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History Grade 7 Term 4 Revision Quiz

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of slavery?

a)

When someone is sold, bought and owned by another person

b)
Slavery is the practice of sharing resources equally among people.
c)
Slavery refers to a type of government system.
d)
Slavery is a form of voluntary labor with contracts.
2.

What is an example of a job that slaves had to do on farms?

a)

Watering plants

b)

Working in gardens

c)

All the options

d)

Looking after livestock

3.

What religion did the Dutch bring to the Cape, and what religion did the slaves bring to the Cape?

a)
The Dutch brought Judaism; the slaves brought Christianity.
b)
The Dutch brought Buddhism; the slaves brought Hinduism.
c)

The Dutch brought Christianity; the slaves brought Islam.

d)
The Dutch brought Islam; the slaves brought Zoroastrianism.
4.

Who came to the Cape and abolished slavery?

a)
The British
b)
The Dutch
c)
The French
d)
The Portuguese
5.

In what year was slavery abolished in the Cape?

a)

1820

b)
1850
c)
1795
d)

1836

6.

What is the meaning of the term "abolish slavery"?

a)
To support the continuation of slavery.
b)
To ignore the existence of slavery.
c)

To put an end to the selling and buying of people.

d)
To promote the practice of slavery.
7.

How did the abolishment of slavery negatively affect the Dutch?

a)
It led to an increase in agricultural production in the colonies.
b)

They had no workers to tend to their farms, so they made little profit.

c)
It improved the living conditions for the former slaves.
d)

It resulted in an increased need for labor in the Dutch economy.

8.

Who arrived first in the Cape, the Dutch or the British?

a)

British

b)

Dutch

9.

What mode of transport did the Dutch use to travel to the Cape?

(a)  

10.

What were the Dutch/Trekboers/Voortrekkers also known as?

a)

Boers

b)

Free Burghers

c)
Afrikaners
11.

Define "Frontier".

a)

African children that were kidnapped by the voortrekkers to be their slaves.

b)

A border separating two different areas of land

c)

The group of Dutch people whose contract ended and they moved from the Cape Colony to the Eastern Cape.

d)

The group of Dutch people that moved to the interior of SA in 1834 after slavery was abolished.

e)

The first occupants of an area or the land.

12.

Define "Indigenous People".

a)

African children that were kidnapped by the voortrekkers to be their slaves.

b)

A border separating two different areas of land

c)

The group of Dutch people whose contract ended and they moved from the Cape Colony to the Eastern Cape.

d)

The group of Dutch people that moved to the interior of SA in 1834 after slavery was abolished.

e)

The first occupants of an area or the land.

13.

Define "Voortrekkers".

a)

African children that were kidnapped by the voortrekkers to be their slaves.

b)

A border separating two different areas of land

c)

The group of Dutch people whose contract ended and they moved from the Cape Colony to the Eastern Cape.

d)

The group of Dutch people that moved to the interior of SA in 1834 after slavery was abolished.

e)

The first occupants of an area or the land.

14.

Define " Free Burgher".

a)

African children that were kidnapped by the voortrekkers to be their slaves.

b)

A border separating two different areas of land.

c)

The group of Dutch people whose contract ended and they moved from the Cape Colony to the Eastern Cape.

d)

The group of Dutch people that moved to the interior of SA in 1834 after slavery was abolished.

e)

The first occupants of an area or the land.

15.

Define "Inboekselings".

a)

African children that were kidnapped by the voortrekkers to be their slaves.

b)

A border separating two different areas of land

c)

The group of Dutch people whose contract ended and they moved from the Cape Colony to the Eastern Cape.

d)

The group of Dutch people that moved to the interior of SA in 1834 after slavery was abolished.

e)

The first occupants of an area or the land.

16.

Explain the difference between a slave and an inboekseling.

a)
A slave can own property, while an inboekseling cannot.
b)
An inboekseling is a type of animal, whereas a slave is a human being.
c)

A slave was bought and never set free, whereas an inboekseling was kidnapped but set free

when they became an adult

17.

What are examples of jobs that inboekselings had to do?

a)

Buy and sell books

b)

Milking cows / herding sheep/ cattle / building dams

c)

Book children into prison cells

18.

Which of the options below describes Chief Maqoma?

a)

Chief Maqoma was the son of the King Ngiqa

b)

Chief Maqoma never agreed with his

father’s way of ruling

c)

Chief Maqoma decided to start his own tribe

d)

All the options

19.

How many frontier wars were there?

a)
The number of frontier wars is unknown.
b)
There were 20 frontier wars in total.
c)

Only 9 frontier wars occurred.

d)
At least 10 distinct frontier wars.
20.

What frontier war did Chief Maqoma start?

a)

7th frontier war

b)

6th frontier war

c)

5th frontier war

d)

4th frontier war

21.

Why did Chief Maqoma start this war?

(a)  

22.

How did Chief Maqoma’s life end?

a)
Chief Maqoma was executed by firing squad.
b)
Chief Maqoma died peacefully in his home.
c)

He was captured and sent to Robben Island, where he died under mysterious

circumstances.

23.

How were the Inboekselings children captured?

a)
The Inboekselings children were captured during a raid by colonial forces.
b)
The Inboekselings children were captured by a group of local farmers.
c)
The Inboekselings children were captured while playing in a field.
d)
The Inboekselings children were captured during a peaceful negotiation.
24.

What were the Inboekselings children traded in exchange for?

a)

money and jewelry

b)

goods or cattle

c)

other children

25.

Which two opposing sides were involved in majority of the frontier wars?

a)

European settlers (Dutch / British) and Xhosa indigenous people

b)

African Farmers and KhoiSan

26.

What was the end results that came from the frontier wars?

a)

The end of slavery.

b)

The Xhosa people lost their

land, and the European settlers gained complete control over the land.

c)
Increased trade with Indigenous tribes and cultural exchange.