Grade 9

Socio-economic practice of the early stone age

1. food is obtained by hunting and gathering

2. shelter consisted of semi circular groups of stones and tree trunks

3. kept warm by their hairy bodies

Socio-economic practices of the middle stone age

1. invention of fire

2. Lived in caves

3. hunted and gathered food

4. wore animal hides

5. painted pictures of animals they hunted

Socio-economic practices of late stone age

1. lived in shelters made of grass and tree branches

2. wore clothes made of animals skins and tree barks

3. Development of religious practices(buried dead with belongings)

4. Democracy and governance

Characteristics of a global citizen

1. Protect human rights

2. Respects cultural diversity

3. Conserve environment

4. Promote peace and unity

types of slaves

1. sex slavery

2. military slavery

3. Child slavery

4. Domestic slavery

5. Chattel slavery

characteristics of equatorial

1. high rainfall (2000mm)

2. high temp

3. dense canopy trees

4. Found in the Congo basin, west Africa, eastern Africa

Characteristics of Mediteranean

1. hot and dry summers, coot and wet winters

2. Vegetation; shrubs, trees and grass

3. found in the coasts of Northern ad Southern parts of Africa

indigenous knowledge systems

1. education-passed orally through stories, myths, legends etc

2. Agriculture- traditional farming methods

3. Astronomy- Knowledge of the sky used to predict seasons

4. Medicine- Use of herbal plants and traditional healing methods

5. Art- was used to preserve culture through dance, songs etc