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World History: South Africa
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1. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Lord Milner
Cape Coloured
Barney Barnato
Cecil Rhodes
2. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Cape Coloured
Khoisan
Passes
Khoisan
3. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
San
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Orange Free State
Lord Milner
4. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Passes
Majuba
Spear of the Nation
Cape Town
5. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Boer War
Cape Coloured
Khoisan
Johannesburg
6. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Concentration Camps
Xhosa
Majuba
Cecil Rhodes
7. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Cape Coloured
loemfontaine
Khoisan
Majuba
8. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Concentration Camps
Cape Town
Piet Retief
Gold
9. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Kitchener
Johannesburg
Dingane
Concentration Camps
10. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Pretoria
Great Murder
Migrant Labour
Pretoria
11. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Battle of Vegkop
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Jan van Riebeeck
12. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Piet Retief
Boer War
Lord Milner
Great Murder
13. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Dutch East India Company
Cape Town
Gold
loemfontaine
14. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Kitchener
Spear of the Nation
loemfontaine
Diamonds
15. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
loemfontaine
Kitchener
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Battle of Vegkop
16. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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17. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Dutch East India Company
Lord Milner
Majuba
Xhosa
18. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Difaqane
Diamonds
Great Murder
19. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Jameson Raid
Scramble for Africa
Difaqane
King Shaka
20. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
loemfontaine
Passes
Cape Town
Zulu
21. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Cape Town
loemfontaine
Ncome/Blood River
Passes
22. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Difaqane
Pretoria
Hottentot Codes
Barney Barnato
23. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Concentration Camps
Gold
Cape Coloured
Dutch East India Company
24. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Migrant Labour
South African Republic/Transvaal
Khoikhoi
Dutch East India Company
25. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Andries Pretorius
Dingane
Zulu
Kitchener
26. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Concentration Camps
Cecil Rhodes
San
Andries Pretorius
27. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Passes
Cape Town
Bantu Speaking Farmers
South African Republic/Transvaal
28. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Great Murder
Zulu
Cape Town
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
29. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Andries Pretorius
King Shaka
Dutch East India Company
Spear of the Nation
30. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Ncome/Blood River
Andries Pretorius
loemfontaine
Gold
31. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Khoisan
Cecil Rhodes
Paul Kruger
Boer War
32. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Orange Free State
Cecil Rhodes
Johannesburg
Voortrekkers
33. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Voortrekkers
Johannesburg
34. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Battle of Vegkop
South African Republic/Transvaal
Dutch East India Company
San
35. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Scramble for Africa
Zulu
Passes
36. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Andries Pretorius
Pretoria
Andries Pretorius
Majuba
37. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Jan van Riebeeck
Cape Town
Dingane
Boer War
38. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Great Murder
Khoikhoi
Voortrekkers
39. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Great Murder
Sugar Industry
Great Murder
Cecil Rhodes
40. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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41. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Paul Kruger
Xhosa
Cecil Rhodes
Sugar Industry
42. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Jameson Raid
King Shaka
Dutch East India Company
Pretoria
43. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Barney Barnato
Hottentot Codes
South African Republic/Transvaal
Xhosa
44. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Cape Coloured
Barney Barnato
Jan van Riebeeck
Migrant Labour
45. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Cape Town
Hottentot Codes
Ncome/Blood River
46. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Cape Coloured
Paul Kruger
Scramble for Africa
Great Murder
47. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Passes
Scramble for Africa
Majuba
Dutch East India Company
48. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Battle of Vegkop
Orange Free State
loemfontaine
South African Republic/Transvaal
49. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Great Murder
King Shaka
Gold
Xhosa
50. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Difaqane
Ncome/Blood River
Hottentot Codes
South African Republic/Transvaal