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World History: South Africa
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1. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Orange Free State
Cape Coloured
Voortrekkers
Hottentot Codes
2. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Majuba
Concentration Camps
Paul Kruger
Andries Pretorius
3. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Zulu
Ncome/Blood River
Great Murder
Cecil Rhodes
4. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Majuba
Khoisan
Ncome/Blood River
5. The British commander in the Boer War.
Zuurveld
Paul Kruger
Kitchener
King Shaka
6. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Boer War
Andries Pretorius
Difaqane
7. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Majuba
Ncome/Blood River
Kitchener
Xhosa
8. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Orange Free State
Majuba
Dingane
Dutch East India Company
9. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Kitchener
Gold
Majuba
Johannesburg
10. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Cape Coloured
Passes
Khoikhoi
Battle of Vegkop
11. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Great Murder
South African Republic/Transvaal
Barney Barnato
Dingane
12. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Cape Town
Ncome/Blood River
Dutch East India Company
Concentration Camps
13. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Majuba
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Coloured
Zuurveld
14. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Gold
Cape Coloured
Passes
Dingane
15. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Khoikhoi
Ncome/Blood River
Piet Retief
loemfontaine
16. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Lord Milner
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Difaqane
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
17. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Johannesburg
Kitchener
Difaqane
Barney Barnato
18. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Paul Kruger
Sugar Industry
Barney Barnato
Jan van Riebeeck
19. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
San
Concentration Camps
Khoikhoi
Cecil Rhodes
20. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Battle of Vegkop
Concentration Camps
Voortrekkers
Kitchener
21. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Scramble for Africa
Ncome/Blood River
Dutch East India Company
Lord Milner
22. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Gold
Zuurveld
Dingane
Spear of the Nation
23. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Passes
Concentration Camps
Boer War
Ncome/Blood River
24. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Lord Milner
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Dutch East India Company
Battle of Vegkop
25. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Jan van Riebeeck
Great Murder
Scramble for Africa
Zuurveld
26. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Lord Milner
Khoisan
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Cecil Rhodes
27. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Ncome/Blood River
Hottentot Codes
Pretoria
San
28. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Concentration Camps
Sugar Industry
Zuurveld
Kitchener
29. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Passes
Spear of the Nation
Lord Milner
Jameson Raid
30. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Jan van Riebeeck
Dutch East India Company
San
Dingane
31. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Cape Town
Spear of the Nation
Orange Free State
Migrant Labour
32. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Great Murder
King Shaka
Kitchener
33. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Khoikhoi
Ncome/Blood River
Paul Kruger
Barney Barnato
34. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Difaqane
Spear of the Nation
Jan van Riebeeck
Majuba
35. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Piet Retief
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Kitchener
Lord Milner
36. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Johannesburg
South African Republic/Transvaal
Sugar Industry
Scramble for Africa
37. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
South African Republic/Transvaal
Difaqane
Gold
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
38. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Diamonds
Spear of the Nation
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Cecil Rhodes
39. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Lord Milner
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Great Murder
Piet Retief
40. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Zuurveld
Concentration Camps
loemfontaine
loemfontaine
41. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Majuba
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Voortrekkers
Cecil Rhodes
42. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Jan van Riebeeck
Dutch East India Company
Concentration Camps
Xhosa
43. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
loemfontaine
Dingane
South African Republic/Transvaal
Xhosa
44. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Concentration Camps
Khoikhoi
loemfontaine
45. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Zulu
Piet Retief
Battle of Vegkop
Sugar Industry
46. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Orange Free State
Johannesburg
Sugar Industry
47. The British commander in the Boer War.
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Sugar Industry
Kitchener
48. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
King Shaka
Sugar Industry
Zuurveld
Passes
49. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Concentration Camps
Andries Pretorius
Pretoria
Battle of Vegkop
50. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
King Shaka
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Lord Milner
Bantu Speaking Farmers