The Anglo Boer War

Question 1

Civilians

Answer 1

People not in the army

Question 2

Commandos (2)

Answer 2

Fighting unit of boers.

Part time soldiers

Question 3

Exile

Answer 3

Person is forced to live in another country due to political reasons

Question 4

Mortality rates

Answer 4

Number of people that die in a country out of 1000

Question 5

Sabotage

Answer 5

Deliberately destroy machines, equipment or anything helpful to enemy soldiers

Question 6

Scorched-eartg policy

Answer 6

Destroy animals, houses, crops or anything useful to enemy soldiers

Question 7

Siege

Answer 7

When armed forces surround an enemy town and try to force them to surrender by not allowing people with food or water into the town

Question 8

Which 2 areas did the british rule?

Answer 8

The cape

Natal

Question 9

Which two ares did the boers control

Answer 9

Transvaal

Orange Free-State

Question 10

Why is there “Orange” in orange free state?

Answer 10

Because orange is the dutch national colour

Question 11

How many people were involved in the war

Answer 11

Half a million

Question 12

Were all of the people involved soldiers?

Answer 12

No, some were ordinary people

Question 13

What caused the war

Answer 13

The British wanting control of the gold mines of SA- one of the 2 boer republics

Question 14

What was used the first time in warefare?

Answer 14

Concentration camps

Question 15

What did many people become?

Answer 15

Refugees

Question 16

What is a refugee.

Answer 16

A person who has been forced to leave a country due to war

Question 17

Was the Anglo Boer war the first war?

Answer 17

No

Question 18

When was the first war and what happened?

Answer 18

In 1877 the British annexed the south African republic. The war was in 1881

Question 19

When did Paul Kruger lead his people to independence?

Answer 19

1881

Question 20

How long was he president

Answer 20

1883-1900

Question 21

What did the ZAR import in order to be more prepared for another war?

Answer 21

They Imported guns and rifles from Europe

Question 22

What did the republic sign with the Orange Free State in order for them to help each other during war?

Answer 22

A treaty

Question 23

When did the British begin to interfere again?

Answer 23

When Gold was discovered

Question 24

True or false. British citizens outnumbered boers?

Answer 24

True

Question 25

What did the British government realize could happen if the British were allowed to vote?

Answer 25

They would be able to replace the Boer government with a government that was friendly to british

Question 26

Was Paul Kruger prepared to allow this voting?

Answer 26

No

Question 27

What was the starting point of the war?

Answer 27

The Jameson Raid

Question 28

What were the foreigners called

Answer 28

Uitlanders

Question 29

What di the british want (2)

Answer 29

More economic and political rights

Question 30

What type of ideas did Cecil John Rohdes have

Answer 30

Imperialistic ideas

Question 31

How big did he want to expand britain

Answer 31

From the Cape to Cairo

Question 32

Who was the Jameson Raid Led By ?

Answer 32

Dr Leander Starr Jameson

Question 33

When did the Jameson Raid Happen?

Answer 33

29th December 1895

Question 34

Was the raid well Planned

Answer 34

No

Question 35

Who arrested the uitlanders

Answer 35

General Piet Cronje

Question 36

Where were they forced to surrender?

Answer 36

In Krugersdorp

Question 37

How many phases of the war were there

Answer 37

3

Question 38

How long did the First Phase last

Answer 38

1 yr

Question 39

What was the boer army called

Answer 39

Commandos

Question 40

What were the boers 3 advantages

Answer 40

Good horseback riding skills Knew the terrain Skilled in shooting

Question 41

Which boers fought in the war

Answer 41

Fathers and sons

Question 42

How many boers fought

Answer 42

52 000

Question 43

What were Britain's disadvantages (2)

Answer 43

Did not know the land | Very slow moving

Question 44

Had all the British troops arrived yet?

Answer 44

No

Question 45

True or false. The boers wanted to ein and get the Brits to agree to peace terms in the boers favour?

Answer 45

True

Question 46

What tactic did the boers use in the first phase?

Answer 46

isolation

Question 47

Where did the 3 major sieges take place?

Answer 47

Kimberly, ladysmith, mafikeng

Question 48

What was this week known as to the british and when?

Answer 48

The Black week in December 1899

Question 49

Where were the british defeated (3)

Answer 49

Colenso Stromberg Magersfontein

Question 50

What happened in the second pahse

Answer 50

The british troops arrived

Question 51

Who were the british led by? (2)

Answer 51

Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts

Question 52

True or false. The british army was larger than the boers?

Answer 52

True

Question 53

Where was general Piet Cronje and 4 000 forced to surrender?

Answer 53

Paardeberg

Question 54

Which city was also captured

Answer 54

Pretoria

Question 55

Did the british know the spirit of the Boers?

Answer 55

No

Question 56

When and where did Paul Kruger go into exile

Answer 56

In august 1900 in Switzerland

Question 57

Which warefare was used in the third phase

Answer 57

Guerrilla Warfare

Question 58

Was this the most important phase?

Answer 58

Yes

Question 59

Which tactics did they use? (2)

Answer 59

Surprise attacks | Sabotage

Question 60

Which sabotage tactics did they use (2)

Answer 60

Cut wires | Blew up railway lines

Question 61

Who escaped from the boers

Answer 61

Christian de Wet

Question 62

What did the british build in order to stop Movement of Boers

Answer 62

Blockhouses

Question 63

What were the blockhouses made of? (2)

Answer 63

Corrigated iron | Stone

Question 64

How many blockhouses were there by 1902

Answer 64

10 000

Question 65

What was destroyed during the scorched earth policy?

Answer 65

Crops | Lovestock

Question 66

Where did they move the blacks, wives and children to

Answer 66

Concentration camps

Question 67

Did children and wives fight in the war?

Answer 67

No

Question 68

What did the wives do (5)

Answer 68

Dressed as men Wrote to press to stop war and for independence Helped with supplies and medical services Looked after farms Spied

Question 69

How were the conditions in the camps? Give two example

Answer 69

They were terrible. There wasn no sanitation and children died of malnutrition

Question 70

Which british female tried to improve the conditions

Answer 70

Emily Hobhouse

Question 71

What was the main purpose of concentration camps?

Answer 71

To stop people from helping the boers

Question 72

How many black camps were there?

Answer 72

40

Question 73

How many white camps were there?

Answer 73

60 (116 000)

Question 74

When did the boers sign the Treaty of Vereeniging

Answer 74

31 may 1902

Question 75

What did they have to accept

Answer 75

British rule and losing there independence

Question 76

Who were the bittereinders

Answer 76

The people who did not give up

Question 77

Who were the joiners

Answer 77

The people who gave up

Question 78

What did the blacks think of this war

Answer 78

Ghey said it was a "white man's war"

Question 79

Did the blacks side on one side

Answer 79

No

Question 80

What did the blacks that sided with the british work as (4)

Answer 80

Spies Stretcher-bearers Drivers Labourers

Question 81

How were the black affected by the war?

Answer 81

Their farms and villages were distroyed

Question 82

Were they affected by the scorched earth policy

Answer 82

Yes

Question 83

How many blacks died in the war

Answer 83

15 000

Question 84

Who did most blacks support at the beginning of the war and why.

Answer 84

They supported the british because they thought the brits would help them achieve equality

Question 85

Did they get equality

Answer 85

No

Question 86

Were the Blacks allowed to Vote?

Answer 86

No

Question 87

What is a blockhouse

Answer 87

A building where brits guard surrounding areas