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World History: South Africa
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1. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
Majuba
Passes
Orange Free State
Battle of Vegkop
2. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Dingane
Dutch East India Company
Spear of the Nation
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
3. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Diamonds
Sugar Industry
Spear of the Nation
Voortrekkers
4. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Pretoria
Scramble for Africa
Jameson Raid
King Shaka
5. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Kitchener
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Hottentot Codes
Jameson Raid
6. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Concentration Camps
Great Murder
Orange Free State
Migrant Labour
7. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Battle of Vegkop
Barney Barnato
Zuurveld
Majuba
8. 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
Gold
Passes
Battle of Vegkop
9. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Ncome/Blood River
Diamonds
Majuba
Sugar Industry
10. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Cape Coloured
Khoikhoi
Andries Pretorius
Diamonds
11. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Piet Retief
Jan van Riebeeck
Hottentot Codes
Hottentot Codes
12. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Khoikhoi
San
South African Republic/Transvaal
Majuba
13. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Pretoria
Orange Free State
Kitchener
Piet Retief
14. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Cape Town
Passes
Ncome/Blood River
Concentration Camps
15. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Difaqane
Hottentot Codes
Sugar Industry
Battle of Vegkop
16. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Gold
Xhosa
Gold
Khoikhoi
17. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Jan van Riebeeck
Lord Milner
February 6 & 17 - 1838
loemfontaine
18. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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19. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Jan van Riebeeck
Pretoria
Barney Barnato
Concentration Camps
20. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Johannesburg
Jan van Riebeeck
Dutch East India Company
Andries Pretorius
21. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Concentration Camps
Piet Retief
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Migrant Labour
22. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Concentration Camps
Cecil Rhodes
Great Murder
Scramble for Africa
23. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Gold
Diamonds
Pretoria
Boer War
24. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Piet Retief
South African Republic/Transvaal
Xhosa
King Shaka
25. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Zulu
Passes
loemfontaine
Pretoria
26. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Voortrekkers
Gold
Paul Kruger
27. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Ncome/Blood River
Boer War
Paul Kruger
Sugar Industry
28. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Zuurveld
Great Murder
Ncome/Blood River
Johannesburg
29. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Passes
Andries Pretorius
Dutch East India Company
Khoikhoi
30. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
loemfontaine
Cape Coloured
Cape Town
Sugar Industry
31. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Cape Town
Scramble for Africa
Cape Coloured
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
32. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Migrant Labour
Concentration Camps
Migrant Labour
Cape Town
33. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Migrant Labour
Cecil Rhodes
Dutch East India Company
Concentration Camps
34. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
loemfontaine
Migrant Labour
South African Republic/Transvaal
Barney Barnato
35. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Lord Milner
Khoisan
Dingane
Barney Barnato
36. The British commander in the Boer War.
Kitchener
Voortrekkers
Majuba
Great Murder
37. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Majuba
Orange Free State
Kitchener
Xhosa
38. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Pretoria
Cape Town
Andries Pretorius
Gold
39. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Johannesburg
Kitchener
Andries Pretorius
King Shaka
40. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Scramble for Africa
Jan van Riebeeck
Diamonds
South African Republic/Transvaal
41. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Great Murder
Khoikhoi
Khoisan
Boer War
42. Area in the SE of South Africa; Good grazing land - but herds need to move. Reached by whites in 1770's
Barney Barnato
Sugar Industry
Zuurveld
Cecil Rhodes
43. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Lord Milner
Battle of Vegkop
Zulu
Xhosa
44. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Great Murder
Lord Milner
Jameson Raid
Dutch East India Company
45. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Xhosa
Majuba
Andries Pretorius
Orange Free State
46. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Khoikhoi
Dingane
Jameson Raid
Passes
47. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Jameson Raid
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Spear of the Nation
Migrant Labour
48. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Jameson Raid
Sugar Industry
Gold
Diamonds
49. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Barney Barnato
Kitchener
Scramble for Africa
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
50. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Hottentot Codes
Dingane
Zuurveld
Khoikhoi
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