Early History
19th century history
Early 20th century
People
Miscellaneous
100
Bartholomew Dias
Who was the first European to travel around the southern tip of Africa?
100
The Great Trek
What is the journey the Boers made during the period 1835-1840 into the interior of South Africa?
100
Boer War
What is the conflict between the British and the Boers over diamonds and gold between 1899 and 1902?
100
Hendrik Vervoerd
Who is considered the architect of Apartheid?
100
Umkhonto we Sizwe
What is the armed wing of the ANC?
200
Netherlands/Holland
What nation founded the Cape Colony in 1652
200
Mohandas Gandhi
Who is the Indian independence leader who worked in the Transvaal during the late 19th century?
200
Apartheid
What is the policy of "Apartness" or separation of races in South Africa as of 1948?
200
Nelson Mandela
Who is the South African leader who was imprisoned for 27 years at Robben Island and eventually led the country to independence?
200
Sharpeville Massacre
What is the 1960 sslaughter of South Africans protesting pass books?
300
Great Britain
What nation seized the Cape Colony from the Dutch in 1795?
300
Gold and diamonds
What our key resources the British wanted to exploit in South Africa?
300
Afrikaner
What is another name for the Dutch or Boers?
300
Oliver Tambo
Who is one of the key ANC leaders?
300
I am prepared to die
What is the speech that Mandela gave before he was imprisoned for 27 years?
400
Shaka Zulu
What is fierce African tribe who actively fought the Boers in the 19th century?
400
African National Congress
What is the name of black South African political organization founded in 1912 to fight discrimination?
400
Walter Sisulu
Who is one of the key ANC leaders?
400
Robben Island
What is the prison where Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years?
500
The Boers
What is the nickname for South Africans of Dutch heritage?
500
1948
What is the year that the National Party came to power/
500
Steve Biko
Who is the key South African resistance leader who led the freedom struggle after Mandela was imprisoned?
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