SOS term 2 Flashcards
Term 2
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Is evolution a fact or not?
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No not yet but it has lots of evidence
2
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Who developed the theory of evolution and what timeline
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Charles Darwin, 1859
3
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Did early humans live at the same time as dinosaurs?
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No, dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago.
4
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What is hominids?
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Another word for mankind
5
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What is the meaning of the word fossils?
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Remains of living things.
6
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What is the meaning for the word artifacts?
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The remains of things that were made.
7
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What was the early way of life?
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People lived in small bands of about 30 but it depends on how many food there is around them and the people depended on there environment
8
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How many cave sites were found in Spain and France?
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Over 200
9
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What we’re hunter gatherer?
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They were nomads
10
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What is the meaning of nomads?
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People who moves from place to place
11
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What did fire provide?
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Heat and light and allowed us to cook.
12
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Name 4 examples of how we can find out about the past of early humans
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Artifacts, fossils, rock art and legends/myth
13
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What is the meaning of domesticate
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Tame plants and animals for human use.
14
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Why did everyone try to conquer ancient Egypt?
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Because it was the most advanced country of its time and everyone wanted access to its technology.
15
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What country invented toothpaste?
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Ancient Egypt.
16
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What is livestock?
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It is domesticated animals that provides us recourses.
17
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What is cultivate?
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To prepare and use soil for crops.
18
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What is a pastoral society?
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A group of people who’s life depends on herding.
19
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What is the tsetse fly?
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It is a blood sucking insect that can cause sleeping sickness to animal and humans and can cause death.
20
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Where did the khoikhoi people come from and where do they settle now?
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In Botswana and they settle at the orange river
21
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What people were the San and the Nama.
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They were khoisan people.
22
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From what tribe is president geingob and and minister moses garoeb.
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They are from the Damara tribe.
23
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Where did the bantu speaking people originally come from?
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They came from west Africa.
24
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About how many kavangos is in Namibia?
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140000.
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To who is the kavangos closely related to?
The owambos.
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Is 5he kavangos chiefs always a specific gender and if they are what gender would they be?
They are always male
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What do we call a chiefs assistant?
A headman.
28
Who was the first pharaoh of Egypt?
Narmer
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Which tribe enslaved many groups?
The Hereros
30
What did an European explorer find in Egypt in 1822AD?
A Rossett stone with 3 different languages.
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Which country figured out amazing ways to cut stone to use in their obelisks?
Ancient Egypt.
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What was the writing material called that is similar to paper and what was it made of?
It was called papyrus and it was made of reeds.
33
Which roman general took over Egypt?
Octavian.
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What was the burial building of Egypt called?
It was called mastaba.
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What did the Mastaba lead to in Egypt?
It led to building pyramids.
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In what did most people live In Egypt?
They lived in mud brick homes.
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What word do we use when people worship 1 God?
Monotheism
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Which pharaoh was probably the greatest pharaoh in Egyptian history?
Ramsses2
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When did Rome have complete control of Egypt?
In 30BC
40
What is another word for houses of stone?
Dzimba dzemabwe.
41
When did the shona settle at great Zimbabwe?
400AD
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When was great Zimbabwe population ranked in status?
1000AD
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What were the the houses in great Zimbabwe made of?
They were made of heavy granite blocks.
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Where did the peasants live in great Zimbabwe?
In mud huts.
45
Until when did Great Zimbabwes prosperity continue.
Until 1450
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What does a government supplie
Health care, education, law courts and police services.
47
Name two states of anarchy.
A state of having no formal geverment and A case of chaos lawlessness and disorder.
48
What could be the cause of anarchy?
A civil war or the army that overthrow the country.
49
What is democracy?
It is power to the people?
50
Name two types of democracy.
Direct democracy and representative\indirect democracy
51
What is a representative democracy?
It is the most common form where the president makes decisions for the people example: Namibia.
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What is direct democracy?
It is where the people vote on the decisions example: luxemburg Switzerland
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What is the meaning Car?
Central African Republic.
54
What possibility was In great Zimbabwe.?
Plains of fertile soil to support farming and herding and a lot of gold.
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What word do we use when people obey more than one god?
Polytheistic
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What is the larges desert?
The Sahara.
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What is an oasis
It is an island in the desert with green.
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What is the world's longest river?
The nile River.
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Where does the nile flow?
It flows north from the Sahara rating a long oasis.
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What is a sarcophagus?
It is similar to a coffin.
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What divides the nile?
Cataracts.
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What is a cataract.
It is a rocky place that creates a waterfall or rapids.
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How many cataracts is in the nile?
6
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What did Egyptians rely on?
Egyptians relied completely on irrigation from the nile to farm.
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Why do people call the nile the gift of the nile?
Because of fresh water and fish and fertile soil.
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When did Egypt start?
5500BC
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What were the two kingdoms in the nile called?
Upper and lower Egypt.
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What did Egyptians make their architecture from?
Out of stone.
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2hat did Egyptians call their Kings later on.
Pharaoh.
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What is theocracy?
It is a government ruled by religious leaders.
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What was the capital city?
Memphis.
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What was the most known religious ritual?
Mummification
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What is hieroglyphs?
It is a writing system.
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What were the Egyptians 365 calender based on?
The number 10
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Why did the Egyptians waer makeup?
To protect them from the sun.
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Why did Egyptians invent toothpaste?
Because their bread was full of grit and sand.
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Why were Egyptians scared of tombs.
They thought that the spirit would haunt them.
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What were pyramids meant to do?
Honor the pharaoh.
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Who was the first women pharaoh?
Hatshepsut.
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What did pharaoh Akhenaten try to do?
He tried to start a new religious.
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What did Ramsses2 tomb do.
It warned anyone who tried to invade his kingdom
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What horrible thing did cleopatra do?
She had her brother killed.
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Who helped cleopatra regain power over Egypt.?
Juilius Caesar.
84
What do we call the great elliptical structure known today.
The great/western enclosure.
85
How many residents were in Great Zimbabwe?
100 to 200 residents.
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Why did hunter-gatherers move often
They move with the animals to find more grazing
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Why did early humans use fire
They used it for heat, light and allowed them to cook their food
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What is a homined
mankind
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How did the invention of tools affect early man
made their life easier
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How did early humans spend their days
Hunting and gathering of food
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What defines a hunter-gatherer society
Survival from foraging for fruits or nuts and hunting, fishing or scavenging for meat
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What is knapping
The process of making stone tools
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What is not a characteristic of hunter-gatherer societies
They are not highly mobile and did not raise corn
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Name 4 examples of how we find out about hunter-gatherers
artifacts;wall paintings; skeletons; legends
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What do you think we can tell about hunter gatherers
They hunt; gather and have herds
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Do we still find hunter gatherers today
yes - bushmen
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Do you thin hunter gatherers were nomadic of settled people
Nomadic people they move around from place to place
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What does the word "SAN" mean
People who gathered wild food
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What do you call a scientist who locates and studies the things left behind by people long long ago
archeologist
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What is the word used for taming plants or animals for human use
domesticate
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What do we call a group of people whose way of life depends on herding
Pastoralism
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Domesticated animals, such as cattle, sheep and pigs are called
livestock
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Which ethnic group is the largest in namibia
Ovambo
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Why was the Nile river essential to Eqyption civilization
For the fish as a food source and for water
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What was one difference between common people and elite
Elites had more acces to technology
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How did rulers use religion to support their possitions
They believed the pharao was a living god
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Why do you think Eqypt was invaded so frequently throughout its history
Because it was the most advanced civilization and everyone wanted excess to its technology
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Why is Kin Menes important to the Eqyptian history
He brought a common language to both Upper and Lower Eqypt
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Why did Pharaohs build pyramids
Their size and grandeur served to reinforce the power of the Pharaohs
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Besides their shape, how did obelisks differ from pyramids
While pyramids served as a final resting place for Pharaohs, obelisks were built for the protection of the Egyptian kingdom
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What are Hieroglyphics
a type of writing used by the Egyptians
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What did the Egyptians make their paper from
The Papyrus plant
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What was kohl
A dark eye makeup
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Why did the Egyptians have problems with their teeth
Because their bread was full of sand and grit
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What did the Egyptians invent to help take care of their teeth
Toothpaste
116
What is government
a government is a group of officials who have the authority to govern or rule a country
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What services does a government supplies
health care, education,law-courts and police services
118
Name 3 types of government
anarchy
autocracy
democracy
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What is the meaning of anarchy
a state of having no formal govenment or
| a state of chaos, lawlessness and disorder
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What is a state of anarcy also called
a state of disorder
| recognise no authority and no working government
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When does anarcy happen
it happen because of a civil war or when a govenment has been overthrown by the army
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name 2 countries where anarchy occurred
Central African Republic and Somalia
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By what is Anarchy also marked
Civil war, robbery, displaced people and refugees, religious tensions and daily violence
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What is a democracy
In a democracy citizens choose the government by voting in fair and free elections
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name 2 forms of democracy
direct democracy
| representative democracy
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What is the features of a democracy
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Citizens have power
Voting is free and fair
The rule of law is applied
Independence of the judiciary is assured
Everybody has human rights, equality and freedom
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What is a direct democracy
All citizens directly participate in the decision making of the government
Switzerland/Luxembourg
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Wat is representative/indirect democracy
most common form of democracy where citizens elect representatives
Namibia, Ghana, Portugal, USA
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What is a nomad
a person without a permanent home and moves around a lot
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What does cultivate means
to prepare and use soil for the growing of crops
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What does Hominids means
is a kind of slang term amount scientists. It means mandkind and anything that looks and acts like mankind
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What is fossils
it is remains of living things (plants, animals, people) that have been turned into stone or have left an impression in the stone
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What is artifacts
are remains of things that were made by humans.
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What year was the start of ancient Egypt
5500BC
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How many cataracts is in the Nile
6
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Name 4 ways we can learn about hte past
Myths/legends, rock art, fossils, artifacts
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Name 3 early domesticated crops
Wheat, barley, millet
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Who draw the rock art
shamans or medicine men
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When did the hunter gatherers of the SAN arrive in Namiiba
2000years ago, 17AC
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About how many kavango people is in Namibia
140 000
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What is worlds largest river
the Nile river
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What is a cataract
It is a rocky area that can create rapids or waterfalls
