South African History: The Dutch, British, and Eastern Frontier

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering the Dutch settlement at the Cape, slavery, Genadendal, British occupation, the 1820 Settlers, and the Eastern Frontier wars.

Jan van Riebeeck was sent to the Cape in $1652$ by the __________.

Dutch East India Company

Jan van Riebeeck's main task at the Cape was to establish a __________.

refreshment station

The Cape was a critical stopping point for European ships because it was approximately __________ along the journey between Europe and the East.

halfway

The Company Gardens were established at the Cape primarily to grow __________.

fresh fruit and vegetables

The Dutch imported slaves to the Cape because the __________ did not want to work for them due to a lack of trust.

Khoikhoi

During capture and transport to the coast, enslaved people were __________ together and forced to march.

tied

Genadendal is the site of the first and oldest mission station in the country and was established by __________.

George Schmidt

A community that can provide many of its own needs is defined as a __________ settlement.

self-sufficient

The British seized control of the Cape from the Dutch in the year __________.

$$1806$$

Unlike the Dutch, who mainly wanted to farm and trade, the British occupied the Cape to expand their __________ around the world.

empire

In $1820$, approximately __________ British settlers arrived by ship in what is today the Eastern Cape.

$$4\,000$$

The three groups living in the Eastern Cape around $1820$ were the Xhosa people, the British settlers, and the __________.

Trekboers

British officials and soldiers improved Eastern Cape infrastructure by constructing roads, bridges, and __________.

hospitals

Trekboer frustrations over British protection and the dominance of the English language over Dutch contributed to the __________.

Great Trek

Between $1779$ and $1878$, a total of __________ frontier wars took place.

nine

The conflicts in the frontier wars were fought primarily over land and __________.

cattle

A major labour grievance on the frontier was the Xhosa complaint that when working for white farmers they were beaten or __________.

not paid

On the eastern frontier, __________ made grazing difficult, leading to a shortage of food and increased hunger.

Drought