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History Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions

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… to trade goods, such as alcohol and tabacco with the Khoikhoi for sheep and cattle. [2] However, after the … who farmed with vegetables and bought livestock from the Khoikhoi, which they would trade to passing ships. By the … where Europeans viewed themselves as superior to the Khoikhoi, San, imported slaves and Africans. [5] Black people …

The Dutch Settlement

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… the modern city of Cape Town is located) was inhabited by Khoikhoi pastoralists who used it seasonally as pastures for … on the shores of Table Bay they came into contact with Khoikhoi.  In the summer months the Khoikhoi moved around between the areas of Table Bay, …

Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch

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… to thrive and produce enough food, while reluctance by the Khoikhoi to barter with Dutch settlers deprived them of fresh … Table Bay and beyond that resulted in conflicts with the Khoikhoi. Dutch perceptions of land as a commodity with … be privately owned, exchanged or sold, was at odds with Khoikhoi views of land and grazing pastures as property of …

Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Activity

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… 4.     Where did they come from? 5.     What does the name Khoikhoi mean? 6.     Why did European settlers call the Khoikhoi Hottentots? 7.     How was the way the Khoikhoi lived different from the way the San lived? 8.     …

Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony

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… to India, stopped briefly and bartered for cattle with the Khoikhoi on 26 November 1497. With the discovery of the route … tents along the coast to facilitate trading with the Khoikhoi. Secondly, frequent contact between the Khoikhoi and European sailors increased tensions and resulted …

The Arrival of the Khoisan

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… part of Southern Africa. Herders, also known as the Khoikhoi, arrived, bringing with them a different way of life … world. For the San hunter-gatherers many aspects of the Khoikhoi way of life were strange and difficult to understand. This map shows three possible routes the Khoikhoi took to Southern Africa. The part of the route that …

Khoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age

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… herders, or pastoralists, in southern Africa were the Khoikhoi. They were also called Hottentots, but also called themselves the Khoikhoi, meaning “men of men” or “the real people” because … Where did they come from? It is difficult to say where the Khoikhoi came from, but they arrived in southern Africa from …

The Dutch and the Khoisan

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… about the VOC in our Special Feature. Contact with the Khoikhoi Who are the Khoikhoi? The Khoikhoi are a race of people of Southern Africa, of short …

The Khoisan

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… pastoralists in southern Africa, and called themselves Khoikhoi (or Khoe), which means 'men of men' or 'the real … was chosen to show pride in their past and culture. The Khoikhoi brought a new way of life to South Africa and to the … and subsequent conflict between the two groups. The Khoikhoi were the first native people to come into contact …

Africa and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries

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… by the Dutch, because they made their homes in the bush. Khoikhoi herders Vocabulary Definition Pastoralists people … Status position Indigenous the first people on the land Khoikhoi Image source The word ‘Khoikhoi’ means ‘Men among Men’. The Khoikhoi were similar to …

Becoming human in southern Africa

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… South Africa from further north in Africa were the San and Khoikhoi. The San are also known as Bushmen and the Khoikhoi as Hottentots, but these names are not used anymore. … Nyae. Near the border between Botswana and Namibia. The Khoikhoi What is a pastoral society? The Khoikhoi kept …

European trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries

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… conflict with the local people. First they met up with the Khoikhoi, who fought them off when the Boers tried to settle on Khoikhoi land. Later, in the East, they met up with the … took their slaves along with them. They also employed some Khoikhoi people as servants and they moved together, further …

When, why and where the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa

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… and skills to the east of southern Africa, just like the Khoikhoi and their herds of animals. They introduced crop … farmers lived in larger communities than the San or Khoikhoi because more people were needed to look after herds … African farmers had much larger herds of cattle than Khoikhoi farmers, but their animals were also very important. …

History Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview

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… the Cape of Good Hope to collect fresh water and food. The Khoikhoi people at the Cape traded sheep, cattle, ivory, … the Dutch did not trade guns as they did not want the Khoikhoi to use the guns against them. In 1652, the VOC … the company planted vegetables and obtained meat from the Khoikhoi so that they could supply the ships as they called …

Africa, Portugal

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… the Cape of Good Hope to collect fresh water and food. The Khoikhoi people at the Cape traded sheep, cattle, ivory, … the Dutch did not trade guns as they did not want the Khoikhoi to use the guns against them. In 1652, the VOC … the company planted vegetables and obtained meat from the Khoikhoi so that they could supply the ships as they called …

Prehistory of the Cape Town area

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… underclass, including slaves, servants, sailors, Khoe (KhoiKhoi) and free Blacks. Chemical analyses showed that some … other things, they traded for cattle and sheep from Khoe (KhoiKhoi) pastoralists. The Dutch called these people … continuum: when people kept livestock they were Khoe (KhoiKhoi); when they did not, for whatever reason, they were …

Treks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s

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… Canada and its rich resources. The conflict between the Khoikhoi and the Dutch during the 17th century was also … but also involved issues like cultural differences. The Khoikhoi were a migrant nation and did not believe in the … the ownership and cultivation of farmland. Eventually the Khoikhoi were virtually extinct as a culture and nation, …

The Freedom struggle in Cape Town

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… later Dutch settlers. Various groups of people such as the Khoikhoi , San , slaves and African people further inland … precipitated these early struggles particularly of the Khoikhoi were issues such as the loss of land for grazing … Cape Colony Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch Slave Resistance Growth of African …

Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497

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… It was here that they had their first encounter with the Khoikhoi. A misunderstanding arose between them, and fearing attack, the Khoikhoi threw spears, wounding Da Gama in the thigh. The … and then burnt it, while da Gama traded gifts with the Khoikhoi. However, they offended the Khoikhoi when they took …

Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)

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… land had already slipped into Dutch hands.   Robbed of her Khoikhoi identity at eight  Krotoa, pygmalioned into a Dutch … and her fast-disappearing people, there remained no Khoikhoi kingdom she could return to. Caught as she was … two cultures, tottering on the rim of the Dutch world, the Khoikhoi world, the Khoi-Dutch world, she threw herself into …

Cape Town the Segregated city

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… the company settlement as access to it became restricted. Khoikhoi herders were pushed out of the land surrounding the … and eventual outbreak of war between the settlers and the Khoikhoi was the exclusion of the Khoikhoi from accessing land for grazing pastures. Settlers …

Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century

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… early 19th century: A. The Khoisan They were a mixture of Khoikhoi and San people. B. The Boers They were the … were from different groups - some were a mix of Boer and Khoikhoi, or slaves and Khoikhoi, or Boer and slaves. They spoke Dutch (Afrikaans). …

Land: dispossession, resistance and restitution

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… supply more land was required. Land was seized from the Khoikhoi, and later the San, to increase Dutch grazing … reduction of grazing pastures traditionally used by the Khoikhoi, as the Dutch setup farms, resulted in conflict … between the two groups. Over time, the Dutch defeated the Khoikhoi and expropriated more of their land. Deprived of …

CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1

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… and the Linton Rock Art Panel                             Khoikhoi herder society in the Later Stone Age - 2 hours •         Pastoral way of life •         How San and Khoikhoi shared the same landscape     Revision, assessment … and the Linton Rock Art Panel                             Khoikhoi herder society in the Later Stone Age - 2 hours …

The San

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… are two different and identifiable languages, namely the Khoikhoi and San. Many dialects have evolved from these, … Hottentot, is the most populous and widespread of the Khoikhoi and San languages. Very little is known about the … made them. Most were created by San hunter-gatherers, but Khoikhoi herders and Iron Age farmers added to the …

The Impact of Colonialism

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… Company flag, arrive at the Cape of Good Hope and meet the Khoikhoi. Picture source: Cape Town Archives. A number of … from Bogaarts's Historische Reizen (1711) depicts the Khoikhoi way of life. The background shows the Dutch … the Cape of Good Hope to collect fresh water and food. The Khoikhoi people at the Cape traded sheep, cattle, ivory, …

Griqua

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… to offspring of liaisons between Europeans, slaves and Khoikhoi. The term was also used to refer to subordinate … “civilisation” and attachment to Christianity than the Khoikhoi or slaves. In the second half of the 18th century, … clans, the Koks and Barendse, the first made up mainly of Khoikhoi and the second of mixed European descent. A freed …

Griqua community

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… to offspring of liaisons between Europeans, slaves and Khoikhoi. The term was also used to refer to subordinate … “civilisation” and attachment to Christianity than the Khoikhoi or slaves. In the second half of the 18th century, … clans, the Koks and Barendse, the first made up mainly of Khoikhoi and the second of mixed European descent. A freed …

Grade 10 - Topic 5: Colonial expansion in South Africa after 1750

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… had on the people that were living there. We focus on the Khoikhoi, the Xhosa, the Basotho, the Zulus and the Boers. We … had on the people that were living there. We focus on the Khoikhoi, the Xhosa, the Basotho, the Zulus and the Boers. We …

The Empty Land Myth

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… into the region and had taken the land by force from the Khoikhoi , and so the British had the right to take it by … clans who were fleeing internal conflicts moving into Khoikhoi territory, particularly in the Zuurveld region such as when the Khoikhoi Queen Hoho and her clan had been defeated in a …

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