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World History: South Africa
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1. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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2. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
South African Republic/Transvaal
Cecil Rhodes
Hottentot Codes
Battle of Vegkop
3. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Khoisan
Battle of Vegkop
Kitchener
February 6 & 17 - 1838
4. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Pretoria
Migrant Labour
Great Murder
loemfontaine
5. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Andries Pretorius
Cape Town
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Concentration Camps
6. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Concentration Camps
Xhosa
Khoikhoi
Great Murder
7. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Scramble for Africa
Jameson Raid
Concentration Camps
February 6 & 17 - 1838
8. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Xhosa
Battle of Vegkop
San
Cecil Rhodes
9. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Battle of Vegkop
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Pretoria
Cape Town
10. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Xhosa
loemfontaine
Cape Town
Piet Retief
11. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Khoisan
Concentration Camps
Gold
Barney Barnato
12. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Great Murder
Hottentot Codes
South African Republic/Transvaal
Diamonds
13. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Orange Free State
Passes
Concentration Camps
Johannesburg
14. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Migrant Labour
Difaqane
Hottentot Codes
Andries Pretorius
15. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Jan van Riebeeck
Migrant Labour
Ncome/Blood River
Difaqane
16. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Lord Milner
Cape Coloured
Difaqane
Diamonds
17. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Dingane
South African Republic/Transvaal
Barney Barnato
Concentration Camps
18. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Concentration Camps
San
Passes
Cecil Rhodes
19. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Cape Coloured
San
Jan van Riebeeck
Boer War
20. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Khoikhoi
King Shaka
Migrant Labour
21. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Johannesburg
Khoikhoi
Battle of Vegkop
Kitchener
22. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Zuurveld
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Boer War
Majuba
23. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
San
Scramble for Africa
Cape Town
Ncome/Blood River
24. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
South African Republic/Transvaal
Great Murder
Diamonds
Scramble for Africa
25. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Kitchener
Khoikhoi
Concentration Camps
Xhosa
26. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Hottentot Codes
Jan van Riebeeck
Boer War
King Shaka
27. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Piet Retief
Barney Barnato
Jan van Riebeeck
Voortrekkers
28. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Dingane
Sugar Industry
South African Republic/Transvaal
Zulu
29. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Voortrekkers
loemfontaine
Boer War
Dingane
30. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Lord Milner
Johannesburg
Orange Free State
Jameson Raid
31. The British commander in the Boer War.
Hottentot Codes
Gold
Sugar Industry
Kitchener
32. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Khoisan
Pretoria
Sugar Industry
Khoikhoi
33. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Cape Coloured
Orange Free State
Voortrekkers
Concentration Camps
34. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Sugar Industry
Boer War
Orange Free State
loemfontaine
35. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Andries Pretorius
Xhosa
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Spear of the Nation
36. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Difaqane
Pretoria
Dutch East India Company
Spear of the Nation
37. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Cape Coloured
Xhosa
Khoisan
Bantu Speaking Farmers
38. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Dingane
Cape Town
Xhosa
Cecil Rhodes
39. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Spear of the Nation
Johannesburg
San
Boer War
40. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Cecil Rhodes
Sugar Industry
King Shaka
Xhosa
41. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Sugar Industry
Concentration Camps
Gold
Voortrekkers
42. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Barney Barnato
Migrant Labour
Johannesburg
Hottentot Codes
43. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Spear of the Nation
Passes
King Shaka
Gold
44. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Paul Kruger
Dutch East India Company
Khoisan
King Shaka
45. 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
Jan van Riebeeck
Great Murder
Bantu Speaking Farmers
46. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Diamonds
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Scramble for Africa
Majuba
47. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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48. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Lord Milner
Cape Coloured
Ncome/Blood River
Xhosa
49. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Difaqane
Cecil Rhodes
Great Murder
Jan van Riebeeck
50. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Lord Milner
Difaqane
Majuba
Barney Barnato