Ju/'hoansi

Question 1

Where are the jo’/hansi located

Answer 1

Southern Africa; Angola, Botswana, Zambia,Namibia

Question 2

Some anthropologists claim that the jo’/hansi are the “roots” of the human familiy tree.

T or F?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Johansi language is the most complex of that on earth.

Tor F?

Answer 3

true

Question 4

the johansi had about 300,000 people in their tribe pre 1650’s.
TorF?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What type of marginal environment do the johansi live in?

Answer 5

the Kalahari Desert

Question 6

What is the main source of subsistance for the johansi?

Answer 6

The Johansi tribeis considered a foraging tribe.
60%-80% nuts, fruits, berries, melons, small game gathered by females.
20%-30% meat from larger game hunted by males.

Question 7

Adults spend on average 2-3 days per week acquiring food. They can collect 50 lbs of food in one foray.
T or F?

Answer 7

true

Question 8

How are the johasi’s camps set up?

Answer 8

Round grass huts in a circle facing on another.

Question 8

What is the typical number of people within a johansi band?

Answer 8

10-30 people

Question 9

What are the three characteristics of egalitariarianism?

Answer 9

1. No political power
2. No military police
3. Lead by persuasion and influence
   authority, no power

Question 10

kinship

Answer 10

Complex system of relationship.

Question 11

Joking relationships

Answer 11

grandmas,sibilngs and nonrelatives

Question 12

Typically marriage is arranged at birth within the johansi tribe.
T orF?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

marrige by capture

Answer 13

the bride is captured and forced into a relatioship with her future groom.

Question 13

What is the insulting of the meat?

Answer 13

Whenever a hunter makes a kill, he is ceaselessly teased and ridiculed (in a friendly, joking fashion) to prevent him from becoming too proud or egotistical. The meat itself is then distributed evenly among the entire social group, rather than kept by the hunter.

Question 14

What are the five mechanisms for maintaining egalitarianism?

Answer 14

Flexible group membership
insulting meat
songs
hexaro exchange [IOU]
Reciprocity

Question 15

The johansi’s economic system is based on reciprocity.

Answer 15

True

Question 15

Hexaro Exchange

Answer 15

System of gift giving used to foster friendly relations and redistribute goods.

Question 16

Gangawasi

Answer 16

Ancestral ghosts responsible for illness and misfortune.

Question 17

N/um

Answer 17

Spiritual energy used to counteract Gangawasi and cure sickness.

Question 18

40 years ago 75% of the johansi were mainly farmers.

Answer 18

False
They were mostly foragers 40 years ago.
Today, most rely on farming

Question 19

Today, the johansi lands are separated by borders into sedentary villages.
T or F?

Answer 19

True

Question 20

what health problems do the johansi experience today?

Answer 20

Cirgarret addiction
Alcohol abuse
divorce rate

Question 21

Government restrictions on hunting have no affect on the johansii tribe’s customs.
T or F?

Answer 21

False
The governement’s restrictions on hunting has forced this tribe out of the hunter/gatherer custom into a more modern reliance on government and farming for subsistence.