Across
- 5. The amount of cattle a man had was a sign of his ______.
- 6. BC Stands for ________ Christ.
- 9. Farming crops and keeping livestock to grow and rear food on a large scale.
- 11. The first farmers originally came from ____ and central Africa.
- 12. weather patterns that change throughout the year
- 16. the price in cattle paid for a bride.
- 17. a trap to catch animals
- 19. 1000 years
- 21. a community run by a specific power structure of people in charge.
- 22. The man with the most cattle in charge of the village.
- 24. Everything that is around us including all living and non living things such as soil, plants, animals and water. ______________
- 27. a family living under one roof
- 28. Animals that are tame enough to be cared for by people
- 29. 10 years
- 32. shared use of land, resources and responsiblity.
- 33. fixed or unchanging.
- 34. group of households, built around a kraal.
Down
- 1. Using the land wisely by only growing what is needed for survival
- 2. 100 years
- 3. The time in history when people began making tools out of stone.
- 4. Exchanging goods and services
- 7. the fenced area in the middle of a homestead for the cattle.
- 8. the price for a bride paid to the Bride’s family in Cattle.
- 10. working together to achieve a common goal.
- 13. heating ore to a high temperature to extract the metal from it.
- 14. The main crops the first farmers grew: Millet and __________.
- 15. The time in history when people figured out how to mine iron from riverbeds and make tools out of iron.
- 18. people who grow crops and keep livestock
- 20. a group of homesteads or villages ruled by a Chief.
- 23. healthy soil where good crops will easily grow.
- 25. People who move from place to place and do not have a permanent home.
- 26. The word San means: “People who gather wild food”
- 30. The ____ farmed and harvested the crops, brewed beer and built the homes.
- 31. The men in First Farmer Communities were responsible for rearing the __________.