Mapungubwe

Question 1

Name river basin where communities settled

Answer 1

Limpopo river basin

Question 2

Which communities found near river basin

Answer 2

K2, Schrodra, Mapungbwe

Question 3

Which ocean was crossed to carry goods to and from east coast and Africa

Answer 3

Indian Ocean

Question 4

What type of ship was used to make the voyages across the ocean

Answer 4

Dhows-sailing ships

Question 5

What was grown and farmed

Answer 5

Melons,pumpkins,sorghum , millet was grown and a few sheep, cattle and goats were kept

Question 6

What does AD mean

Answer 6

Anno domini

Question 7

What did people live in in the early 1st millenium

Answer 7

Small family homesteads and independent villages

Question 8

How many people did the villages have

Answer 8

Few hundred

Question 9

Was there little conflict

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

The social hierarchy was based on what 2 things

Answer 10

Age and gender

Question 11

What was another name for pre 900AD

Answer 11

The late Iron Age

Question 12

Farming communities became more what…..

Answer 12

Complex societies

Question 13

What did archaeologists think was used in religious ceremonies

Answer 13

Clay figures

Question 14

Clay figures probably had a ….. Meaning in ……. ………. Communities

Answer 14

Ritual, late farming

Question 15

Could African farmers write

Answer 15

No

Question 16

The knowledge was passed down through generations of ….

Answer 16

Stories

Question 17

What do archeologists study

Answer 17

How people lived the past

Question 18

What do archeologists look for

Answer 18

They look for animal or human bones and the remains of buildings

Question 19

Objects MADE in the past are called

Answer 19

Artifacts

Question 20

Artifacts made of what survive

Answer 20

Stone and metal

Question 21

Artifacts made of what decay

Answer 21

Straw and wood

Question 22

Mapungbwe is the what state in Southern African

Answer 22

First