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Civilians

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People not in the army

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Commandos (2)

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Fighting unit of boers.

Part time soldiers

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3
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Exile

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

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4
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Mortality rates

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Number of people that die in a country out of 1000

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Sabotage

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Deliberately destroy machines, equipment or anything helpful to enemy soldiers

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Scorched-eartg policy

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

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Siege

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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

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8
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Which 2 areas did the british rule?

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The cape

Natal

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9
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Which two ares did the boers control

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Transvaal

Orange Free-State

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Why is there “Orange” in orange free state?

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Because orange is the dutch national colour

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11
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How many people were involved in the war

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Half a million

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12
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Were all of the people involved soldiers?

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No, some were ordinary people

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13
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What caused the war

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

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14
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What was used the first time in warefare?

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Concentration camps

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15
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What did many people become?

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Refugees

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16
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What is a refugee.

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

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17
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Was the Anglo Boer war the first war?

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No

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18
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When was the first war and what happened?

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

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19
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When did Paul Kruger lead his people to independence?

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1881

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20
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How long was he president

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1883-1900

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21
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What did the ZAR import in order to be more prepared for another war?

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They Imported guns and rifles from Europe

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22
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What did the republic sign with the Orange Free State in order for them to help each other during war?

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A treaty

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23
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When did the British begin to interfere again?

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When Gold was discovered

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24
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True or false. British citizens outnumbered boers?

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True

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25
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What did the British government realize could happen if the British were allowed to vote?

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

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26
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Was Paul Kruger prepared to allow this voting?

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No

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27
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What was the starting point of the war?

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The Jameson Raid

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28
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What were the foreigners called

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Uitlanders

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29
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What di the british want (2)

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More economic and political rights

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30
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What type of ideas did Cecil John Rohdes have

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Imperialistic ideas

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31
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How big did he want to expand britain

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From the Cape to Cairo

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32
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Who was the Jameson Raid Led By ?

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Dr Leander Starr Jameson

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33
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When did the Jameson Raid Happen?

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29th December 1895

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34
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Was the raid well Planned

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No

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35
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Who arrested the uitlanders

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General Piet Cronje

36
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Where were they forced to surrender?

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In Krugersdorp

37
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How many phases of the war were there

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3

38
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How long did the First Phase last

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1 yr

39
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What was the boer army called

A

Commandos

40
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What were the boers 3 advantages

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Good horseback riding skills
Knew the terrain
Skilled in shooting

41
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Which boers fought in the war

A

Fathers and sons

42
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How many boers fought

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52 000

43
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What were Britain’s disadvantages (2)

A

Did not know the land

Very slow moving

44
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Had all the British troops arrived yet?

A

No

45
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True or false. The boers wanted to ein and get the Brits to agree to peace terms in the boers favour?

A

True

46
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What tactic did the boers use in the first phase?

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isolation

47
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Where did the 3 major sieges take place?

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Kimberly, ladysmith, mafikeng

48
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What was this week known as to the british and when?

A

The Black week in December 1899

49
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Where were the british defeated (3)

A

Colenso
Stromberg
Magersfontein

50
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What happened in the second pahse

A

The british troops arrived

51
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Who were the british led by? (2)

A

Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts

52
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True or false. The british army was larger than the boers?

A

True

53
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Where was general Piet Cronje and 4 000 forced to surrender?

A

Paardeberg

54
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Which city was also captured

A

Pretoria

55
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Did the british know the spirit of the Boers?

A

No

56
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When and where did Paul Kruger go into exile

A

In august 1900 in Switzerland

57
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Which warefare was used in the third phase

A

Guerrilla Warfare

58
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Was this the most important phase?

A

Yes

59
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Which tactics did they use? (2)

A

Surprise attacks

Sabotage

60
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Which sabotage tactics did they use (2)

A

Cut wires

Blew up railway lines

61
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Who escaped from the boers

A

Christian de Wet

62
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What did the british build in order to stop Movement of Boers

A

Blockhouses

63
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What were the blockhouses made of? (2)

A

Corrigated iron

Stone

64
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How many blockhouses were there by 1902

A

10 000

65
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What was destroyed during the scorched earth policy?

A

Crops

Lovestock

66
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Where did they move the blacks, wives and children to

A

Concentration camps

67
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Did children and wives fight in the war?

A

No

68
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What did the wives do (5)

A

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

69
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How were the conditions in the camps? Give two example

A

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

70
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Which british female tried to improve the conditions

A

Emily Hobhouse

71
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What was the main purpose of concentration camps?

A

To stop people from helping the boers

72
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How many black camps were there?

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40

73
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How many white camps were there?

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60 (116 000)

74
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When did the boers sign the Treaty of Vereeniging

A

31 may 1902

75
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What did they have to accept

A

British rule and losing there independence

76
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Who were the bittereinders

A

The people who did not give up

77
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Who were the joiners

A

The people who gave up

78
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What did the blacks think of this war

A

Ghey said it was a “white man’s war”

79
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Did the blacks side on one side

A

No

80
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What did the blacks that sided with the british work as (4)

A

Spies
Stretcher-bearers
Drivers
Labourers

81
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How were the black affected by the war?

A

Their farms and villages were distroyed

82
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Were they affected by the scorched earth policy

A

Yes

83
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How many blacks died in the war

A

15 000

84
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Who did most blacks support at the beginning of the war and why.

A

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

85
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Did they get equality

A

No

86
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Were the Blacks allowed to Vote?

A

No

87
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What is a blockhouse

A

A building where brits guard surrounding areas

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