General Info
The mineral discovered in South Africa, which lead to the rapid economic increase of the country.
What are diamonds?
This general group of people had their rights violated and land stolen
Who are the Native South Africans
Out of the four mines, this one was the deepest
What is the Kimberley Mine
Diamond miners used these two methods to extract diamonds
What is dry-digging and river-digging
This group benefited economically from the mineral revolution while many native South Africans faced exploitation.
Who are the English and the Boers
This resource was commonly excavated in the Witwatersrand mine
What is gold?
Diamond mine workers made this amount of money per week
What are ten shillings?
The process of reaching an industrial economy took other nations at least a century, while it took South Africa this amount of time.
What is thirty years?
The Kimberley Mine ran this deep during the 1800s
What is 230 feet?
European mine owners created this corporation of mines, and "recruited" native South Africans to work in them.
What is the WNLA
During the mineral revolution, South Africa saw a great influx of _____ moving into the country for work
This mechanism allowed workers to get in and out of the mines
What is a pulley?
Boers referred to native workers using this word
What are magodukas?
This group of people lost a great amount of their farm land due to English expansion, and was forced into working in the Witwatersrand mines
Who are the Tswana?
The number of Black workers that worked in the Kimberley Mine
What is 3,500?