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Mineral Revolution in South Africa and WW1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where in South Africa did they find diamonds?

a)

Johanousburg

b)

Kimberley

c)

Cape Town

d)

Port Elizabeth

2.

What was the main part of making making money before the Mineral Revolution?

a)

Farming

b)

Factories

c)

Construction

d)

Mining

3.

When did the Mineral Revolution start?

a)

1866

b)

1874

c)

1869

d)

1880

4.

Where was gold found?

a)

Durban

b)

Gramstown

c)

Kimberly

d)

Johannesburg

5.

How were black workers treated?

a)

Good

b)

Bad

c)

Mediocre

d)

Horrid

6.

How did white workers evade being searched all the time like black workers?

a)

They formed unions and resisted the control that black workers suffered.

b)

They had more privileges than black workers

c)

They didn’t they got searched too.

7.

What dose republic mean?

a)

A country that has a queen or king ruling

b)

An empire

c)

A country that has an elected government

8.

Why did Britain become more interested in South Africa?

a)

agriculture

b)

Rich mineral resources

c)

Transportation

9.

What are closed compounds?

a)

A fenced home

b)

A place where workers live and are confined to hold them inside

c)

Dorms

10.

What is an empire?

a)

A group of country controlled by one government

b)

One country controlled by one government

11.

When did Woodrow Wilson(president of the USA), declare war on Germany?

a)

July 1910

b)

April 1919

c)

April 1917

d)

August 1913

12.

When was the ‘Great War’ over?

a)

11 AM on the 11th of November 1918

b)

12 AM on the 11th of December 1918

c)

10 AM on the 11th of November 1919

d)

11 PM on the 11th of November 1918

13.

What was the treaty between Germany, England, France and the USA called?

a)

The Treaty of Vitamin

b)

The Treaty of Virginia

c)

The Treaty of Vacationing

d)

The Treaty of Versailles