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Definition closed compound system
a) The system by which workers were to stay in a building without freedom of movement in their contract
b) Concentration camp
c) War
d) The system of scaring people

Definition Griqualand
a) The first mining took place
b) Apartheid started
c) Place of gold
d) The area in SA were diamond was found

Why did the mining companies think the closed compound system was a clever idea
a) Restricted movement of black workers
b) Give companies more control
c) Would limit the amount of theft
d) All

what is the gold standard 3 marks
a) Country's currency is backed by gold
b) The amount of money the country has in circulation
c) Needs to match the amount of gold in its treasury
d) All

Gold was expensive to mine. How did mining companies overcome this problem 3 marks
a) Price of gold was fixed
b) Many of the skilled workers came from overseas
c) Large supply of cheap labour. Ore on Witwatersand was low grade ore
d) All

How did mine workers keep control of labour 4 marks
a) Taxes forced man to work for wages and not live off the land
b) Contracts forced workers to work until the contract expired regardless of working conditions
c) The introduction of Pass meant that black men were not free to be in the city unemployed
d) All

1902
a) Defeat of the boer republic
b) war
c) Apartheid
d) death

1903
a) All Parties Organistaion
b) APO - African Political Organisation was formed
c) Africans
d) None

1906
a) Bambatha rebellion was formed
b) last black armed resistence
c) heavy taxes they were forced to pay
d) All

1910
a) 2 boer republics Orange free state and Transvaal
b) 2 british colonies Cape and Natal
c) were put together to create The formation of the union of SA
d) All

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