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World History: South Africa
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1. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
San
Pretoria
Zuurveld
2. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Barney Barnato
Spear of the Nation
Ncome/Blood River
Migrant Labour
3. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Difaqane
Dutch East India Company
Cecil Rhodes
Pretoria
4. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Khoisan
Cape Coloured
5. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Xhosa
Scramble for Africa
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Passes
6. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Cape Coloured
Cecil Rhodes
Zuurveld
Johannesburg
7. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Boer War
Great Murder
South African Republic/Transvaal
Andries Pretorius
8. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Scramble for Africa
Khoikhoi
Diamonds
Barney Barnato
9. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Kitchener
loemfontaine
Spear of the Nation
Concentration Camps
10. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
11. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Xhosa
Majuba
Paul Kruger
Andries Pretorius
12. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Spear of the Nation
Zuurveld
Migrant Labour
Boer War
13. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Dutch East India Company
Andries Pretorius
Paul Kruger
Passes
14. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Khoisan
Paul Kruger
Majuba
Xhosa
15. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Cecil Rhodes
loemfontaine
Passes
Great Murder
16. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Cape Coloured
Lord Milner
Orange Free State
February 6 & 17 - 1838
17. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Gold
Johannesburg
King Shaka
Khoisan
18. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Lord Milner
Xhosa
Kitchener
Gold
19. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Scramble for Africa
Johannesburg
Gold
Zulu
20. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Battle of Vegkop
San
Migrant Labour
Jameson Raid
21. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Paul Kruger
Spear of the Nation
Voortrekkers
Jan van Riebeeck
22. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Hottentot Codes
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
loemfontaine
San
23. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
24. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Great Murder
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Jameson Raid
Cecil Rhodes
25. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
South African Republic/Transvaal
Gold
Spear of the Nation
Pretoria
26. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Dingane
Passes
Voortrekkers
Pretoria
27. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Jan van Riebeeck
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Spear of the Nation
Difaqane
28. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Voortrekkers
Barney Barnato
Kitchener
29. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Diamonds
Kitchener
Paul Kruger
Dutch East India Company
30. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Passes
San
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Spear of the Nation
31. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Khoikhoi
Piet Retief
Khoisan
32. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Cecil Rhodes
loemfontaine
Battle of Vegkop
Dutch East India Company
33. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Cecil Rhodes
Paul Kruger
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Khoisan
34. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Passes
Dutch East India Company
Difaqane
Jan van Riebeeck
35. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Passes
Barney Barnato
Great Murder
Gold
36. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
South African Republic/Transvaal
Majuba
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Zulu
37. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Scramble for Africa
Orange Free State
Battle of Vegkop
King Shaka
38. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Great Murder
Orange Free State
39. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Scramble for Africa
Cecil Rhodes
Boer War
Johannesburg
40. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Passes
Khoisan
Great Murder
Kitchener
41. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Zuurveld
Voortrekkers
Andries Pretorius
Sugar Industry
42. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Cecil Rhodes
loemfontaine
Orange Free State
loemfontaine
43. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Difaqane
Spear of the Nation
King Shaka
Cape Coloured
44. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Diamonds
Cecil Rhodes
Barney Barnato
Ncome/Blood River
45. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Dutch East India Company
loemfontaine
Andries Pretorius
Khoikhoi
46. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Paul Kruger
Ncome/Blood River
47. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Cape Coloured
Battle of Vegkop
Concentration Camps
Gold
48. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Khoikhoi
Boer War
Lord Milner
Xhosa
49. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Hottentot Codes
Cecil Rhodes
Migrant Labour
Johannesburg
50. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Orange Free State
Hottentot Codes
Dutch East India Company
Battle of Vegkop