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World History: South Africa
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1. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Xhosa
Battle of Vegkop
Scramble for Africa
Orange Free State
2. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Great Murder
Cecil Rhodes
Zuurveld
Hottentot Codes
3. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Gold
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Scramble for Africa
Paul Kruger
4. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
Majuba
King Shaka
5. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Difaqane
Passes
South African Republic/Transvaal
Spear of the Nation
6. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Zulu
San
Passes
South African Republic/Transvaal
7. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Barney Barnato
Ncome/Blood River
Andries Pretorius
Dingane
8. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Ncome/Blood River
Sugar Industry
Lord Milner
Khoisan
9. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
King Shaka
Xhosa
Battle of Vegkop
Zuurveld
10. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Passes
Andries Pretorius
Concentration Camps
Johannesburg
11. The British commander in the Boer War.
Migrant Labour
Orange Free State
Kitchener
Bantu Speaking Farmers
12. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Pretoria
Spear of the Nation
Boer War
Cape Coloured
13. The British commander in the Boer War.
Spear of the Nation
Majuba
Kitchener
Khoikhoi
14. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Pretoria
San
Ncome/Blood River
Spear of the Nation
15. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Ncome/Blood River
Majuba
Dingane
16. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Pretoria
Cecil Rhodes
Difaqane
Voortrekkers
17. 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
Cape Coloured
Pretoria
18. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Difaqane
Pretoria
Zulu
Spear of the Nation
19. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Voortrekkers
Migrant Labour
Jan van Riebeeck
San
20. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
San
Difaqane
Great Murder
Majuba
21. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Migrant Labour
loemfontaine
Diamonds
Sugar Industry
22. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Jameson Raid
23. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Majuba
Cape Coloured
Cecil Rhodes
24. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Migrant Labour
Andries Pretorius
King Shaka
February 6 & 17 - 1838
25. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Gold
Scramble for Africa
Kitchener
Boer War
26. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Spear of the Nation
Dingane
Diamonds
Boer War
27. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
28. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Jameson Raid
Gold
Diamonds
Cecil Rhodes
29. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Hottentot Codes
Pretoria
Gold
Ncome/Blood River
30. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Scramble for Africa
Xhosa
Khoikhoi
Kitchener
31. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Scramble for Africa
Pretoria
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Boer War
32. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Khoisan
Zulu
Cape Coloured
Zulu
33. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Passes
Khoikhoi
King Shaka
34. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Gold
Paul Kruger
South African Republic/Transvaal
Great Murder
35. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
loemfontaine
Voortrekkers
Diamonds
Concentration Camps
36. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Concentration Camps
South African Republic/Transvaal
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Sugar Industry
37. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Piet Retief
Great Murder
Johannesburg
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
38. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Xhosa
Scramble for Africa
Diamonds
Bantu Speaking Farmers
39. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Scramble for Africa
Gold
Zulu
Difaqane
40. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Voortrekkers
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Battle of Vegkop
Lord Milner
41. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Diamonds
King Shaka
Hottentot Codes
Scramble for Africa
42. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Kitchener
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
King Shaka
43. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
San
loemfontaine
Khoisan
Zuurveld
44. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Cape Coloured
loemfontaine
King Shaka
Dingane
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
Zuurveld
Scramble for Africa
Ncome/Blood River
46. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Barney Barnato
Zulu
Passes
Zulu
47. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Khoikhoi
Kitchener
Cape Coloured
Boer War
48. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Jameson Raid
Diamonds
Jan van Riebeeck
Barney Barnato
49. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Khoisan
Battle of Vegkop
loemfontaine
Sugar Industry
50. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Paul Kruger
Voortrekkers
Battle of Vegkop
King Shaka