Southern Africa

Southern Africa

if you lived there...

Southern Africa

Southern Africa's history began with hunter-gatherers, followed by great empires and European settlements. The Khoisan people were hunter-gatherers

The Khoisan people knew the bantus knowledge of farming and iron working helping the become domiant in the region

Southern Africa

The cultures of

Southern Africa are rich in different languages. Arabic is the most commonly spoken language in Africa

Southern Africa

• The countries of Southern Africa are diverse in their resources and government.

• Today, the people of Southern Africa face economic, environmental, and health challenges.

Construction on the great Zimbabwe began in the 11th century and continued until it was abandoned in the 15th century. The edifices are believed to have been erected by the ancestral Shona. The stone city spans an area of 7.22 square kilometres (2.79 square miles) which, at its peak, could have housed up to 18,000 people. 

Great Zimbabwe

• The great Zimbabwe was a small trading and herding center.

Cape Town sits at the tip of Africa and is the second-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg, and also the legislative capital of South Africa. Colloquially named the Mother City, it is the largest city of the Western Cape province and forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.

Groups of Southern

• Khoisan-Herders (animals)/ hunter-gatherers

• Bantu- New languages/ Iron tools

• Shona- Built an empire/ famers/ traded gold/ built Great Zimbabwe

Afrikaners

Afrikaners are an ethnic group in Southern Africa descended from predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th and 18th centuries. They traditionally dominated South Africa's politics and commercial agricultural sector prior to 1994.

Enclave

enclave

[ˈenˌklāv, ˈäNGˌklāv]

NOUN

a portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct.

Lesotho town is a enclave of South Africa.

Swaziland is another enclave town in South Africa.

Khoisan people

They were the 1st to settle in Southern Africa.

Multiple Choice

Who were the Khoisan people

• The first people to live in Southern Africa.

• The last people to live in Southern Africa

• The only people to live in Southern africa.

Shona Capital

• The decline of the Shona capital of Great Zimbabwe decline as a trading center because of the decline of the gold trade.

Multiple Choice

Why did the Shona capital fo Great Zimbabwe decline as a trading center?

• Because of the decline of people.

• Because of the decline of gold.

Apartheid

Apartheid is the South African government's policy of separation of different races.

Multiple Choice

What is apartheid?

• The South African government's policy of separation of different races

• A small apartment

• The combine of all races