Zulu Kingdom 1
What did the Europeans call the continent of Africa
The dark continent
After his mother died, Shaka forbade (did not allow) anyone to drink this...
milk
What was the name of the Dutch settlement at the bottom of South Africa?
Cape Colony
Dingane
What was the name of the evil King of the Zulus under whose power 2 million Africans died?
Shaka
After his mother died, Shaka did not allow anyone to grow crops for this long
one year
What did the slaves do at Cape Colony?
Helped the Dutch run their farms
What did Dingane demand happen to the Boers?
He ordered them to be put to death.
What kind of weapon did Shaka make his warriors use?
short stabbing spears
What did the British do that angered many Boers?
outlawed slavery
What did the Boers call their new settlement?
Natal
What did they name the trading post that the two English merchants built?
Durban
In what year did the campaign of the crushing begin?
1818
What was the journey called when the Boers left Cape Colony on into the unknown depths of Africa?
the Great Trek
The British claimed two other nations from the Boers too. What were they?
The Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic
In what year did the 2 English merchants land in South Africa and ask to build the trading post?
1824
Shaka's terrible war campaign which lasted 10 years was known as "The Crushing" in English. What was the African name?
the mfecane
How many Boers left Cape Colony between 1835 and 1843?
ten thousand
What was the name of the battle where the river turned red?
The Battle of Blood River