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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.'
2. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Jameson Raid
Piet Retief
Battle of Vegkop
Ncome/Blood River
3. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Jan van Riebeeck
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Piet Retief
Bantu Speaking Farmers
4. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Orange Free State
Scramble for Africa
Dingane
Pretoria
5. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Zulu
King Shaka
Cecil Rhodes
Passes
6. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Gold
Zuurveld
Diamonds
Paul Kruger
7. 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
Battle of Vegkop
South African Republic/Transvaal
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
8. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Sugar Industry
Lord Milner
Bantu Speaking Farmers
9. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Battle of Vegkop
Majuba
Cecil Rhodes
Zuurveld
10. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Passes
Orange Free State
Battle of Vegkop
Zulu
11. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Orange Free State
Xhosa
Scramble for Africa
Zuurveld
12. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Xhosa
Cape Coloured
Difaqane
Piet Retief
13. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Spear of the Nation
Khoisan
Gold
Concentration Camps
14. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Voortrekkers
Gold
Khoisan
Barney Barnato
15. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Scramble for Africa
Passes
Boer War
Majuba
16. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Majuba
Barney Barnato
Migrant Labour
Voortrekkers
17. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Cecil Rhodes
Dingane
Johannesburg
San
18. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Khoikhoi
Johannesburg
Great Murder
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
19. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Zulu
Jan van Riebeeck
Hottentot Codes
Scramble for Africa
20. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Voortrekkers
Barney Barnato
Migrant Labour
Difaqane
21. The British commander in the Boer War.
Kitchener
Battle of Vegkop
Cape Coloured
Xhosa
22. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Jameson Raid
Piet Retief
Jan van Riebeeck
Voortrekkers
23. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Cape Town
Jan van Riebeeck
Difaqane
Lord Milner
24. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Dutch East India Company
Battle of Vegkop
Khoisan
Johannesburg
25. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Gold
Jameson Raid
King Shaka
Cape Coloured
26. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Passes
Paul Kruger
Pretoria
February 6 & 17 - 1838
27. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Spear of the Nation
Xhosa
Ncome/Blood River
Diamonds
28. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Lord Milner
Voortrekkers
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Scramble for Africa
29. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Kitchener
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Spear of the Nation
King Shaka
30. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Spear of the Nation
Cape Coloured
King Shaka
San
31. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Zuurveld
South African Republic/Transvaal
Andries Pretorius
Voortrekkers
32. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Pretoria
Xhosa
Voortrekkers
Paul Kruger
33. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Voortrekkers
Kitchener
Xhosa
Battle of Vegkop
34. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Concentration Camps
Diamonds
Pretoria
Khoikhoi
35. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Scramble for Africa
Zulu
Cape Town
36. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Voortrekkers
Lord Milner
Majuba
Andries Pretorius
37. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Battle of Vegkop
Zuurveld
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Migrant Labour
38. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
loemfontaine
Sugar Industry
Scramble for Africa
Passes
39. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Ncome/Blood River
loemfontaine
Zulu
Gold
40. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Passes
Khoikhoi
Sugar Industry
Orange Free State
41. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Lord Milner
Khoikhoi
Cape Town
Johannesburg
42. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Great Murder
Kitchener
Voortrekkers
Cecil Rhodes
43. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Jameson Raid
Zulu
Cape Town
Zuurveld
44. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Jan van Riebeeck
Spear of the Nation
Passes
Migrant Labour
45. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Hottentot Codes
Sugar Industry
Barney Barnato
Concentration Camps
46. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Dutch East India Company
Battle of Vegkop
loemfontaine
Migrant Labour
47. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Barney Barnato
Johannesburg
Dutch East India Company
48. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Jameson Raid
Khoikhoi
Battle of Vegkop
Paul Kruger
49. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Hottentot Codes
Battle of Vegkop
Piet Retief
Sugar Industry
50. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Khoikhoi
Cecil Rhodes
Khoisan
Great Murder