Treasure Chest / Skooltas Skatkis
The Treasure Chest
Subject: HISTORY Die Skooltas Skatkis
Grade 7
TERM 4
November
Test
1
,Treasure Chest / Skooltas Skatkis
Explain the following words
Frontier:
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Empire:
__________________________________________________________________
Indigenous people:
__________________________________________________________________
Explain what a frontier is
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Give another name for Dutch settlers
__________________________________________________________________
In what year did the British settlers arrived in Eastern Cape
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2
,Treasure Chest / Skooltas Skatkis
Explain the following words
Communal:
__________________________________________________________________
Lobola:
__________________________________________________________________
Who were the 3 groups of people in the Eastern Cape in late 18th and early 18th
(1780-1850)
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Explain how conflict between these 3 groups originated
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
What was the Xhosa’s most precious possession?
__________________________________________________________________
3
, Treasure Chest / Skooltas Skatkis
Give a reason for your answer above
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
In what year were wars fought
__________________________________________________________________
How many wars were fought during this time?
__________________________________________________________________
As what is this time known?
__________________________________________________________________
What year did the Dutch governor of the Cape make the Great Fish River the eastern
boundary of the Cape colony?
__________________________________________________________________
In what year did three wars between the Dutch settlers and the Xhosa taken place?
__________________________________________________________________
What year did the British took over the Cape?
__________________________________________________________________
4
The Treasure Chest
Subject: HISTORY Die Skooltas Skatkis
Grade 7
TERM 4
November
Test
1
,Treasure Chest / Skooltas Skatkis
Explain the following words
Frontier:
__________________________________________________________________
Empire:
__________________________________________________________________
Indigenous people:
__________________________________________________________________
Explain what a frontier is
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Give another name for Dutch settlers
__________________________________________________________________
In what year did the British settlers arrived in Eastern Cape
__________________________________________________________________
2
,Treasure Chest / Skooltas Skatkis
Explain the following words
Communal:
__________________________________________________________________
Lobola:
__________________________________________________________________
Who were the 3 groups of people in the Eastern Cape in late 18th and early 18th
(1780-1850)
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Explain how conflict between these 3 groups originated
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
What was the Xhosa’s most precious possession?
__________________________________________________________________
3
, Treasure Chest / Skooltas Skatkis
Give a reason for your answer above
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
In what year were wars fought
__________________________________________________________________
How many wars were fought during this time?
__________________________________________________________________
As what is this time known?
__________________________________________________________________
What year did the Dutch governor of the Cape make the Great Fish River the eastern
boundary of the Cape colony?
__________________________________________________________________
In what year did three wars between the Dutch settlers and the Xhosa taken place?
__________________________________________________________________
What year did the British took over the Cape?
__________________________________________________________________
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