South afrika

Question 1

homelands

Answer 1

places where black people where send so they would not be living among the white

Question 2

free burghers

Answer 2

people who wanted to break free from English

Question 3

rand rebellion

Answer 3

people where payed only 5% if they were black

Question 4

grouo areas act

Answer 4

only people of a skin colour could live in a certain place

Question 5

freedom charter

Answer 5

demands from ANC

Question 6

Mfecane

Answer 6

een periode van chaos en onrust in Zuidelijk Afrika tussen 1815 en circa 1835. shaka de leader of the zulu heeft meer groepen samen gebracht met geweld. uiteindelijk kwamen er nederlanders op zijn pad. deze heeft hij vermoord ondanks dat ze hun hebben geholpen. dit leiden tot de battle of blood river.

Question 7

bitter enders

Answer 7

boeren wouden transvaal niet opgeven en vochten tot het bittere einde.

Question 8

townships.

Answer 8

kleine buitenwijken in slechte staat. dit zijn overblijfselen van apartheid.

Question 9

What associations do the Boer names for South Africa’s original inhabitants have
in the Netherlands? Why do you think that is so?

Answer 9

Negative as long as they did not interfere. At best as slaves or servant. Because
of the idea of racial superiority. Natives were seen as uncivilized.

Question 10

How were the peoples of Zimbabwe different from the tribes around what is now
the Cape Province

Answer 10

hey created a city-based civilization, an empire even

Question 11

. How did Europe’s struggle with Islam influence exploration of Africa?

Answer 11

he Europeans were looking for an alternative route to trade with the rich East

Question 12

Settlers wanted to:

Answer 12

• have access to grasslands beyond
• trade with the khoi
• own property

Question 13

Heeren Zeventien wanted:

Answer 13

keep control over them, stay within colony

• no trade with the khoi
• all to be controlled by and propery of the company

Question 14

when fitst trek

Answer 14

1700

Question 15

when did the british take over the cape colony ?

Answer 15

1815 vienna congress

Question 16

Who were the Xhosa, what did the Boere call them and why were they ‘in the
way’?

Answer 16

A migrating cluster of cattle farming tribes pushing south. Kaffers. They
both wanted the grazing lands (more or less the same lifestyle).

Question 17

What happened to Piet Retief and how did the Boers retaliate? How does this live
on in Afrikaner folklore?

Answer 17

Bumped into the Zulu and got killed. Battle of Blood

River. Great monument, commemorated – example of ‘laager mentality’.

Question 18

Why did the British fail to bring the young Afrikaner Republics under their rule?

Answer 18

Lack of money, lack of interest

Question 19

When did the British renew their interest in the South African Republics

Answer 19

diamonds were found near Kimberley.

Question 20

Cecil Rhodes was someone who:

Answer 20

A brilliant businessman who used his money to go into politics.

Question 21

jamesom raid

Answer 21

An act of aggression by individuals against a country;

Question 22

why did the british won the boer was

Answer 22

Concentration camps, scorched
earth, blockhouses across the country, more economic and industrial power by
British, Boers were outnumbered, natives returning to their lands when Boers
were out fighting

Question 23

at the behinning og the 20th centyry

Answer 23

some coloured groups protested violently, some protested quietly and some
did not protest at all;

Question 24

The Indian workers:

Answer 24

stayed on in South Africa and became an enterprising middle class,
demanding civil rights

Question 25

After Union

Answer 25

he Boers ruled until Mandela became President;

Question 26

4. The Boers tied the Africans to their land through

Answer 26

A. the laws that said Africans could not move around the country freely; B. the share-cropping system that kept most Africans in deep debt; C. both the above.

Question 27

he colour bar in industry in the early 20th century meant that:

Answer 27

The Africans had lower wages than the ‘Poor whites’ and they did not have the right to form a union.

Question 28

The Homelands were

Answer 28

already poor farm lands which deteriorated even further when the Africans were drawn in to work in industry;

Question 29

Describe what factors contributed to the rise of shanty-towns.

Answer 29

Black Africans were forced to ‘their’ Homelands. Their labour was still needed in industries in cities so townships sprung up.

Question 30

Who formed the link between South Africa and the later League of Nations?

Answer 30

Smuts

Question 31

What were the causes of the Rand revolution

Answer 31

affirmative action

Question 32

What was the Afrikaner Broederbond and what were its aims?

Answer 32

A secret, exclusively male and white Protestant organization in South Africa dedicated to the advancement of Afrikaner interests. The group intended to counter the dominance of British culture and interests and the English language.

Question 33

How did Gandhi’s fight for Indian independence influence post World War II South Africa?

Answer 33

Gandhi showed injustice of imperial British rule. After WW2 more countries gained independence. Self- determination of countries was ‘in’. Discrimination based on race was ‘out’ so SA was seen as a bully and became a pariah.

Question 34

When did Apartheid become an official SA policy?

Answer 34

1948. Nasionale Partij came into power.

Question 35

How did arresting and / or banning the ANC leadership cause more problems than solve them?

Answer 35

many of those arrested or banned had actually been against violence, and those left were not experienced in managing big crowds, so black protest came adrift

Question 36

In his ‘ Wind of Change’ speech

Answer 36

British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan denounced apartheid and made it clear Britain would rather support the large black majority in Africa than the small white minority.

Question 37

The Western European en American protests against Sun City focused on:

Answer 37

b. convincing artists they should join the cultural boycott of South Africa

Question 38

In 1976, schoolchildren in South Africa started to riot:

Answer 38

against the quality and nature of their education, specifically the use of Afrikaans in a number of subjects

Question 39

steve Biko was put in jail:

Answer 39

and was murdered without even having been charged or put on trial

Question 40

6. Chief Buthulezi:

Answer 40

surprisingly wanted `Mandela freed as much as `Mandela wanted him to take part in negotiations, despite all their differences