📽️History📽️ Flashcards
What time did the San live in?
The Stone-Age.
What did the San have to do to never go hungry?
The followed the antelopes for hunting.
Where did the San live?
In either caves or camped out in the open, because they were nomadic.
What is a quiver?
A basket to carry arrows.
What is a sinew?
A bendy animal muscle used to make bows (for arrows).
What would a male San person wear?
A shawl, a necklace and a loin cloth.
What would a female San person wear?
A shawl, an apron and ostrich egg shell beads.
What plants did the San use for medicinal purposes?
The Hoodia plant, the Buchu plant, the Sickle bush and the “Bushman’s Poison”.
What does having livestock mean to the KhoiKhoi?
It means a symbol of wealth (cattle was most common wealth symbol).
What did the KhoiKhoi use their oxen for?
They used their oxen to carry heavy loads and to ride on.
What shape was the KhoiKhoi’s houses?
A dome shape.
What is the Linton Art Panel?
It is a large slab of rock measuring 2m by 8m in a rock shelter on a farm named Linton in 1918.
What crafts would the KhoiKhoi make?
They would make clothing, bags and blankets out of animal skins.
What would the KhoiKhoi make for weapons?
They would make spears.
Why are water sources important?
The First Farmers needed water for farming, for livestock and for themselves.
