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World History: South Africa
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1. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Boer War
Jameson Raid
Scramble for Africa
Paul Kruger
2. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Xhosa
loemfontaine
Lord Milner
Gold
3. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Khoisan
Voortrekkers
Andries Pretorius
Difaqane
4. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Jan van Riebeeck
Cecil Rhodes
Concentration Camps
Johannesburg
5. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Cape Coloured
Diamonds
Barney Barnato
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
6. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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7. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Khoisan
Migrant Labour
Hottentot Codes
Kitchener
8. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Jameson Raid
Diamonds
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Dingane
9. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Andries Pretorius
Sugar Industry
Lord Milner
Passes
10. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Great Murder
Cape Town
San
Barney Barnato
11. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Cecil Rhodes
Xhosa
Kitchener
February 6 & 17 - 1838
12. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Piet Retief
Spear of the Nation
Diamonds
Cecil Rhodes
13. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
San
Xhosa
Zulu
Jan van Riebeeck
14. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Jan van Riebeeck
Passes
Migrant Labour
February 6 & 17 - 1838
15. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Cape Town
loemfontaine
Orange Free State
Johannesburg
16. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
San
Passes
Xhosa
Pretoria
17. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Piet Retief
Khoikhoi
Concentration Camps
Lord Milner
18. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Zulu
Cecil Rhodes
Dingane
Paul Kruger
19. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Barney Barnato
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Cape Coloured
King Shaka
20. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Majuba
San
Battle of Vegkop
Khoisan
21. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Ncome/Blood River
Scramble for Africa
Piet Retief
Dingane
22. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Sugar Industry
Zulu
Paul Kruger
Hottentot Codes
23. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Khoikhoi
Xhosa
Jan van Riebeeck
Cecil Rhodes
24. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Jan van Riebeeck
Orange Free State
Kitchener
Jameson Raid
25. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Great Murder
Voortrekkers
Johannesburg
Cape Town
26. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Sugar Industry
Concentration Camps
Jameson Raid
San
27. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Scramble for Africa
Kitchener
Kitchener
Jameson Raid
28. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Diamonds
Khoikhoi
Gold
Cape Town
29. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Jan van Riebeeck
Concentration Camps
Battle of Vegkop
Khoisan
30. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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31. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
South African Republic/Transvaal
Hottentot Codes
Dutch East India Company
Migrant Labour
32. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Sugar Industry
Voortrekkers
Pretoria
Dingane
33. The British commander in the Boer War.
Khoisan
Andries Pretorius
Cecil Rhodes
Kitchener
34. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Sugar Industry
Dingane
Khoikhoi
Spear of the Nation
35. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Majuba
Boer War
San
Barney Barnato
36. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Johannesburg
Difaqane
loemfontaine
San
37. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Difaqane
Spear of the Nation
Jameson Raid
Cape Coloured
38. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Jameson Raid
Difaqane
Paul Kruger
San
39. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Zuurveld
Pretoria
Concentration Camps
Dingane
40. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Scramble for Africa
Orange Free State
Gold
Difaqane
41. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Difaqane
San
Zuurveld
Jameson Raid
42. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Dingane
Diamonds
loemfontaine
Majuba
43. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Concentration Camps
Paul Kruger
Gold
Xhosa
44. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Boer War
Dutch East India Company
loemfontaine
Khoisan
45. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Kitchener
Jan van Riebeeck
46. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Gold
Hottentot Codes
Jameson Raid
February 6 & 17 - 1838
47. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
King Shaka
Zulu
Boer War
Piet Retief
48. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Jameson Raid
Zuurveld
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Scramble for Africa
49. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
loemfontaine
Khoikhoi
Difaqane
Voortrekkers
50. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Cape Coloured
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Scramble for Africa
Johannesburg