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World History: South Africa
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1. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Diamonds
Boer War
Kitchener
Zulu
2. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Passes
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Gold
Piet Retief
3. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Spear of the Nation
Cape Coloured
Sugar Industry
Khoikhoi
4. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Orange Free State
Passes
Cape Coloured
Gold
5. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Spear of the Nation
Gold
Spear of the Nation
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
6. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Spear of the Nation
Khoisan
Gold
Pretoria
7. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Jameson Raid
San
Scramble for Africa
Orange Free State
8. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Kitchener
San
Zuurveld
Khoisan
9. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Johannesburg
Great Murder
Scramble for Africa
Zuurveld
10. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Piet Retief
Migrant Labour
Lord Milner
South African Republic/Transvaal
11. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Voortrekkers
Gold
Zulu
Orange Free State
12. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Andries Pretorius
Khoikhoi
Zuurveld
Ncome/Blood River
13. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Khoikhoi
Scramble for Africa
Great Murder
Barney Barnato
14. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Khoikhoi
Dutch East India Company
Pretoria
Spear of the Nation
15. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Cecil Rhodes
Diamonds
San
Khoisan
16. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Zuurveld
Majuba
Pretoria
Great Murder
17. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
loemfontaine
Migrant Labour
Khoikhoi
18. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Passes
Cape Coloured
Johannesburg
Dutch East India Company
19. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Migrant Labour
Johannesburg
Ncome/Blood River
King Shaka
20. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Jan van Riebeeck
Andries Pretorius
Jameson Raid
King Shaka
21. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Great Murder
Spear of the Nation
Dingane
February 6 & 17 - 1838
22. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Voortrekkers
Orange Free State
Sugar Industry
Piet Retief
23. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Concentration Camps
Majuba
Sugar Industry
Migrant Labour
24. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Great Murder
Spear of the Nation
Dingane
Boer War
25. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
South African Republic/Transvaal
Ncome/Blood River
Dingane
loemfontaine
26. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Johannesburg
Andries Pretorius
Zuurveld
February 6 & 17 - 1838
27. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Concentration Camps
Voortrekkers
Great Murder
Hottentot Codes
28. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Jan van Riebeeck
Lord Milner
Concentration Camps
Hottentot Codes
29. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
loemfontaine
Ncome/Blood River
Diamonds
Ncome/Blood River
30. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Zulu
Paul Kruger
Xhosa
Bantu Speaking Farmers
31. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Battle of Vegkop
Majuba
Spear of the Nation
Pretoria
32. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Diamonds
Johannesburg
Khoikhoi
Dutch East India Company
33. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Kitchener
Ncome/Blood River
Boer War
loemfontaine
34. The British commander in the Boer War.
Kitchener
Hottentot Codes
San
King Shaka
35. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Piet Retief
Cecil Rhodes
Khoisan
Lord Milner
36. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Barney Barnato
Cape Town
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
February 6 & 17 - 1838
37. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Jameson Raid
Migrant Labour
Great Murder
Khoisan
38. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Lord Milner
Piet Retief
Zulu
Voortrekkers
39. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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40. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Zuurveld
Xhosa
Kitchener
Voortrekkers
41. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Boer War
Sugar Industry
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Andries Pretorius
42. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Ncome/Blood River
Khoikhoi
San
Battle of Vegkop
43. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Dingane
Battle of Vegkop
Jameson Raid
Piet Retief
44. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Zuurveld
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Jameson Raid
Difaqane
45. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
San
Zulu
South African Republic/Transvaal
Khoisan
46. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Voortrekkers
Cecil Rhodes
Ncome/Blood River
Sugar Industry
47. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
South African Republic/Transvaal
Jan van Riebeeck
Cape Town
Paul Kruger
48. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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49. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Paul Kruger
South African Republic/Transvaal
Boer War
Xhosa
50. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Diamonds
Cape Coloured
Barney Barnato
Hottentot Codes