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World History: South Africa

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1. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.






2. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.






3. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region






4. Leader of Boer resistance to British in late 1870s and 1880s.






5. 1895 - British raid into Transvaal led by Dr. Jameson - supported by Cecil Rhodes. Defeated by Afrikaners.






6. Senior British official in the cape - initiated the Boer War.






7. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890






8. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.






9. Established Dutch trade base in 1652;






10. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'

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11. Militaristic and semi-nomadic tribe in Natal. Resisted Boer and British rule.






12. Voortrekkers and black allies fight Ndebele people 1836






13. Businessman made fortune in diamonds through monopoly; would later become imperialist Prime Minister in 1890






14. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.






15. Afrikaners choosing to trek inland rather than be subjected to English rule. Moved in areas vacated during the Difaqane






16. Blacks would go to cities on short contracts. System kept wages low - and separated race.






17. Site where Boer resistance defeated the British in 1881.






18. Racial mix of Dutch settlers (Afrikaner) and Khoikhoi (African)






19. Black Skinned group of herders and farmers; moved to South Africa in about 400 CE. Could defeat Khoisan using iron and being stronger.






20. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.






21. Capital of Boer state 'Orange Free State.' Captured within a year of the war.






22. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.






23. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.






24. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.






25. The name of the Voortrekker settlement at the site of the 'Great Murder.'

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26. Center of gold industry in South Africa - also largest city.






27. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.






28. The British commander in the Boer War.






29. Used to track control movement of Blacks in white towns.






30. Discovered in South Africa in 1867 - source of significant wealth and economic interest for the region






31. Zulu leader after King Shaka; Orders Piet Retief and other Voortrekkers killed.






32. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.






33. Leader of 500 Dutch to avenge murders of Voortrekkers






34. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out






35. 'Scattering of Peoples' The result of Zulu attacks on Natives - who fled inland.






36. Capital of the Boer 'South African Republic.' Captured within a year of the war.






37. The British commander in the Boer War.






38. Laws requiring Khoikhoi to carry passes in order to work on white farms.






39. Voortrekker leader tried to settle in Natal; killed by Zulus in 1838






40. Sites where Boer women and children were kept. 28000 died of disease - along with thousands of blacks.






41. Natives in the Zuurveld; tougher enemy than Khoisan - being better armed and more resistant to disease.






42. The English translation of the ANC name for its underground guerrilla network - 'Umkhonto we Sizwe'






43. Discovered in South Africa in 1886. Richest gold mines in the world produced economic booms and grew Johannesburg into large city






44. One of two Boer states in the interior by 1850






45. The term used by some Afrikaners to refer to the killings of Feb. 17 - 1838.






46. Brown Skinned ethnic group; occupied South Africa for over 2000 years. Two groups- San and Khoikhoi






47. The dates - respectively - of the killings ordered by Dingane of Piet Retief's party and another group of almost 300 Voortrekkers.






48. The result of European imperialism. Countries attempting to gain control of Africa and its wealth.






49. Dominated diamond industry along with Rhodes until 1888 - when bought out






50. Zulu chief and military leader; conquered a lot of land around the Tugela and Pongola Rivers. Murdered in 1828 and succeeded by Dingane.