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World History: South Africa
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1. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Boer War
Cecil Rhodes
Majuba
February 6 & 17 - 1838
2. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Ncome/Blood River
Khoikhoi
Johannesburg
Scramble for Africa
3. The British commander in the Boer War.
Zulu
Hottentot Codes
Pretoria
Kitchener
4. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Piet Retief
Khoisan
Diamonds
Andries Pretorius
5. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Jan van Riebeeck
Cape Coloured
Scramble for Africa
Paul Kruger
6. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
South African Republic/Transvaal
Spear of the Nation
Dingane
Scramble for Africa
7. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Scramble for Africa
Jan van Riebeeck
Great Murder
South African Republic/Transvaal
8. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Voortrekkers
Passes
Cape Coloured
Passes
9. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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10. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Khoisan
Hottentot Codes
Xhosa
Lord Milner
11. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Cape Coloured
Cape Town
San
February 6 & 17 - 1838
12. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Andries Pretorius
Great Murder
Sugar Industry
Passes
13. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
King Shaka
Jan van Riebeeck
Andries Pretorius
King Shaka
14. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Great Murder
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Jan van Riebeeck
Sugar Industry
15. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Paul Kruger
Piet Retief
Barney Barnato
16. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Jameson Raid
Barney Barnato
Cecil Rhodes
Khoisan
17. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Passes
Spear of the Nation
loemfontaine
Jameson Raid
18. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Gold
Khoikhoi
Voortrekkers
Lord Milner
19. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Migrant Labour
Great Murder
loemfontaine
Zuurveld
20. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Scramble for Africa
Orange Free State
Zuurveld
San
21. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Concentration Camps
Ncome/Blood River
Majuba
Dingane
22. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Scramble for Africa
Jameson Raid
Khoikhoi
Xhosa
23. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
South African Republic/Transvaal
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Ncome/Blood River
Cape Town
24. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Scramble for Africa
Piet Retief
Zuurveld
Majuba
25. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Jameson Raid
Cape Coloured
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Lord Milner
26. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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27. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Dutch East India Company
Cecil Rhodes
Spear of the Nation
28. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Spear of the Nation
Jameson Raid
Concentration Camps
Piet Retief
29. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Sugar Industry
Majuba
Xhosa
Scramble for Africa
30. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Voortrekkers
Battle of Vegkop
Sugar Industry
Dutch East India Company
31. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Xhosa
San
Passes
Battle of Vegkop
32. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Khoikhoi
Piet Retief
Spear of the Nation
loemfontaine
33. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Khoikhoi
Kitchener
Xhosa
Diamonds
34. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Andries Pretorius
Khoisan
Passes
Cape Town
35. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Andries Pretorius
Dingane
Dutch East India Company
Concentration Camps
36. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Difaqane
Sugar Industry
Barney Barnato
Great Murder
37. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Majuba
Piet Retief
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Cape Coloured
38. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Pretoria
Jameson Raid
Boer War
Lord Milner
39. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Andries Pretorius
Cape Coloured
Cape Coloured
Migrant Labour
40. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Sugar Industry
King Shaka
Battle of Vegkop
Orange Free State
41. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Sugar Industry
Orange Free State
Scramble for Africa
Boer War
42. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Hottentot Codes
Piet Retief
Ncome/Blood River
February 6 & 17 - 1838
43. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Khoisan
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Cape Town
Voortrekkers
44. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Great Murder
Dutch East India Company
Ncome/Blood River
Zulu
45. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Khoikhoi
Cape Coloured
Great Murder
Diamonds
46. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Andries Pretorius
Piet Retief
loemfontaine
Diamonds
47. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Paul Kruger
Concentration Camps
loemfontaine
Barney Barnato
48. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Zuurveld
Paul Kruger
Dutch East India Company
Jan van Riebeeck
49. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
San
Concentration Camps
Difaqane
South African Republic/Transvaal
50. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Spear of the Nation
Boer War
Jan van Riebeeck
Dingane