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World History: South Africa
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1. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Orange Free State
Dutch East India Company
Migrant Labour
Boer War
2. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Cape Coloured
Diamonds
Dutch East India Company
Dingane
3. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Ncome/Blood River
Scramble for Africa
Concentration Camps
Kitchener
4. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Orange Free State
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
San
Lord Milner
5. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Kitchener
Sugar Industry
Cecil Rhodes
Orange Free State
6. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Gold
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Jameson Raid
Cape Coloured
7. The British commander in the Boer War.
Pretoria
Voortrekkers
Kitchener
Ncome/Blood River
8. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Lord Milner
Orange Free State
Hottentot Codes
Barney Barnato
9. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane
San
Voortrekkers
Paul Kruger
Passes
10. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Concentration Camps
Piet Retief
loemfontaine
Scramble for Africa
11. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.
Cape Town
February 6 & 17 - 1838
South African Republic/Transvaal
San
12. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Concentration Camps
Zuurveld
Khoikhoi
Spear of the Nation
13. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Pretoria
Difaqane
Johannesburg
Kitchener
14. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Concentration Camps
Cape Town
Battle of Vegkop
Lord Milner
15. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Orange Free State
Barney Barnato
Great Murder
San
16. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Barney Barnato
South African Republic/Transvaal
Gold
Zulu
17. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Kitchener
Khoisan
Orange Free State
Cecil Rhodes
18. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Xhosa
Scramble for Africa
King Shaka
Paul Kruger
19. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Voortrekkers
Zuurveld
Passes
Xhosa
20. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Gold
Andries Pretorius
Jan van Riebeeck
Piet Retief
21. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Khoikhoi
Majuba
Dingane
Great Murder
22. 1899-1902 British fighting the Dutch. British victory by Dutch surrender - giving gold mines to England.
Passes
Spear of the Nation
Boer War
Dingane
23. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Cape Town
Concentration Camps
Dingane
Voortrekkers
24. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Boer War
Johannesburg
Gold
25. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Khoikhoi
Boer War
Bantu Speaking Farmers
King Shaka
26. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;
Zulu
Dutch East India Company
Khoisan
Jan van Riebeeck
27. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
loemfontaine
Majuba
Jameson Raid
Migrant Labour
28. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Orange Free State
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Concentration Camps
Gold
29. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.
King Shaka
Lord Milner
loemfontaine
Cape Coloured
30. The British commander in the Boer War.
Khoikhoi
Cape Coloured
Lord Milner
Kitchener
31. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Migrant Labour
Spear of the Nation
Pretoria
Jameson Raid
32. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
Khoisan
Cape Town
South African Republic/Transvaal
Passes
33. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Migrant Labour
Gold
Johannesburg
Dingane
34. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Johannesburg
Dutch East India Company
Zuurveld
Difaqane
35. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850 - located along Orange river
Great Murder
Concentration Camps
Orange Free State
Barney Barnato
36. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Lord Milner
Johannesburg
Ncome/Blood River
Migrant Labour
37. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Xhosa
Hottentot Codes
Dingane
Concentration Camps
38. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Migrant Labour
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Ncome/Blood River
Battle of Vegkop
39. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
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40. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Sugar Industry
Barney Barnato
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Piet Retief
41. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Orange Free State
loemfontaine
Great Murder
Majuba
42. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.
Migrant Labour
Dingane
Lord Milner
Pretoria
43. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
San
Cape Coloured
Kitchener
Zulu
44. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Cape Coloured
Diamonds
South African Republic/Transvaal
loemfontaine
45. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Zuurveld
Great Murder
Paul Kruger
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
46. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Battle of Vegkop
Andries Pretorius
Lord Milner
Dingane
47. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.
Piet Retief
Difaqane
Cape Town
Great Murder
48. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
loemfontaine
Dingane
Boer War
Zuurveld
49. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Jameson Raid
Hottentot Codes
Cecil Rhodes
Zulu
50. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
San
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Great Murder
Paul Kruger