Slave legacy at the cape

Question 1

How long were slaves in the Cape for?

Answer 1

180 years

Question 2

Many slaves came from the _____.

Answer 2

East

Question 3

When is the Cape Minstrel Carnival celebrated?

Answer 3

02 January

Question 4

Traditional Cape Malay foods such as _____, ______ and ______ have become a special part of our culture.

Answer 4

Bobotie, bredies, samoosas.

Question 5

True or false:

The slaves and their descendants didn’t make any cultural contributions to Cape Town and the are around it.

Answer 5

False

The slaves and their descendants made enormous cultural contributions to Cape Town and the are around it.

Question 6

What language was created as the result of a mixture of Dutch, English, Arabic, German, Portuguese, French, Malay, Nguni and Khoisan?

DENGFRAMPK

Answer 6

Afrikaans.

Question 7

What is Afrikaans a mixture of?

Answer 7

Dutch, English, Arabic, German, Portuguese, French, Malay, Nguni and Khoisan. (DENGFRAMPK)

Question 8

What religion did the slaves leave behind as a legacy in the Cape?

Answer 8

Islam

Question 9

How did the Malay Muslim slaves practise their religion at first?

Answer 9

They had to practice is in secret.

Question 10

Fill in the blank.

In ____, a nobleman, ____ _____ of Makassar was sent to the Cape by the DEIC as a political prisoner.

Answer 10

1694

Sheik Yusuf

Question 11

How many ‘Imans’ did Sheik Yusuf bring with him to the Cape?

Answer 11

12

Question 12

Where did the first free Muslim slave buy property to build a mosque? What year was this?

Answer 12

Dorp Street in Cape Town, 1794.

Question 13

What skills did many slaves possess? (6)

Answer 13

Many slaves were skilled builders, cabinet-makers, plasterers, dressmakers, bricklayers and carpenters.