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World History: South Africa
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1. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Zuurveld
Jan van Riebeeck
Kitchener
Difaqane
2. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Ncome/Blood River
Scramble for Africa
Dingane
Kitchener
3. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Voortrekkers
Orange Free State
Dutch East India Company
Cecil Rhodes
4. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Khoikhoi
South African Republic/Transvaal
Scramble for Africa
Andries Pretorius
5. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Voortrekkers
Majuba
Diamonds
Migrant Labour
6. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Barney Barnato
Bantu Speaking Farmers
loemfontaine
Piet Retief
7. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Lord Milner
Cape Town
Piet Retief
Diamonds
8. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Zulu
Zuurveld
Scramble for Africa
Voortrekkers
9. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Xhosa
Johannesburg
Scramble for Africa
Boer War
10. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Cape Town
Lord Milner
Diamonds
Piet Retief
11. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Great Murder
King Shaka
Dingane
Difaqane
12. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Barney Barnato
Sugar Industry
loemfontaine
Lord Milner
13. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Scramble for Africa
San
Passes
Lord Milner
14. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Khoisan
Dutch East India Company
Jan van Riebeeck
Diamonds
15. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Difaqane
Jan van Riebeeck
Piet Retief
Andries Pretorius
16. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Voortrekkers
Hottentot Codes
Boer War
Jameson Raid
17. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Spear of the Nation
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Jameson Raid
King Shaka
18. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Migrant Labour
Difaqane
King Shaka
Cecil Rhodes
19. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Gold
Spear of the Nation
Difaqane
Great Murder
20. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
loemfontaine
Migrant Labour
Zuurveld
Majuba
21. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Scramble for Africa
loemfontaine
Difaqane
Boer War
22. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
loemfontaine
Migrant Labour
Pretoria
23. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Voortrekkers
Orange Free State
Zulu
Pretoria
24. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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25. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Orange Free State
Khoisan
Spear of the Nation
Great Murder
26. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Sugar Industry
Piet Retief
Cecil Rhodes
Paul Kruger
27. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Zulu
Migrant Labour
King Shaka
loemfontaine
28. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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29. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Diamonds
Khoikhoi
Jameson Raid
Zuurveld
30. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Spear of the Nation
Diamonds
Pretoria
Paul Kruger
31. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
South African Republic/Transvaal
Passes
Piet Retief
Battle of Vegkop
32. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Zuurveld
Hottentot Codes
Cape Coloured
Sugar Industry
33. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Khoikhoi
Diamonds
Cape Coloured
Zuurveld
34. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Cape Town
Lord Milner
Kitchener
Dutch East India Company
35. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Gold
Dingane
Xhosa
February 6 & 17 - 1838
36. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Diamonds
Cape Coloured
February 6 & 17 - 1838
37. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Cecil Rhodes
Barney Barnato
Johannesburg
Khoisan
38. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Difaqane
Barney Barnato
Pretoria
Jan van Riebeeck
39. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
San
Spear of the Nation
Jameson Raid
King Shaka
40. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Diamonds
Cape Coloured
Concentration Camps
Voortrekkers
41. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Barney Barnato
Khoikhoi
Andries Pretorius
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
42. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Scramble for Africa
Difaqane
Khoikhoi
Voortrekkers
43. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Zuurveld
Zulu
Pretoria
Boer War
44. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Pretoria
Xhosa
Dutch East India Company
Diamonds
45. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Barney Barnato
Ncome/Blood River
Ncome/Blood River
Diamonds
46. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Cape Coloured
Pretoria
Xhosa
Ncome/Blood River
47. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Johannesburg
Kitchener
Cecil Rhodes
Scramble for Africa
48. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Zulu
Scramble for Africa
Khoisan
Majuba
49. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Zuurveld
South African Republic/Transvaal
Jan van Riebeeck
Dingane
50. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Cape Town
Gold
Hottentot Codes
Passes