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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Chapter 28 Biltong, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 28: Biltong


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Answer Key

1. Biltong is "Rump Strip" that refers to cuts of beef or game that has been cured with salt and vinegar.
2. Europeans were Dutch settlers, German and French Huguenots that settled in the Cape Colony.
3. Boer means Farmer in Dutch.
4. Trekboers were farmers and ranchers living of the land.
5. Boer Commandos was the name of the militia service system the Trekboers created.
6. The Dutch East India Company controlled the Cape Colony.
7. Britain took over the Cape Colony in 1814.
8. The Boer Republics were Natal, The Transvaal, and the Orange Free State.
9. The Great Trek was the name of the migration into the interior of Africa.
10. 12,000 Voortrekkers created the Boer Republics.
11. The Boer Republics were formed in the 1850s.
12. Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony wanted an unbroken chain of British colonies from the Cape to Cairo.
13. The Boer Republics made peace with the Zulu Kingdom in the 1850s.
14. In 1867 diamonds were discovered in the Kimberley region.
15. They found gold in the Transvaal region.
16. The First Boer War took place in 1880.
17. The Second Boer War took place in 1899.
18. Lord Kitchener was in charge of the British Army that destroyed crops and livestock and forced families into concentration camps where many women and children died of disease and starvation.
19. The Boer Commandos surrendered in May 1902.
20. The Boer Republics became to be known as the Union of South Africa.
21. The Union of South Africa became the Republic of South Africa in 1961.

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