Starter quiz
- Which word describes to divide into parts?
- 'partition' ✓
- In which year did Britain buy shares in the Suez Canal?
- 1800
- 1850
- 1875 ✓
- 1884
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- Which of the following were vast African resources that explorers and missionaries told stories of in the 19th century?
- steel
- ivory ✓
- rubber ✓
- diamonds ✓
- tea
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- Who led the Berlin Conference?
- Kaiser William I
- William Ewart Gladstone
- Otto von Bismarck ✓
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- What name is often given to the European powers' division of Africa at the Berlin Conference?
- 'The Race for Africa'
- 'The Scramble for Africa' ✓
- 'The Clamber for Africa'
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- Complete the sentence with the missing word: The impacts of colonial rule in Africa include the disruption of African traditions and the exploitation of Africa's natural resources.
- 'negative' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which word describes the strategy of destroying crops and other resources to prevent their falling into enemy hands?
- 'scorched earth' ✓
- Which word describes the theory that the concept of natural selection applies to human societies and race?
- 'Social Darwinism' ✓
- Who made a fortune from gold and diamond mines in South Africa and gained political power there?
- Boers
- Cecil Rhodes ✓
- Herbert Rhodes
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- What was the Treaty of Vereeniging?
- Boer territories were declared independent of the British Empire.
- Boer territories were incorporated into the British Empire. ✓
- This marked the formal end of the Boer Wars. ✓
- This marked the formal beginning of the Boer Wars.
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- In which year did the Cape Colony, Natal and Boer states merge to form South Africa, extending British control over Africa?
- 1860
- 1890
- 1902
- 1910 ✓
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- How did the Boer Wars impact Britain?
- They led to an increase in the number of Boer migrants to Britain.
- The poor health of returning soldiers prompted social reforms. ✓
- The devastating defeat for the British prompted the end of the Empire.
- They led to a reduction in the number of colonies Britain possessed.
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Key learning points
- Cecil Rhodes made a fortune from gold and diamond mines in South Africa and gained political power there.
- Between 1860-1890 Britain invaded the Boer states in southern Africa due to the discovery of gold and diamonds.
- A peace settlement was reached in 1902 after Britain's use of a scorched earth policy and concentration camps.
- In 1910 the Cape Colony, Natal and Boer states merged to form South Africa, extending British control over Africa.
- The British government introduced social reforms in Britain due to the poor health of the troops that fought.
Common misconception
Cecil Rhodes was Prime Minister of South Africa.
Cecil Rhodes was Prime Minister of the Cape Colony - the British colony in the region of southern Africa.
Keywords
Cape colony - British colony in southern Africa
Boer - a member of the Dutch population which settled in southern Africa in the late 17th century
Scorched earth - the strategy of destroying crops and other resources to prevent their falling into enemy hands
Concentration camps - a camp for detaining prisoners, usually political prisoners
Social darwinism - the theory that the concept of natural selection applies to human societies and race
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