South African Republic

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/south-african-republic

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is South African Republic?Northeastern portion of present-day South Africa
2. How big is South African Republic?Approximately 290,000 square kilometers (113,000 square miles)
3. What is the capital of South African Republic?Pretoria
4. What language do people speak in South African Republic?Official languages were Dutch and later Afrikaans
5. When was South African Republic built?1852
6. What is South African Republic known for?Independent Boer republic, gold discoveries, and the Boer Wars

Great Trek: A mass migration of Dutch-speaking settlers from the British-ruled Cape Colony in the 1830s and 1840s.
Uitlanders: Foreigners, particularly British and other Europeans, who settled in the ZAR after the discovery of gold.
Scorched-earth policy: A military tactic involving the destruction of resources to deny them to an advancing enemy.