Unit 2✨ Flashcards
What is another name for a rubbish dump?
Midden
What information could archaeologists learn from middens?
What tools people used, how people lived, where people lived, what people looked like (from bones), Who people traded with, what people ate
What does an archaeologist do?
Studies people and cultures from the past
What did the people who lived in Limpopo Valley exchange for new goods, like glass beads?
Animal skins, ivory, rhino horns, gold
How did the Zhizo people become very rich and powerful?
They controlled the trade
Why did people settle near leaders in positions of power?
Security, food and jobs - people get jobs in the trade industry
What did the Persians see when they arrived?
The gold the land produced, wild elephants and people wearing animal skins
