Unit 2: Topic 3: Expansion and Relations with Indigenous Peoples in South Africa (excluding Cape Colony)

Question 1

When was Cecil Rhodes Prime Minister of the Cape Colony?

Answer 1

1890-1896

Question 2

What was the name of Cecil Rhodes’s company, when was it chartered and where did it operate?

Answer 2

British South Africa Company- 1889. Operated in South Africa- Cape Colony, Transvaal, Natal etc.

Question 3

When did the British government claim a protectorate over Nyasaland due to commercial and missionary activity, naming it the Central Africa Protectorate?

Answer 3

1889

Question 4

When did the British South Africa company establish rule over the Central African Protectorate (Nyasaland) after Portuguese backed Arab attacks initially preventing them?

Answer 4

1891

Question 5

When did indigenous resistance through Guerrilla Warefare end in The Central African Protectorate (Nyasaland)

Answer 5

1897

Question 6

When was the Central African Protectorate ceded from Rhodes British South Africa Company and renamed Nyasaland?

Answer 6

1907

Question 7

Who was teh ruler of the Matabele?

Answer 7

King Lobengula

Question 8

Which agreement did King Lobengula sign after coersion from Dr Leander Starr Jameson and Reverened Helm and when?

Answer 8

Rudd Concession- 1888

Question 9

Who coerced King Lobengula into signing the Rudd Concession?

Answer 9

Dr Leander Starr Jameson and Reverened Helm

Question 10

When did Jameson lead a pioneer column to find a route through Matabeleland and annex Mashonaland and how long was the route?

Answer 10

• 1890
• 400 miles

Question 11

When was Jameson appointed administrator of Mashonaland?

Answer 11

1891

Question 12

Who lived in Mashonaland?

Answer 12

The Shona people

Question 13

When did the 1st Matablele war begin after Lobengula launched a full scale brutal invasion of Mashonaland and end?

Answer 13

July 1893-1894

Question 14

How many soldiers were in Lobengulas army and how many were in the British South Africa Company Army?

Answer 14

• Lobengula- 80,000 men, 60,000 armed with only spears
• BritishSouth Africa Company- 1,000 soldiers

Question 15

How many Matabele were killed by Maxim guns in the November 1893 battle with the Matabele in the First Matabele war compared to British men?

Answer 15

• 1,500 Matabele killed
• 4 British

Question 16

When was Lobengulas death announced and Matabeleland annexed by the British South Africa Company?

Answer 16

1894

Question 17

When was Jameson appointed hte first administrator of Matabeleland?

Answer 17

1895

Question 18

When were Matabeleland and Mashonaland given the title of Rhodesia by the BSAC and when was this title recognised by the British government?

Answer 18

• 1895- British South Africa Company recognised
• 1898- British government

Question 19

Who led the 2nd Matabele war?

Answer 19

Spiritual leader Mlimo

Question 20

When was the 2nd Matabele war?

Answer 20

March 1896- October 1897

Question 21

How many were in the Matabele army in the 2nd Matabele war and where were their strongholds where most of the fighting took place?

Answer 21

• 50,000
• Matabo Hills

Question 22

What was the mounted patrol set up by settlers to rescue other settlers and fight th eMatabele and who was a notable member?

Answer 22

• Bulawayo Field Force
• Colonel Robert Baden Powell