SS Topic 2 Flashcards
(19 cards)
What is a millennium?
One thousand years
The first millennium is from the year 1 AD to the year 1000 AD.
What crop did farmers in the Limpopo Valley grow?
Sorghum,millet, and pumpkins
The grain was ground into a meal for making porridge.
Define ‘hierarchy’.
A system where some people are more important and have more power than others.
What does ‘gender’ refer to?
Male or female.
What are ‘complex societies’?
Groups of people who have rulers, live together, and have different roles.
How many people typically lived in small villages in southern Africa?
About a hundred people.
What was the social hierarchy in villages based on?
Age and gender.
Who had more power in the social hierarchy?
Men had more power than women.
What is the term for the period sometimes called the Late Iron Age?
A period when farming settlements became more complex.
What livestock did early African farmers keep?
Cattle, sheep, and goats.
What crops besides sorghum did early African farmers grow?
Millet and pumpkins.
What did Early Iron Age farmers produce?
Iron for tools, weapons, and ornaments.
Fill in the blank: A _______ is a community ruled by a chief.
Larger village.
During which millennium did great changes begin to take place in southern African farming societies?
Between 900 AD and 1300 AD.
True or False: Villages were able to produce almost everything they needed.
True.
What was one of the changes in farming communities between 900 AD and 1300 AD?
They became more complex and organized.
What are social relationships?
The way people in society live together.
What type of farming was practiced by early African farmers?
Subsistence farming.
What is the role of older people in the social hierarchy?
They were considered more important.
