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World History: South Africa
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1. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
San
Spear of the Nation
Johannesburg
Pretoria
2. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Xhosa
Migrant Labour
King Shaka
Spear of the Nation
3. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Gold
Concentration Camps
Cape Coloured
4. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Dingane
Jan van Riebeeck
Zuurveld
Cecil Rhodes
5. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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6. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Pretoria
San
Gold
loemfontaine
7. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Hottentot Codes
Zulu
King Shaka
Scramble for Africa
8. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Piet Retief
Barney Barnato
Andries Pretorius
Cape Coloured
9. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Johannesburg
Piet Retief
Dingane
Cape Coloured
10. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Andries Pretorius
Hottentot Codes
Hottentot Codes
Dutch East India Company
11. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Concentration Camps
Concentration Camps
Xhosa
Khoisan
12. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Lord Milner
Cape Coloured
Diamonds
Dutch East India Company
13. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Battle of Vegkop
Zulu
King Shaka
Jameson Raid
14. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Piet Retief
Cecil Rhodes
Dutch East India Company
Cape Coloured
15. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Paul Kruger
Ncome/Blood River
Barney Barnato
Piet Retief
16. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
San
Migrant Labour
Gold
Difaqane
17. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Bantu Speaking Farmers
loemfontaine
South African Republic/Transvaal
San
18. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
King Shaka
Johannesburg
Paul Kruger
Diamonds
19. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Diamonds
Difaqane
Pretoria
Orange Free State
20. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Kitchener
Khoikhoi
Difaqane
Migrant Labour
21. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Hottentot Codes
Migrant Labour
King Shaka
Jan van Riebeeck
22. The British commander in the Boer War.
Kitchener
Johannesburg
Dutch East India Company
Voortrekkers
23. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Dingane
Ncome/Blood River
Boer War
Cape Coloured
24. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Jameson Raid
Great Murder
Concentration Camps
Cape Town
25. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Jameson Raid
loemfontaine
Khoikhoi
South African Republic/Transvaal
26. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Cape Town
South African Republic/Transvaal
Zulu
loemfontaine
27. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Zulu
Diamonds
Pretoria
Dutch East India Company
28. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Sugar Industry
San
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Khoikhoi
29. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Spear of the Nation
Dingane
Orange Free State
Orange Free State
30. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Xhosa
Concentration Camps
Zuurveld
Sugar Industry
31. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
loemfontaine
Cape Town
Paul Kruger
Orange Free State
32. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
San
Zuurveld
Khoikhoi
King Shaka
33. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Khoikhoi
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
loemfontaine
loemfontaine
34. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Migrant Labour
Orange Free State
Jameson Raid
Scramble for Africa
35. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Jameson Raid
King Shaka
Pretoria
Barney Barnato
36. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Zulu
Khoisan
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Zulu
37. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Dingane
Pretoria
Voortrekkers
San
38. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Migrant Labour
Great Murder
Boer War
Kitchener
39. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Piet Retief
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Andries Pretorius
Cape Coloured
40. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Hottentot Codes
Zulu
Boer War
Cape Coloured
41. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Xhosa
Cecil Rhodes
Great Murder
Jameson Raid
42. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Zuurveld
Jan van Riebeeck
Spear of the Nation
Khoikhoi
43. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Xhosa
King Shaka
Voortrekkers
Dingane
44. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Dutch East India Company
Paul Kruger
Gold
San
45. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Dutch East India Company
Barney Barnato
Majuba
Difaqane
46. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
Gold
Passes
47. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Passes
Sugar Industry
Dingane
Boer War
48. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Concentration Camps
Khoisan
Hottentot Codes
loemfontaine
49. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Lord Milner
Zuurveld
King Shaka
Paul Kruger
50. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Jan van Riebeeck
Cape Town
Concentration Camps
February 6 & 17 - 1838