History Grade 5 Term 4 Flashcards
What is heritage?
Heritage is about all the special things we inherited from the past.
What is tangible heritage?
Things that we can see and touch
Eg. Books, Magazines
What is intangible heritage?
Things we cannot see and touch
Eg. Religion, Music
What does South Africa’s heritage include?
- Special people from our past
- The names of places
- Trees & plants, fish & animals
- Natural beauty
- Traditional culture
- Events in our history
- 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.
Cradle; humankind; fossil; paleontologists
Who discovered the first hominid?
Robert Broom
When did he find this hominid?
1947
What did he call it? (1)
Mrs Ples.
How old was the fossil that Robert Broom found?
3 million years old
What is a hominid?
An ancient human ancestor.
Who discovered the next hominid?
Ronald.J.Clarke
What did he call it? (2)
Little Foot
When did he find this hominid?
1995
How old was the fossil that Ronald.J.Clarke found?
OVER 3 million years old
Who discovered the most recent hominid?
Dr. Lee Berger
How old was the fossil that Dr. Lee Berger found?
2 million years old
When did he find this hominid?
2008
- 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.
Modern; top; valley; golden; beads
What is a symbol?
Something that stands for something else.
The rulers were buried on top of the hill with golden ______ in their graves.
Objects
- Frances Baard: Northern Cape
What is the timeline of Frances Baard?
- Born in Kimberley
- Joined the ANC
- Took part in the Women’s March
- Arrested by the police
- Banned and sent to live in Mabopane
- Voted for the first time
- A district council was named after her
- The Castle: Western Cape
What was the story of the Castle?
- The Dutch took over the Cape by force in 1652
- Dutch built a five cornered castle as a fort for defence
- First built out of wood & mud
- Wasn’t strong enough
- Rebuilt with stone & bricks
- 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 - Was used as military headquarters
- Used to have a small community with a church, bakery, workshops, bedrooms, offices and jail cells.
What was the official visitors site at the Cradle of Humankind?
Maropeng
What site in the world was the richest site for early hominids?
Sterkfontein
