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Grade 10 History: (Topic 6) The SA War & The Discovery of Gold

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9 questions

Instructions

Watch the video; read your work-pack from pag 5 - 6 and answer the questions that follow.

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Question 1

1.

Define 'mineral revolution'.

Question 2

2.

The Witwatersrand area marked the largest concentration of gold in the whole world.

True

False

Question 3

3.

List the TWO methods of mining gold, according to the video.

Question 4

4.

Explain why mining gold was considered dangerous for workers.

Question 5

5.

Identify the year that gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand.

1652

1762

1886

1880

Question 6

6.

Who was the leader of the ZAR when gold was discovered?

Question 7

7.

Quote what mineowners from Kimberley were called, according to the the work-pack.

Question 8

8.

Define the term "Uitlander" according the source.

Question 9

9.

Why do you think the British were concerned about Germany and Portugal's colonial presence in Africa. Answer in your own words.