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World History: South Africa
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1. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Lord Milner
Difaqane
Spear of the Nation
San
2. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Difaqane
Cape Town
Battle of Vegkop
Orange Free State
3. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Cecil Rhodes
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Xhosa
Dutch East India Company
4. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Piet Retief
Gold
Khoisan
Johannesburg
5. 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
Orange Free State
Majuba
San
6. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Spear of the Nation
Great Murder
Khoikhoi
Piet Retief
7. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Zuurveld
Zulu
Difaqane
Khoikhoi
8. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
South African Republic/Transvaal
Kitchener
Dingane
Paul Kruger
9. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Ncome/Blood River
King Shaka
Kitchener
loemfontaine
10. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Cecil Rhodes
Johannesburg
Hottentot Codes
Cape Coloured
11. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Zuurveld
Johannesburg
Gold
Barney Barnato
12. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Paul Kruger
South African Republic/Transvaal
Spear of the Nation
Lord Milner
13. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Majuba
Diamonds
Gold
Cape Town
14. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
South African Republic/Transvaal
King Shaka
Cecil Rhodes
Zuurveld
15. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Battle of Vegkop
Cape Coloured
Zulu
Zuurveld
16. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Jan van Riebeeck
Andries Pretorius
Cecil Rhodes
Boer War
17. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
King Shaka
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Difaqane
Bantu Speaking Farmers
18. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Barney Barnato
Migrant Labour
Khoisan
19. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Jan van Riebeeck
Cape Coloured
Johannesburg
Difaqane
20. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Spear of the Nation
Johannesburg
Sugar Industry
Battle of Vegkop
21. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Difaqane
Voortrekkers
Andries Pretorius
Cape Coloured
22. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Cape Town
Diamonds
San
Spear of the Nation
23. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
King Shaka
Xhosa
Great Murder
Voortrekkers
24. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Diamonds
Gold
Johannesburg
Khoisan
25. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Boer War
Battle of Vegkop
Dutch East India Company
Khoikhoi
26. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Pretoria
Orange Free State
King Shaka
King Shaka
27. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Paul Kruger
Zuurveld
Boer War
Hottentot Codes
28. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
loemfontaine
Khoisan
Khoikhoi
Johannesburg
29. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Diamonds
South African Republic/Transvaal
Boer War
Zuurveld
30. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Barney Barnato
Paul Kruger
Jameson Raid
Hottentot Codes
31. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Diamonds
Lord Milner
Khoisan
Jameson Raid
32. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Difaqane
Cape Town
Majuba
Bantu Speaking Farmers
33. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
South African Republic/Transvaal
Hottentot Codes
Passes
Cape Coloured
34. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Barney Barnato
Xhosa
Jameson Raid
Passes
35. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Johannesburg
King Shaka
Cape Town
Passes
36. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Diamonds
Andries Pretorius
Scramble for Africa
Cecil Rhodes
37. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Concentration Camps
King Shaka
Piet Retief
Cecil Rhodes
38. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Boer War
Difaqane
South African Republic/Transvaal
Hottentot Codes
39. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Passes
Battle of Vegkop
Jameson Raid
Cape Coloured
40. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Jameson Raid
Khoisan
Kitchener
Orange Free State
41. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Scramble for Africa
Diamonds
Hottentot Codes
San
42. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Concentration Camps
loemfontaine
San
Paul Kruger
43. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Zuurveld
Andries Pretorius
Gold
Sugar Industry
44. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Diamonds
Boer War
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Majuba
45. The British commander in the Boer War.
Jan van Riebeeck
King Shaka
Scramble for Africa
Kitchener
46. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Paul Kruger
Khoikhoi
Dutch East India Company
Barney Barnato
47. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Barney Barnato
Hottentot Codes
Orange Free State
Difaqane
48. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Ncome/Blood River
Difaqane
Zulu
Spear of the Nation
49. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Voortrekkers
Ncome/Blood River
South African Republic/Transvaal
Pretoria
50. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Zuurveld
Spear of the Nation
Lord Milner
Dutch East India Company