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World History: South Africa
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1. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Andries Pretorius
Cape Coloured
Xhosa
Concentration Camps
2. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Battle of Vegkop
Paul Kruger
Voortrekkers
Ncome/Blood River
3. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Passes
Zuurveld
Cape Town
San
4. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Hottentot Codes
Sugar Industry
Paul Kruger
Battle of Vegkop
5. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Gold
Great Murder
Dingane
Battle of Vegkop
6. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Ncome/Blood River
loemfontaine
Boer War
Majuba
7. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Voortrekkers
Khoikhoi
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Kitchener
8. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Piet Retief
Dutch East India Company
Jan van Riebeeck
Jameson Raid
9. 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
Khoisan
Sugar Industry
Migrant Labour
10. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Sugar Industry
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Voortrekkers
11. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Cecil Rhodes
Pretoria
King Shaka
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
12. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Jameson Raid
Scramble for Africa
Gold
Battle of Vegkop
13. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Jameson Raid
Difaqane
Zulu
Bantu Speaking Farmers
14. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Ncome/Blood River
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Pretoria
Paul Kruger
15. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Cecil Rhodes
King Shaka
Johannesburg
16. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Dutch East India Company
Paul Kruger
Jan van Riebeeck
Barney Barnato
17. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Pretoria
Zuurveld
Johannesburg
Lord Milner
18. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Orange Free State
Bantu Speaking Farmers
San
King Shaka
19. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Xhosa
Gold
Passes
Barney Barnato
20. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Barney Barnato
Spear of the Nation
Hottentot Codes
Great Murder
21. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Gold
Khoikhoi
Kitchener
loemfontaine
22. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Zuurveld
San
Battle of Vegkop
Passes
23. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Hottentot Codes
Voortrekkers
Lord Milner
Orange Free State
24. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Lord Milner
loemfontaine
South African Republic/Transvaal
Orange Free State
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
Jameson Raid
Barney Barnato
Zuurveld
26. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Lord Milner
Jan van Riebeeck
Majuba
Ncome/Blood River
27. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Great Murder
Boer War
Diamonds
Jameson Raid
28. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
South African Republic/Transvaal
loemfontaine
Khoikhoi
Scramble for Africa
29. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Diamonds
Orange Free State
loemfontaine
South African Republic/Transvaal
30. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Khoikhoi
Difaqane
Jan van Riebeeck
Lord Milner
31. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
32. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Spear of the Nation
Cape Town
Passes
Khoisan
33. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Gold
Barney Barnato
Battle of Vegkop
South African Republic/Transvaal
34. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Jan van Riebeeck
Migrant Labour
Dingane
Khoikhoi
35. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Dingane
Great Murder
Khoikhoi
Boer War
36. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Scramble for Africa
Zulu
Migrant Labour
Cecil Rhodes
37. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Andries Pretorius
Ncome/Blood River
Johannesburg
Battle of Vegkop
38. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Johannesburg
Boer War
Majuba
Difaqane
39. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Andries Pretorius
Migrant Labour
Boer War
Piet Retief
40. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
San
Majuba
Gold
Dingane
41. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Difaqane
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Piet Retief
Khoisan
42. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Difaqane
Majuba
Difaqane
Jan van Riebeeck
43. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Cape Town
Concentration Camps
Passes
Piet Retief
44. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Concentration Camps
Zulu
Spear of the Nation
Battle of Vegkop
45. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Sugar Industry
Zuurveld
Majuba
Cecil Rhodes
46. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Battle of Vegkop
Dutch East India Company
Pretoria
Zulu
47. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Voortrekkers
Diamonds
Kitchener
Jameson Raid
48. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Cecil Rhodes
Zulu
Boer War
Piet Retief
49. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Kitchener
Cape Coloured
Zuurveld
Migrant Labour
50. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Passes
Gold
Xhosa
Dutch East India Company