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History

1
Q

What did San women use to dig up roots?

A

digging sticks

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2
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For how long are San children breastfed

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4 years

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3
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the learning and understanding of the way of life of people who lived long ago by observing people who still live in a similar way today

A

ethnography

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4
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Where can we find San people today?

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In the Kalahari Desert (South Africa, Botswana and Namibia)

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5
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What did the San make tools out of?

A

stone

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6
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People who hunt wild animals and collect wild plants to eat

A

hunter-gatherers

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7
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what was the jobs of the San men

A

they hunted for food

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8
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what was the job of the San women?

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They gathered wild honey, plants, nuts, roots and fruit

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9
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the time, thousands of years ago, during which people made tools out of stone

A

the stone age

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10
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people who have no fixed home and move from place to place

A

nomads

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11
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List 4 main ways to describe the San

A
  1. They were hunter-gatherers
  2. They did not grow crops or keep animals
  3. They tried not to damage the environment
  4. They made tools from stone and bone
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12
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How did The San avoid jealousy and fighting

A

They shared everything

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13
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A plant that stops hunger and thirst

A

Hoodia

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14
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A plant to stop stomache aches

A

Buchu

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15
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A plant that the San used to poison their arrows

A

Bushman’s Poison

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16
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a Plant used for snake bites, headaches and toothache

A

sickle bush roots

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17
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What did the San use for hunting

A

bow and arrow

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18
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what was the bow made from

A

straight, tough, elastic branch

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19
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What was the bow string made from

A

rolled strips from the back muscles of a gemsbok

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20
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What was the arrow made of

A

bone or stone

21
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where was the poison put on the arrow

A

behind the point

22
Q

Where did the deadliest poison that the San used for hunting come from

A

a small beetle

23
Q

lasting energy or strength

A

stamina

24
Q

What did the San call their god

A

Kaggen

25
Q

What did the San believe their god could turn into

A

an Eland

26
Q

how did the San meet their god

A

they would perform a trance dance at night around a fire and meet kaggen as an eland

27
Q

In the San religion, a person who entered the invisible world to ask Kaggen for help

A

Shaman

28
Q

a person who studies the objects that people of long ago left behind

A

archaeologist

29
Q

Colours that were used in San rock art

A

red, yellow, white and black

30
Q

How did the San make red, orange or purple paint?

A

heating iron that had rusted and grinding it to powder

31
Q

How did the San make the paint “hold together”

A

Eland’s blood

32
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How did the San make white paint

A

from white clay

33
Q

Name the first 3 things you will see at the top of the South African Coat of Arms

A

The rising sun
The secretary bird
A protea

34
Q

What weapons are on the Coat of Arms

A

a spear and knobkierie

35
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What people are on the Coat of Arms

A

2 San figures

36
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what is in the middle of the coat of arms and 2 things that are on either side

A

A shield
2 ears of wheat
2 elephant tusks

37
Q

in what language is the motto on the coat of arms

A

San language Xan

38
Q

What does the motto on the coat of arms mean

A

Unity in diversity

39
Q

A section of rock art from the San people, called the _____________was found in _________ and placed in ___________

A

The Linton Rock art Panel
Linton farm in Eastern Cape
South African Museum in the Western Cape

40
Q

Who arrived in the south-west parts of southern Africa about 2000 years ago?

A

The Khoikhoi

41
Q

How were the Khoikhoi different to the San?

A

They kept herds of animals such as sheep, goats and cattle. They were called herders

42
Q

How were the Khoikhoi the same as the San

A

They were nomadic
Men hunted for food
Women gathered plant food
They made tools from stone and bone

43
Q

a person who looks after livestock

A

pastoralist

44
Q

When did the Khoikhoi slaughter cattle

A

religious ceremonies, when children were born or when someone died

45
Q

Why did the Khoikhoi think the San were inferior to them

A

Because the San did not keep cattle

46
Q

Why did the San and Khoikhoi not get along?

A

They were in competition for game and the herds of wild game got smaller. Sometimes the San would steal cattle from the Khoikhoi.

47
Q

Why are some groups called the Khoisan

A

Many San men married khoikhoi women and had families

48
Q

The languages spoken by the first African farmers

A

Buntu

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