RSA

Question 1

Motto

Answer 1

!ke e: !xarra IIke = Unity in Diversity

Question 2

Capitals

Answer 2

Pretoria (executive) Bloemfontein (judicial) Cape Town (Legislative)

Question 3

Largest city

Answer 3

Johannesburg

Question 4

Ethnic divisions

Answer 4

79.5 % Black 9% White 9% Coloured 2.5% Asian

Question 5

Type of gvt

Answer 5

Constitutional parliamentary republic

Question 6

President

Answer 6

Jacob Zuma

Question 7

Deputy President

Answer 7

Kgalema Motlanthe

Question 8

National Assembly speaker

Answer 8

Max Sisulu

Question 9

Chief Justice

Answer 9

Mogoeng Mogoeng

Question 10

Currency

Answer 10

Rand (ZAR)

Question 11

Population

Answer 11

~50 million

Question 12

Parliament

Answer 12

Upper House: National Council of Provinces. Lower House: National Assembly

Question 13

Independence from UK

Answer 13

Union: 31 May 1910. Statute of Westminster: 11/12/1931. Republic: 31/05/1961

Question 14

Oldest Archeological and human fossil sites

Answer 14

Cradle of Humankind

Question 15

1487

Answer 15

Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias became first European to reach southern Africa. Dec. 4th landed at Walfisch Bay

Question 16

1652

Answer 16

Jan van Riebeeck established a refreshment station in the Cape of Good Hope, to become Cape Town for the Dutch East India Company

Question 17

Cape Frontier Wars

Answer 17

Dutch settlers expanding east met migrating Xhosa people in the Fish River region. Wars fought over land and livestock.

Question 18

Anglo-Boer War

Answer 18

Boers and British fought over control of SA’s mineral wealth, i.e. diamonds in the 19th C

Question 19

Boers

Answer 19

original Dutch, Flemish, German, and French settlers

Question 20

1806

Answer 20

Cape Town became a British colony

Question 21

1795

Answer 21

British take over Cape of Good Hope area to prevent it from becoming French

Question 22

1803

Answer 22

British returned Cape Town to the Dutch, but DEIC soon declared bankruptcy

Question 23

1807

Answer 23

Slave Trade Act by Brit Parliament

Question 24

1833

Answer 24

Slavery Abolition Act

Question 25

1867

Answer 25

Discovery of Diamonds

Question 26

1884

Answer 26

discovery of gold

Question 27

Mineral Revolution

Answer 27

discovery of diamonds and gold increased econ. growth and immigration. Intensified European-SAn subjugation of indigenous people

Question 28

First Boer war

Answer 28

1880-1881 guerrilla warfare, boer republics resisted British encroachments

Question 29

Second Boer War

Answer 29

1899-1902 British returned in greater numbers anmd new strategy, were successful despite attrition.

Question 30

Apartheid

Answer 30

Legally institutionalized segregation, three racial classes, white, coloured, and black.

Question 31

1994

Answer 31

First universal elections, African National Congress won by an overwhelming majority and has been in power ever since.