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World History: South Africa
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1. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Paul Kruger
Sugar Industry
Khoikhoi
Zuurveld
2. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Orange Free State
Jameson Raid
Battle of Vegkop
loemfontaine
3. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Barney Barnato
Kitchener
Zulu
Bantu Speaking Farmers
4. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890
Majuba
Cecil Rhodes
Concentration Camps
Khoikhoi
5. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Diamonds
Voortrekkers
Difaqane
Khoisan
6. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.
Great Murder
Hottentot Codes
Xhosa
Difaqane
7. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
King Shaka
Scramble for Africa
Dutch East India Company
Concentration Camps
8. Khoisan group; known for hunting. Also called 'Bushmen'
Battle of Vegkop
Khoikhoi
San
Hottentot Codes
9. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
Sugar Industry
Piet Retief
Jan van Riebeeck
South African Republic/Transvaal
10. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Cape Coloured
Lord Milner
Voortrekkers
Barney Barnato
11. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out
Ncome/Blood River
Kitchener
Kitchener
Barney Barnato
12. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Battle of Vegkop
Cape Coloured
Orange Free State
South African Republic/Transvaal
13. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836
loemfontaine
Great Murder
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Battle of Vegkop
14. Site of December 16 - 1838 battle where 500 Boers defeated 10000 Zulus - killing 3000
Ncome/Blood River
King Shaka
Cape Town
Voortrekkers
15. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Majuba
Xhosa
Pretoria
Cape Coloured
16. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.
Cape Coloured
Concentration Camps
Majuba
Cape Town
17. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.
Scramble for Africa
Diamonds
Zuurveld
Xhosa
18. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
19. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Cape Town
Dutch East India Company
Xhosa
Jameson Raid
20. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Cape Town
Andries Pretorius
King Shaka
Orange Free State
21. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Scramble for Africa
Great Murder
Hottentot Codes
Zulu
22. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.
Dingane
Orange Free State
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Paul Kruger
23. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.
Hottentot Codes
Cape Town
Concentration Camps
Orange Free State
24. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Lord Milner
Cecil Rhodes
Paul Kruger
Dingane
25. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.
Jan van Riebeeck
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Cape Town
King Shaka
26. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Scramble for Africa
Khoisan
Spear of the Nation
Zulu
27. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'
Bantu Speaking Farmers
Lord Milner
Xhosa
Spear of the Nation
28. Dutch company with trade interest in Asia; set up base to resupply trade ships
Battle of Vegkop
King Shaka
Khoisan
Dutch East India Company
29. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
loemfontaine
Orange Free State
Johannesburg
Majuba
30. Khoisan group; known for herding cattle. Also called 'Hottentots'
Jameson Raid
Spear of the Nation
Khoikhoi
Sugar Industry
31. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.
Boer War
Dutch East India Company
Kitchener
Zulu
32. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.
Migrant Labour
Battle of Vegkop
Great Murder
Lord Milner
33. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.
Lord Milner
Boer War
Voortrekkers
Dingane
34. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.
Jameson Raid
Ncome/Blood River
Johannesburg
Piet Retief
35. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.
Scramble for Africa
February 6 & 17 - 1838
Zulu
Great Murder
36. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Town
Gold
Difaqane
37. Between 1860 and 1900 - British set up plantations in Natal. Had to bring workers from India.
Sugar Industry
Great Murder
Dutch East India Company
Difaqane
38. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers
Piet Retief
Orange Free State
Andries Pretorius
Diamonds
39. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region
Paul Kruger
Gold
Diamonds
Barney Barnato
40. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)
Spear of the Nation
Diamonds
Cape Coloured
King Shaka
41. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.
Dingane
Cecil Rhodes
Passes
Pretoria
42. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850
South African Republic/Transvaal
Paul Kruger
Andries Pretorius
Hottentot Codes
43. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838
South African Republic/Transvaal
Gold
Jan van Riebeeck
Piet Retief
44. Originally Dutch stopping point; founded by van Riebeeck in 1652
Jan van Riebeeck
Andries Pretorius
Piet Retief
Cape Town
45. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'
46. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.
Scramble for Africa
Khoikhoi
Dingane
Khoisan
47. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.
Concentration Camps
Battle of Vegkop
Majuba
King Shaka
48. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.
Jan van Riebeeck
Ncome/Blood River
Johannesburg
Great Murder
49. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi
Khoisan
Dutch East India Company
Xhosa
Jameson Raid
50. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.
Paul Kruger
Dingane
Weenen/ 'The Place of Weeping'
Migrant Labour