South African History Quiz

Afrikaans is a national language and quite similar to

• the English language

• the Danish language

• the Dutch language

• the German language

Cape of Good Hope is:

• the most south-western point of the African continent

• the most south-eastern point of the African continent

• the most north-western point of the African continent

Colonizers introduced 2 languages in South Africa :

• English and German

• English and Dutch

• English and Xhosa

• English and Afrikaans

Who were the first colonizers of South Africa?

• Americans

• Dutch

• British

• Spanish

How long ago did Africans settle the area known as South Africa?

• 1 million years ago

• 100 years ago

• 100,000 years ago

• 50,000 years ago

What year did the Dutch arrive and establish a trading post at the Cape of Good Hope?

• 1492

• 1894

• 1652

• 1910

Boer, the name Dutch descendants in South Africa referred to themselves as, means what in Dutch?

• "person"

• "white person"

• "hunter"

• "farmer"

What indigenous African groups did the Dutch encounter at the Cape of Good Hope?

• Khoikhoi and San

• Zulu

• Ndebele

• Shaka

Dutch descendants in South Africa referred to themselves not as Dutch but ______.

• Africans

• Afrikaans

• Afrikaners

• Dutchies

Which year did the British take over the Cape Colony?

• 1652

• 1814

• 1894

• 1910