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World History: South Africa
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1. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Voortrekkers
Great Murder
Diamonds
Zulu
2. The British commander in the Boer War.
Migrant Labour
Pretoria
Kitchener
Orange Free State
3. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Spear of the Nation
Dutch East India Company
loemfontaine
Piet Retief
4. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Kitchener
Khoikhoi
Concentration Camps
Bantu Speaking Farmers
5. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Difaqane
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Pretoria
Jameson Raid
6. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Barney Barnato
Cecil Rhodes
Sugar Industry
Spear of the Nation
7. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Majuba
Khoisan
Battle of Vegkop
Cape Coloured
8. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Scramble for Africa
Pretoria
Concentration Camps
Passes
9. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Piet Retief
Johannesburg
King Shaka
King Shaka
10. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Johannesburg
Cecil Rhodes
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Khoikhoi
11. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Majuba
Zulu
loemfontaine
12. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
King Shaka
Boer War
Kitchener
Passes
13. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
San
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Gold
Jameson Raid
14. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Pretoria
Piet Retief
Gold
Great Murder
15. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
loemfontaine
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Khoisan
Scramble for Africa
16. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Migrant Labour
Orange Free State
Zuurveld
Hottentot Codes
17. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Battle of Vegkop
Cape Coloured
Khoikhoi
Diamonds
18. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Scramble for Africa
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Jameson Raid
Dutch East India Company
19. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Sugar Industry
Zuurveld
Difaqane
Xhosa
20. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Paul Kruger
Concentration Camps
Boer War
Ncome/Blood River
21. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Gold
Spear of the Nation
Ncome/Blood River
Orange Free State
22. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
South African Republic/Transvaal
Ncome/Blood River
Sugar Industry
King Shaka
23. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Zulu
Barney Barnato
Khoisan
24. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Andries Pretorius
Migrant Labour
Gold
Lord Milner
25. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Lord Milner
Dingane
King Shaka
Cape Coloured
26. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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27. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Battle of Vegkop
Lord Milner
Johannesburg
loemfontaine
28. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Cape Coloured
Boer War
Cecil Rhodes
San
29. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Hottentot Codes
Migrant Labour
Battle of Vegkop
Ncome/Blood River
30. 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
Voortrekkers
Concentration Camps
Concentration Camps
31. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Cecil Rhodes
Spear of the Nation
Ncome/Blood River
Zuurveld
32. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Passes
Voortrekkers
Diamonds
Jameson Raid
33. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
South African Republic/Transvaal
Spear of the Nation
Cecil Rhodes
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
34. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Dutch East India Company
Barney Barnato
Difaqane
Battle of Vegkop
35. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Lord Milner
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Orange Free State
Cape Coloured
36. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Jameson Raid
South African Republic/Transvaal
Orange Free State
Xhosa
37. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Boer War
Paul Kruger
Dingane
Dingane
38. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Migrant Labour
San
Voortrekkers
Jameson Raid
39. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Johannesburg
King Shaka
Voortrekkers
Lord Milner
40. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Khoisan
Hottentot Codes
Battle of Vegkop
Lord Milner
41. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Andries Pretorius
Difaqane
King Shaka
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
42. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Scramble for Africa
Sugar Industry
Orange Free State
Orange Free State
43. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Orange Free State
Johannesburg
Dutch East India Company
Sugar Industry
44. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Kitchener
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Hottentot Codes
Lord Milner
45. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Xhosa
Jameson Raid
Gold
Bantu Speaking Farmers
46. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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47. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Zulu
Scramble for Africa
Sugar Industry
Voortrekkers
48. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Migrant Labour
South African Republic/Transvaal
Scramble for Africa
Boer War
49. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Pretoria
Cape Town
Gold
Johannesburg
50. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Gold
Spear of the Nation
Migrant Labour
Zulu