Know your Z's
Which nationalist group was lead by Joshua Nkomo?
Zapu
Who was the lead figure in the initial colonization of Zimbabwe?
Cecil Rhodes
What are two of the names for this conflict besides the Rhodesian Bush War? How long did it last?
Rhodesian Civil War
Second Chimurenga War
Zimbabwe War of Independence
1964-1979
Who took the office of prime minister of Zimbabwe following the end of white minority rule? Which party did they lead? When?
Robert Mugabe
Zanu
1980
What was the name of the initial company set up by Cecil Rhodes? When did it become self governing?
BSAC
British South Africa Company
1923
Which group ultimately absorbed the other, becoming the single ruling party? Who was the leader of the party?
ZANU
Robert Mugabe
What was the name of the act that was used to force native Africans on to less desirable land?
Land Apportionment Act of 1930
What was the method of controlling settlements to separate rural populations from guerrilla groups to prevent gaining recruits and supported?
Protected Villages
What was the opposition party to Mugabe formed in 1999?
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
What was the name of the federation formed between Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953 to maintain stronger white minority rule?
CAF
Central African Federation
What are the armed wings of the two primary nationalist groups?
Which countries supported each with weapons?
ZIPRA and ZANLA
USSR and China
What was the name of the act that set up two different prices for an important local crop based on if it was farmed by whites or native Africans?
Maize Control Act
What is the name of the military engagement in 1966 that is considered the first battle of the war?
Battle of Sinoia
The system in Zimbabwe where the president acts as both the Head of State and the Head of Government
Executive Presidency
What was the process/statement of Southern Rhodesia breaking off from Great Britain called? When was it declared?
Unilateral Declaration of Independence
1965
What was the name of the massacres the party merger intended to stop?
Gukurahandi
What year did the BASC split off from the British to form a self governing colony? What was that colony known as?
1923
Southern Rhodesia
What was the name of the agreement that effectively ended the war and laid the path for an independent Zimbabwe government?
Lancaster House Agreement of 1979
What was the primary cause of failure of the reintegration movement?
Land seizures from white land owners
What was the name of the first significant black nationalist group led by Joshua Nkomo?
SRANC
Southern Rhodesia African National Congress
What was the name of the accord signed by Mugabe and Nkomo? When was this?
Unity accord
1987
What was the act that replaced the land apportionment act of 1930?
Land Tenure Act
What is the name of the agreement made between Ian Smith and African nationalist leaders to try to reach an agreement about the political future of the government?
Internal Settlement
What was the first major electoral defeat of Robert Mugabe, limiting presidential powers and allowed land seizures?
2000 constitutional referendum
What is the name of the economic strategy adopted by the Zimbabwe government that ultimately failed causing high unemployment, inflation, and declining living standards?
ESAP
Economic Structural Adjustment Programme