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World History: South Africa
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1. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Gold
loemfontaine
Xhosa
Spear of the Nation
2. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Jan van Riebeeck
South African Republic/Transvaal
Dutch East India Company
Xhosa
3. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
4. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Barney Barnato
Dutch East India Company
San
Boer War
5. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Paul Kruger
Migrant Labour
Zulu
Andries Pretorius
6. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Dutch East India Company
Andries Pretorius
Diamonds
Dingane
7. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Dingane
Boer War
Cecil Rhodes
San
8. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Sugar Industry
Dutch East India Company
Cape Coloured
Cape Town
9. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
South African Republic/Transvaal
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Paul Kruger
Majuba
10. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Khoisan
Concentration Camps
Difaqane
Cape Coloured
11. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Concentration Camps
South African Republic/Transvaal
Zulu
Piet Retief
12. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Orange Free State
Boer War
Jan van Riebeeck
Hottentot Codes
13. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Migrant Labour
Majuba
King Shaka
Pretoria
14. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Cecil Rhodes
Scramble for Africa
Dingane
Boer War
15. The British commander in the Boer War.
Zulu
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Cecil Rhodes
Kitchener
16. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Pretoria
Cecil Rhodes
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Passes
17. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Passes
Andries Pretorius
Great Murder
Diamonds
18. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Ncome/Blood River
Boer War
Voortrekkers
19. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Cecil Rhodes
Paul Kruger
Gold
Khoikhoi
20. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Barney Barnato
South African Republic/Transvaal
Concentration Camps
King Shaka
21. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Gold
Cape Coloured
loemfontaine
Spear of the Nation
22. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Xhosa
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Diamonds
Pretoria
23. 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
loemfontaine
Cape Town
Pretoria
24. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Zuurveld
Khoikhoi
Jameson Raid
25. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Diamonds
Voortrekkers
Orange Free State
Johannesburg
26. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Voortrekkers
Jan van Riebeeck
Barney Barnato
Cape Town
27. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Kitchener
Pretoria
Spear of the Nation
Andries Pretorius
28. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Dutch East India Company
Ncome/Blood River
loemfontaine
Concentration Camps
29. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Voortrekkers
Cecil Rhodes
King Shaka
Lord Milner
30. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
31. The British commander in the Boer War.
Cecil Rhodes
Pretoria
Kitchener
Battle of Vegkop
32. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Voortrekkers
Jameson Raid
Xhosa
Cecil Rhodes
33. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Gold
Cape Town
Khoisan
Battle of Vegkop
34. 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
Kitchener
South African Republic/Transvaal
loemfontaine
35. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Xhosa
Orange Free State
Difaqane
Voortrekkers
36. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Voortrekkers
loemfontaine
Zuurveld
Bantu Speaking Farmers
37. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Paul Kruger
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Ncome/Blood River
Johannesburg
38. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Piet Retief
Ncome/Blood River
Dutch East India Company
Zulu
39. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Passes
Gold
Concentration Camps
Scramble for Africa
40. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Battle of Vegkop
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Town
Kitchener
41. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Jan van Riebeeck
Diamonds
Johannesburg
Andries Pretorius
42. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Khoikhoi
Paul Kruger
Boer War
Cecil Rhodes
43. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Dutch East India Company
Piet Retief
Johannesburg
44. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Zuurveld
Passes
Sugar Industry
Battle of Vegkop
45. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Khoisan
King Shaka
Spear of the Nation
Kitchener
46. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Jan van Riebeeck
Dingane
Gold
Orange Free State
47. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Diamonds
Difaqane
Dutch East India Company
Cecil Rhodes
48. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Johannesburg
Cape Town
Gold
Jan van Riebeeck
49. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Xhosa
Battle of Vegkop
Zuurveld
San
50. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Johannesburg
Boer War
Passes