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World History: South Africa
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1. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Voortrekkers
San
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Hottentot Codes
2. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Zuurveld
Cape Coloured
Cecil Rhodes
King Shaka
3. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Zuurveld
Orange Free State
Concentration Camps
Paul Kruger
4. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
King Shaka
Orange Free State
Spear of the Nation
5. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Cape Town
South African Republic/Transvaal
Hottentot Codes
San
6. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Kitchener
Majuba
Jan van Riebeeck
Scramble for Africa
7. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Difaqane
Sugar Industry
King Shaka
Johannesburg
8. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Cecil Rhodes
Passes
Hottentot Codes
Zulu
9. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Battle of Vegkop
Spear of the Nation
Xhosa
Hottentot Codes
10. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Gold
Jan van Riebeeck
Majuba
Dutch East India Company
11. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Dutch East India Company
Dutch East India Company
Khoikhoi
Gold
12. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Ncome/Blood River
Battle of Vegkop
South African Republic/Transvaal
Piet Retief
13. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Difaqane
Dingane
Boer War
Zuurveld
14. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Lord Milner
Scramble for Africa
Zulu
Battle of Vegkop
15. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Orange Free State
Piet Retief
San
Majuba
16. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Paul Kruger
Xhosa
Boer War
loemfontaine
17. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Pretoria
Khoikhoi
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Zuurveld
18. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Dingane
Scramble for Africa
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Great Murder
19. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Piet Retief
loemfontaine
Andries Pretorius
Concentration Camps
20. 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
Migrant Labour
Sugar Industry
Jan van Riebeeck
21. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Cape Town
loemfontaine
Xhosa
Diamonds
22. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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23. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Voortrekkers
Dutch East India Company
Scramble for Africa
Dingane
24. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Pretoria
Orange Free State
Scramble for Africa
Bantu Speaking Farmers
25. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Boer War
Boer War
Orange Free State
Xhosa
26. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Ncome/Blood River
Piet Retief
Scramble for Africa
Dingane
27. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Passes
Jan van Riebeeck
Boer War
South African Republic/Transvaal
28. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Cecil Rhodes
Jameson Raid
Boer War
Concentration Camps
29. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Cape Town
Sugar Industry
Difaqane
Pretoria
30. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Khoisan
Johannesburg
loemfontaine
31. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
loemfontaine
San
Battle of Vegkop
Cape Coloured
32. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Barney Barnato
Khoisan
loemfontaine
Spear of the Nation
33. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Hottentot Codes
Difaqane
South African Republic/Transvaal
34. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Piet Retief
Ncome/Blood River
Difaqane
Passes
35. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Cape Town
Dingane
Barney Barnato
Bantu Speaking Farmers
36. The British commander in the Boer War.
Sugar Industry
Zulu
Kitchener
San
37. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Majuba
Khoikhoi
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Concentration Camps
38. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Dingane
Paul Kruger
Gold
Cape Coloured
39. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Johannesburg
King Shaka
Jameson Raid
Majuba
40. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Difaqane
Cape Town
Khoikhoi
Sugar Industry
41. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Dutch East India Company
Cecil Rhodes
Ncome/Blood River
Kitchener
42. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Khoikhoi
Paul Kruger
Migrant Labour
Dingane
43. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Dutch East India Company
Zulu
Khoikhoi
Zuurveld
44. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Pretoria
Scramble for Africa
Dutch East India Company
Majuba
45. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Battle of Vegkop
Dingane
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Barney Barnato
46. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Barney Barnato
Cape Town
Scramble for Africa
February 6 & 17 - 1838
47. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
South African Republic/Transvaal
Zulu
Boer War
Migrant Labour
48. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Hottentot Codes
Scramble for Africa
Great Murder
Diamonds
49. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Orange Free State
Dingane
Lord Milner
Cecil Rhodes
50. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Paul Kruger
Andries Pretorius
South African Republic/Transvaal
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