History Grade 5 Term 4

Question 1

What is heritage?

Answer 1

Heritage is about all the special things we inherited from the past.

Question 2

What is tangible heritage?

Answer 2

Things that we can see and touch

Eg. Books, Magazines

Question 3

What is intangible heritage?

Answer 3

Things we cannot see and touch

Eg. Religion, Music

Question 4

What does South Africa’s heritage include?

Answer 4

• Special people from our past
• The names of places
• Trees & plants, fish & animals
• Natural beauty
• Traditional culture
• Events in our history

Question 5

1. Cradle of Humankind: Gauteng
   Africa is the _____ or birthplace of ______. South Africa has a very rich ____ record.
   Sterkfontein lies to the north-west of Johannesburg where __________ have been working on finding and interpreting fossils for over 60 years.

Answer 5

Cradle; humankind; fossil; paleontologists

Question 6

Who discovered the first hominid?

Answer 6

Robert Broom

Question 7

When did he find this hominid?

Answer 7

1947

Question 8

What did he call it? (1)

Answer 8

Mrs Ples.

Question 9

How old was the fossil that Robert Broom found?

Answer 9

3 million years old

Question 10

What is a hominid?

Answer 10

An ancient human ancestor.

Question 11

Who discovered the next hominid?

Answer 11

Ronald.J.Clarke

Question 12

What did he call it? (2)

Answer 12

Little Foot

Question 13

When did he find this hominid?

Answer 13

1995

Question 14

How old was the fossil that Ronald.J.Clarke found?

Answer 14

OVER 3 million years old

Question 15

Who discovered the most recent hominid?

Answer 15

Dr. Lee Berger

Question 16

How old was the fossil that Dr. Lee Berger found?

Answer 16

2 million years old

Question 17

When did he find this hominid?

Answer 17

2008

Question 18

2. Golden objects at Mapungubwe: Limpopo
   The people who built Mapungubwe had all died long before ______ paleontologists tried to find out how
   they lived. The rulers lived at the ___ of the hill. Ordinary people lived in the _____ below the hill.
   A _____ bowl was found in the grave of the king at Mapungubwe. Thousands of golden ______ were also found.

Answer 18

Modern; top; valley; golden; beads

Question 19

What is a symbol?

Answer 19

Something that stands for something else.

Question 20

The rulers were buried on top of the hill with golden ______ in their graves.

Answer 20

Objects

Question 21

3. Frances Baard: Northern Cape

What is the timeline of Frances Baard?

Answer 21

1. Born in Kimberley
2. Joined the ANC
3. Took part in the Women’s March
4. Arrested by the police
5. Banned and sent to live in Mabopane
6. Voted for the first time
7. A district council was named after her

Question 22

4. The Castle: Western Cape

What was the story of the Castle?

Answer 22

1. The Dutch took over the Cape by force in 1652
2. Dutch built a five cornered castle as a fort for defence
3. First built out of wood & mud
4. Wasn’t strong enough
5. Rebuilt with stone & bricks
6. Built by Dutch slaves, sailors and soldiers between 1666 and 1697
   - Carried slate and lime from the quarries in the area
   - Cut and carried the wood
   - Mixed broken shells and sand with lime to form strong cement
7. Was used as military headquarters
8. Used to have a small community with a church, bakery, workshops, bedrooms, offices and jail cells.

Question 23

What was the official visitors site at the Cradle of Humankind?

Answer 23

Maropeng

Question 24

What site in the world was the richest site for early hominids?

Answer 24

Sterkfontein