4553116495 | Boers | Dutch settlers in South Africa | 0 | |
4553116496 | The Great Trek | Boers move north and establish the Orange Free State and Transvaal | 1 | |
4562170835 | Zulus (Shakas) | Shaka united the nation, Zulus also battled the Boers | 2 | |
4562172334 | The Boer War | war that lasted from 1899-1902, guerrila fighting btwn Boers and British, British won | 3 | |
4562172335 | The Orange Free State | the names of the independent boers republics in south africa | 4 | |
4562173518 | Transvaal | geographic term associated with land north of the Vaal river in modern-day South Africa | 5 | |
4562173519 | Afrikaners | people native to South Africa, from Dutch settlers They traditionally dominated South Africa's agriculture and politics prior to 1994. | 6 | |
4562193028 | Apartheid | a legal separation of the majority black population from the minority white race in South Africa the entire country was segregated for 50 years | 7 | |
4562174864 | Separteness | there were the whites and the blacks in seperate | 8 | |
4562174865 | ANC | The African National Congress supported boycotts and strikes to bring attention to apartheid the government cracked down on the organization's activities and imprisoned many followers | 9 | |
4562174866 | Boycott | a protest with reasoning hurt the economy, forced the government to impose a state of emergency | 10 | |
4562176374 | Bantustans | the people who spoke Bantu Separate tribal states for Africans. Purpose was to support the apartheid. | 11 | |
4562177514 | The Sharpsville Masacre | massacre where the police killed many demonstrators led to a strike led by the Africans after the government outlawed the ANC and cracked down on groups that opposed apartheid | 12 | |
4562183451 | The Soweto Uprising | people opposing the apartheid and the police backfiring them, two people died catalyst to other uprisings | 13 | |
4562183452 | Economic Sanctions | other outside nations did not want to do business with South Africa | 14 | |
4562184956 | O.A.U. | Organization of African Unity, promoted cooperation among members, supported independence and sough peaceful settlements of disputes | 15 | |
4562186485 | F.W. de Klerk | president of South Africa who released Mandela from prison in 1990 | 16 | |
4562186561 | Nelson Mandela | part of the ANC, in jail from 1962-1990, helped bring an end to the apartheid, won a Nobel Peace Prize | 17 |
Africa - Apartheid in South Africa Flashcards
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