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World History: South Africa
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1. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Piet Retief
Sugar Industry
Khoisan
Concentration Camps
2. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Great Murder
Ncome/Blood River
Kitchener
Voortrekkers
3. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Concentration Camps
Zulu
Barney Barnato
Andries Pretorius
4. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Barney Barnato
Zulu
Ncome/Blood River
Gold
5. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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6. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
King Shaka
Majuba
Battle of Vegkop
Bantu Speaking Farmers
7. The British commander in the Boer War.
Dutch East India Company
Kitchener
Majuba
Piet Retief
8. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Kitchener
Zulu
Paul Kruger
Cape Town
9. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Lord Milner
Cape Town
Piet Retief
Zulu
10. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Johannesburg
Jameson Raid
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Passes
11. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Johannesburg
Battle of Vegkop
Zulu
Ncome/Blood River
12. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Jameson Raid
Sugar Industry
Paul Kruger
Zuurveld
13. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
Difaqane
Concentration Camps
Cecil Rhodes
loemfontaine
14. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Dutch East India Company
Orange Free State
Battle of Vegkop
Concentration Camps
15. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Great Murder
Sugar Industry
Khoikhoi
loemfontaine
16. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Dutch East India Company
Cape Coloured
San
Jameson Raid
17. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Jameson Raid
South African Republic/Transvaal
San
Zulu
18. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Boer War
Ncome/Blood River
Paul Kruger
Dingane
19. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Voortrekkers
Scramble for Africa
Orange Free State
Concentration Camps
20. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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21. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Piet Retief
Passes
Dutch East India Company
Zulu
22. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Barney Barnato
Spear of the Nation
Difaqane
Jameson Raid
23. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Gold
San
South African Republic/Transvaal
Bantu Speaking Farmers
24. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Battle of Vegkop
Dingane
Great Murder
Concentration Camps
25. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Khoikhoi
Zulu
Passes
26. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Piet Retief
loemfontaine
Migrant Labour
Zuurveld
27. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Scramble for Africa
Lord Milner
Piet Retief
Andries Pretorius
28. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Migrant Labour
Andries Pretorius
Gold
Bantu Speaking Farmers
29. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Ncome/Blood River
Spear of the Nation
Difaqane
Jan van Riebeeck
30. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Barney Barnato
Khoisan
Cecil Rhodes
Andries Pretorius
31. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
South African Republic/Transvaal
Great Murder
Lord Milner
King Shaka
32. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Pretoria
Sugar Industry
Hottentot Codes
Pretoria
33. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Zuurveld
Migrant Labour
Khoisan
Passes
34. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Cape Coloured
Dutch East India Company
Hottentot Codes
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
35. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Barney Barnato
Zulu
Ncome/Blood River
Bantu Speaking Farmers
36. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Boer War
Battle of Vegkop
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Passes
37. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Paul Kruger
Khoikhoi
Gold
Boer War
38. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Lord Milner
Zulu
Passes
Voortrekkers
39. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Lord Milner
Passes
Cecil Rhodes
Zulu
40. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Piet Retief
Khoisan
King Shaka
Concentration Camps
41. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Jameson Raid
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Majuba
Sugar Industry
42. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Scramble for Africa
Sugar Industry
South African Republic/Transvaal
Dingane
43. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Cecil Rhodes
South African Republic/Transvaal
Lord Milner
44. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Cape Town
Diamonds
Concentration Camps
Kitchener
45. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Battle of Vegkop
Hottentot Codes
Scramble for Africa
Migrant Labour
46. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Gold
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Battle of Vegkop
Voortrekkers
47. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Jan van Riebeeck
Johannesburg
Battle of Vegkop
48. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Pretoria
Concentration Camps
Orange Free State
Majuba
49. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Voortrekkers
Pretoria
Paul Kruger
Kitchener
50. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Ncome/Blood River
Jameson Raid
Zulu
Xhosa