Section 1

Question 1

Look at the picture and answer the questions:

1. Identify the building.
2. Who built this building?
3. Why was it built?

Answer 1

1. The Castle
2. Jan van Riebeeck and the group of settlers who had arrived at the Cape.
3. It was built for protection and to show the indigenous people that the Dutch had settled in the Cape permanently.

Question 2

Examine the picture and answer the questions.

1. What does the painting show?

Answer 2

• The painting shows the meeting between Jan van Riebeeck and the indigenous people at the Cape.
• Jan van Riebeeck traded with the San for fresh meat for passing ships.

Question 3

Why did the Dutch come to the Cape?

Answer 3

• The Dutch East India Company sent them to the Cape to establish a refreshment station for passing ships on their way to trade in the East.

Question 4

Why was there conflict between the Dutch and the indigineous people (xhosas) of the Cape?

Answer 4

• The Xhosa believed that the land belonged to everyone and that cattle were a sign of wealth.
• It was not possible to keep cattle without good grazing land.
• The Dutch farmers regarded the land as their property.
• This led to conflict with the Xhosa.

Question 5

Name 2 countries where the slaves came from.

Answer 5

1. Angola
2. Malaysia

Question 6

How were slaves brought to the Cape?

Answer 6

• They were brought with slave ships.

Question 7

List 3 types of jobs slaves had to do.

Answer 7

1. Domestic work
2. Farming activities
3. Building

Question 8

How were slaves sold to the slave owners?

Answer 8

They were sold at auctions.

Question 9

Which religion did slaves bring to the Cape?

Answer 9

Islam

Question 10

What language developed from the slave’s interaction with the Dutch?

Answer 10

Afrikaans

Question 11

What were the Cape Dutch Settlers who first moved into the interior known as?

Answer 11

Trekboers

Question 12

Why did the Dutch decide to move inland?

Answer 12

1. To establish their independence.
2. To get away from British control.

Question 13

How did the settlers travel?

Answer 13

By ox wagon.

Question 14

List 3 similarities between the Eastern Cape frontier and the Northern Cape frontier.

Answer 14

1. Cattle keeping was the most important activity of local communities.
2. The indigineous people lost their land to other groups.
3. The British took control of both the Eastern Cape and the Northern Cape.

Question 15

List 3 differences between the Eastern Cape frontier and the Northern Cape frontier.

Answer 15

1. The E.C was inhabited by the Xhosa and the N.C by the Tswana.
2. British settlers came to the E.C, not to the N.C.
3. Main crop in E.C was maize. Main crop in the N.C was sorghum.

Question 16

Explain the difference between the Xhosa people’s attitude to land and the European people’s attitude to land.

Answer 16

• The Xhosa believed that land was for the use of all the people.
• European people brought their ideas about land all the way from Europe.
• Xhosa - people did not own land.
• Europeans believed that people could own property and buy and sell land.
• The chief of the village would give land to plant crops.
• It was important to the Europeans that all adult males own a farm.

Question 17

Describe 3 changes that missionaries and traders brought to the Tswana on the Northern Cape frontier area.

Answer 17

1. They changed the way of life and beliefs of the Tswana to get them to believe in God.
2. They encourage the Tswana to grow crops and become farmers.
3. They helped them with medicine when they were sick.