1) hunter gatherers
(2) herding
(3) farming
What is hierarchical?
Certain people are more important and powerful than others.
Name 2 important sources.
Cattle and land.
What is the result of someone having more cattle and land?
They can control and dominate others.
Why did some people have more power than others.
They owned more land and cattle and this made them more powerful.
How did chieftain and kings manage to become rich?
They controlled all economic activities, like mining, farming and trade, and collected taxes and contributions from the common people under their control.
Did people have a say in who became the chief.
no
True or false:
the chief divided the land so people could farm on it
True
Did people pay contributions to the chief or king?
Yes people did pay contributions to the chief or king.
True or false
(correct if false)
Society was democratic.
False, society was hierarchical.
Explain why cattle and land were important resources.
4 points.
1) Lots of cattle and land meant you could control and dominate others.
2) Men who owned cattle could control women
3) men who owned more cattle were more powerful because they could trade with them
4) Having more power meant you could make decisions in society.
A man was the ____ of his family and made all the decisions.
Head or chief
Zhizo farmers originally settled at which 2 rivers?
These rivers are where 3 countries meet. Name the 3 countries.
Limpopo and sashe rivers
South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswane.
Zhizo farmers with which items?
What did they trade these items for?
Ivory, gold, rhino horns, leopard skins and iron
they traded for: glass beads, cotton, silk fabrics and ceramics.
Where is Limpopo located?
In South Africa
The area where the Kalundu people settled is known as_______
K2
What is another name for large glass beads.
Garden rollers.
Who did the Zhizo farmers trade with
Arab, Swahili, Indian and Indonesian traders who sailed along the east coast of Africa.
Which one is correct:
In the (Zhizo period)/(K2 period) trade goods were distributed among all the people.
The (Zhizo leaders)/(K2 leaders) controlled the trade and kept most of the imported goods for themselves.
This lead to the beginning of (social devision)/(social acceptance).
Zhizo period.
K2 leaders
Social division
What was the name of the largest kingdom in southern Africa?
Mapungubwe
Mapungubwe was the first _____ in South Africa
Class-based society
What was discovered at the top of Mapungubwe hill?
3 Royal tombs.
What was declared a world heritage site in 2003?
Mapungubwe Curtural Landscape (which consists of Schroda, K2 and Mapungubwe.
What does the name Mapungubwe mean?
Hill of many Jackals.
Place of many Jackals.
Place of stone revealed.
place where molten rock walked.
