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World History: South Africa
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1. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Johannesburg
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Battle of Vegkop
Migrant Labour
2. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Battle of Vegkop
Cecil Rhodes
loemfontaine
Xhosa
3. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Jan van Riebeeck
Migrant Labour
Andries Pretorius
Hottentot Codes
4. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Gold
Zuurveld
Piet Retief
Voortrekkers
5. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Sugar Industry
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Voortrekkers
Sugar Industry
6. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Hottentot Codes
Dutch East India Company
Barney Barnato
7. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Boer War
Piet Retief
Barney Barnato
South African Republic/Transvaal
8. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Xhosa
Zuurveld
Spear of the Nation
Orange Free State
9. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Orange Free State
Majuba
Xhosa
Dingane
10. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Migrant Labour
Boer War
Piet Retief
Dutch East India Company
11. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Diamonds
Majuba
Passes
Majuba
12. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Spear of the Nation
loemfontaine
Cape Town
Jameson Raid
13. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Pretoria
San
Hottentot Codes
Orange Free State
14. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Passes
Barney Barnato
Migrant Labour
Jameson Raid
15. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Difaqane
Lord Milner
Boer War
Battle of Vegkop
16. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Barney Barnato
Passes
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Gold
17. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Great Murder
Migrant Labour
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Town
18. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Voortrekkers
Cape Town
loemfontaine
Zulu
19. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Xhosa
Jan van Riebeeck
Concentration Camps
Bantu Speaking Farmers
20. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Lord Milner
Jan van Riebeeck
Passes
February 6 & 17 - 1838
21. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Ncome/Blood River
Piet Retief
Voortrekkers
Khoikhoi
22. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Khoisan
Jan van Riebeeck
Concentration Camps
Johannesburg
23. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Xhosa
Jameson Raid
Majuba
Zulu
24. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Andries Pretorius
Cape Town
Pretoria
Dutch East India Company
25. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Zuurveld
Scramble for Africa
Cape Coloured
26. The British commander in the Boer War.
Piet Retief
Khoisan
Kitchener
Sugar Industry
27. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Lord Milner
Dingane
Cape Coloured
Cape Town
28. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Hottentot Codes
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Barney Barnato
San
29. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
loemfontaine
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Dingane
Boer War
30. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Passes
Gold
Zuurveld
Khoikhoi
31. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Boer War
Majuba
Barney Barnato
Cape Coloured
32. The British commander in the Boer War.
Zuurveld
Scramble for Africa
Kitchener
loemfontaine
33. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Great Murder
Khoikhoi
Migrant Labour
Hottentot Codes
34. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Battle of Vegkop
Concentration Camps
Ncome/Blood River
Khoikhoi
35. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Dutch East India Company
Majuba
Paul Kruger
February 6 & 17 - 1838
36. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Barney Barnato
Concentration Camps
Majuba
Pretoria
37. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
February 6 & 17 - 1838
loemfontaine
Spear of the Nation
Concentration Camps
38. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Cecil Rhodes
Orange Free State
Great Murder
Boer War
39. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Dingane
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Spear of the Nation
Concentration Camps
40. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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41. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
King Shaka
Diamonds
Cape Coloured
Dingane
42. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Khoisan
Cape Town
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Concentration Camps
43. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Barney Barnato
South African Republic/Transvaal
Zulu
Zuurveld
44. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Sugar Industry
Dingane
Concentration Camps
45. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
San
Zulu
Dingane
Migrant Labour
46. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Johannesburg
Battle of Vegkop
Jameson Raid
February 6 & 17 - 1838
47. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Dutch East India Company
Paul Kruger
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Ncome/Blood River
48. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Barney Barnato
Majuba
loemfontaine
Andries Pretorius
49. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Dingane
Pretoria
Sugar Industry
Difaqane
50. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Battle of Vegkop
San
Jameson Raid
Andries Pretorius