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S.4 History of South Africa Package 241/4: Test 1

The document contains two tests with questions about the history of South Africa. Test 1 has 8 questions about topics like the migration of cattle keepers into South Africa, the problems faced by the Boers, conflicts between groups like the Ndebele and Boers, the Mfecane period in the early 1800s, the rise of the Zulu state under Shaka, the British-Boer conflict in the 1880s, and the British invasion of Transvaal in 1895. Test 2 also has 8 questions covering the origins of the Khoisan, the relationship between the Khoisan and Bantu, the Dutch settlement of South Africa, conflicts like the Nanquase uprising, Lord Somerset's role, the

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S.4 History of South Africa Package 241/4: Test 1

The document contains two tests with questions about the history of South Africa. Test 1 has 8 questions about topics like the migration of cattle keepers into South Africa, the problems faced by the Boers, conflicts between groups like the Ndebele and Boers, the Mfecane period in the early 1800s, the rise of the Zulu state under Shaka, the British-Boer conflict in the 1880s, and the British invasion of Transvaal in 1895. Test 2 also has 8 questions covering the origins of the Khoisan, the relationship between the Khoisan and Bantu, the Dutch settlement of South Africa, conflicts like the Nanquase uprising, Lord Somerset's role, the

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S.

4 HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA PACKAGE


241/4
TEST 1
1. (a) Why did the cattle keepers migrate from their cradle land into South

Africa? (12mks)

b) Describe their ways of life. (13mks)

2. (a) What problems were faced by the Boers while at the cape of South

Africa? (12mks)

b) How were they solved? (13mks)

3. (a)What were the causes of the conflict between the Ndebele and the Boers

in 1836? (12mks)

b) How did it affect the people in the interior? (13mks)

4. What were the causes of Mfecane period between 1810 – 1830? (12mks)

b) How did it affect the people of South Africa? (13mks)

5. (a) What factors led to the rise of the Zulu state? (13mks)

b) What changes did Shaka introduced in the Zulu nation? (12mks)

6. (a) Why did the Boers and British conflict between 1880 – 81? (12mks)

b) What were the impacts of the conflict? (13mks)

7. (a) What were the terms of the 1881 Pretoria convention? (12mks)

b) What were its consequences? (13mks)

8. (a) Why did the British invade Transvaal in 1895? (12mks)

b) How did the invasion affect the people of South Africa? (13mks)

1
TEST 2

1. (a) What were the origins of the Hottentots by the 16 th century? (10mks)
b) How were they organized? (15mks)
2. (a) Why did the Bantu conquer the Khoisan so easily? (12mks)
b) Describe the relationship between the Khoisan and the Bantu. (13mks)
3. (a) Why did the Dutch settle in South Africa? (15mks)
b) Explain the problems faced by the early Dutch settlers at the cape.
(10mks)
4. (a) What were the causes of the Nanquase uprising in South Africa? (12mks)
b) How did they affect the peoples of South Africa? (13mks)
5. (a) Why is Lord Charles Somerset remembered in the history of South
Africa? (13mks)
6. (a) Explain the causes of the battle of Blood River 1838. (15mks)
b) What were the effects of the battle to the people of South Africa? (10mks)
7. (a) Describe the foundation of the Boer Republic of Natal. (13mks)
b) Why did the British annex Natal in 1843? (12mks)
8. (a) Explain the reforms introduced by Shaka in the Zulu kingdom. (13mks)
b) What were the impacts of Shaka’s reforms on Zulu land and her
neighbours? (12mks)

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