San Flashcards

1
Q

List 7 points of the life of the San.

A
  1. Had no specific leader or chief
  2. Group agreement, not just one person decide
  3. Everyone have a change to have their say
  4. Everyone seen as equal
  5. Each group had the right to use the same land
  6. No one own the animals - animals gift of gods
  7. Lived in harmony with nature
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2
Q

Describe the physical appearance of the San people.

A

Small in size
Skin colour is brown
Excellent eye sight
Language has “click” sounds

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3
Q

The San people are nomadic (true or false)

A

True

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4
Q

What does nomadic mean?

A

Move around a lot, don’t stay in one place

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5
Q

What was the reasons for them moving often?

A

Followed how the game (wild animals) moved, plants and water needs

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6
Q

Did they live in big or small groups?

A

Small, about 25 people in a group (men, women and children)

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7
Q

Who were the hunters in the group?

A

Men

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8
Q

What does it mean to be an expert tracker?

A

They follow the spoor or track of the animals for kilometres.

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9
Q

What did they use to hunt with?

A

Bows and poisoned arrows
Snares
Clubs
Long poles with hooks for fishing

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10
Q

What did the San who lived on the coast eat?

A

Crayfish, seals, mussels and perlemoen

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11
Q

What did they make the hooks from?

A

Sharpened bone and wood

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12
Q

What is a tidal trap?

A

Stacked stones in the water to catch fish

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13
Q

Where did they use for poison on their arrows?

A

Special beetle or plants

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14
Q

Once the poison arrow hit an animal, does it die quickly?

A

No, the poison took long to work and the hunter sometimes have to follow the animal for 3 days.

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15
Q

What was there believe about hunting a large eland?

A

That you had to think like an eland and even imitate it.

Sometimes they disguise themselves as other animals

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16
Q

How would they communicate with each other while hunting?

A

Hand signals

17
Q

Explain what gathering mean and who did this in the San groups?

A

It is collecting plant food. The women did it.

18
Q

What did plant food include?

A

Roots or bulbs, berries

19
Q

What did they use to get roots or bulbs from underground?

A

Digging stick (made of a stick with a sharp end and stone weight on it)

20
Q

Once they collected the plant food, what will they use to carry it to their camp?

A

Leather bags

21
Q

Did children hunt or gather?

A

No, but they had chores like:
fetching water,
looked for honey

22
Q

Did they own land?

A

No, they believed in the “sharing system”

23
Q

Did the San enjoy dancing?

A

Yes, it formed part of their religion and rituals. Dancing, clapping and singing

24
Q

Where did most of their gatherings take place?

A

Around the fire

25
Q

Their most important dance was called the?

A

Trance dance

26
Q

The trance dance is when the healer would dance around the fire clapping and stamping their feet until the __________ went into a trance or a state of ________?

A

Shaman

hypnosis

27
Q

Where did they get their medicine form?

A

Plants- helped with tummyaches, headaches, tooth ache and snakebites.

28
Q

Plant medicine were made in various ways, such as

A

crushed, burnt and the smoke inhaled or boiled and used like tea

29
Q

What is the plant called that reduce stress, relieves hunger, sedates and elevates moods?

A

Kanna

30
Q

What plant was used to suppress their appetitie when on long hunts?

A

Hoodia