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World History: South Africa
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1. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Lord Milner
Concentration Camps
Battle of Vegkop
Hottentot Codes
2. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Voortrekkers
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Orange Free State
3. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Barney Barnato
Paul Kruger
Orange Free State
4. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Pretoria
Andries Pretorius
loemfontaine
Sugar Industry
5. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Ncome/Blood River
Migrant Labour
Zuurveld
South African Republic/Transvaal
6. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Gold
Cape Coloured
Piet Retief
Orange Free State
7. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Pretoria
Zuurveld
loemfontaine
Boer War
8. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Zuurveld
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Barney Barnato
loemfontaine
9. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Lord Milner
Cape Coloured
Majuba
Cecil Rhodes
10. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
loemfontaine
Spear of the Nation
Kitchener
Khoisan
11. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Scramble for Africa
South African Republic/Transvaal
Khoikhoi
Voortrekkers
12. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
San
Johannesburg
Orange Free State
Voortrekkers
13. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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14. The British commander in the Boer War.
Ncome/Blood River
Dingane
Great Murder
Kitchener
15. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
King Shaka
Great Murder
San
Majuba
16. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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17. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Cape Town
Sugar Industry
Concentration Camps
February 6 & 17 - 1838
18. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Sugar Industry
Dutch East India Company
Battle of Vegkop
Johannesburg
19. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Passes
Dingane
Majuba
Dutch East India Company
20. 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
Migrant Labour
Zulu
loemfontaine
21. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Paul Kruger
Concentration Camps
Zulu
Migrant Labour
22. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Cecil Rhodes
Boer War
South African Republic/Transvaal
Passes
23. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Cape Coloured
Zulu
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Paul Kruger
24. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Zuurveld
Cape Coloured
Khoisan
King Shaka
25. The British commander in the Boer War.
Cape Town
Jameson Raid
Kitchener
Ncome/Blood River
26. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Dingane
Orange Free State
Andries Pretorius
Scramble for Africa
27. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Diamonds
Khoisan
Concentration Camps
Spear of the Nation
28. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Jameson Raid
Jan van Riebeeck
Sugar Industry
Majuba
29. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Khoikhoi
Xhosa
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Zuurveld
30. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Voortrekkers
Barney Barnato
Migrant Labour
loemfontaine
31. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
South African Republic/Transvaal
Voortrekkers
Sugar Industry
Difaqane
32. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
King Shaka
Paul Kruger
Orange Free State
Spear of the Nation
33. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Xhosa
Khoikhoi
Sugar Industry
Orange Free State
34. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Zulu
Andries Pretorius
Xhosa
Khoikhoi
35. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Cecil Rhodes
Barney Barnato
Xhosa
loemfontaine
36. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Voortrekkers
loemfontaine
Zuurveld
Xhosa
37. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Hottentot Codes
Johannesburg
San
Jan van Riebeeck
38. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Barney Barnato
Migrant Labour
Battle of Vegkop
Cape Coloured
39. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Gold
Lord Milner
Dingane
Jan van Riebeeck
40. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Pretoria
Cape Town
Passes
Boer War
41. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
San
Cape Town
King Shaka
Diamonds
42. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Khoisan
Andries Pretorius
Lord Milner
Kitchener
43. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Concentration Camps
Hottentot Codes
Pretoria
South African Republic/Transvaal
44. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Diamonds
Battle of Vegkop
Khoikhoi
South African Republic/Transvaal
45. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Kitchener
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Piet Retief
46. 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
Khoikhoi
Cape Coloured
Bantu Speaking Farmers
47. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Jameson Raid
Sugar Industry
Ncome/Blood River
Barney Barnato
48. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Zulu
Jameson Raid
Khoisan
Dingane
49. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Jan van Riebeeck
Passes
Hottentot Codes
Khoikhoi
50. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
San
Spear of the Nation
Diamonds
Khoikhoi
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