Revision 28
Industrial revolution
Diamonds in Kimberley
Memo
QUESTION 1
1.1 For lasers and drills, surgical equipment, jewelery in crowns and industries.
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1.2 It is a crystal composed mainly of carbon.
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1.3 Diamonds are valuable because it is an investment, it is difficult to extract,
expensive to polish, there is a demand for it and it is a status symbol.
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1.4 Because a smaller diamond can have a brighter colour, it depends on how it is
polished.
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1.5 It is a system where you make as much money as possible.
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1.6 The discovery of diamonds from South Africa changed an agriculture country
into a capitalistic and industrial country.
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1.7 Hopetown, Vaal River, Orange River, Colesberg Hill, Griqualand West.
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1.8 There were a few people who claimed the diamandfields, the Griqua, the different
African tribes and the government of the Orange Free State
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1.9 A lack of fresh water and vegetables, lack of housing, lack of food. Disputes arose.
Too few medical services. Lack of sanitation. Severe heat and dust storms.
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QUESTION 2
2.1 A certificate or digging license.
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2.2 All the diggers have dug and searched for diamonds and claims subsequently
collapsed because they were dug so deep and wide.- hence the name Big Hole. (2)
2.3 By setting the tents and liquor stores on fire.
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2.4 After 1871 blacks were no longer allowed to be diggers, they had to carry passes
and they were ordinary workers that earned lower wages.
It was expected of them to work from sunrise to sunset for lower wages.
(2)
2.5 Blacks registering received a book with their details in it. It allowed them
to work.
(2)
2.6 They could not afford expensive machines so they could not reach the deeper
diamonds.
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2.7 The walls that separated the claims, collapsed. It has become difficult to
distinguish one claim from another. Fights broke out. There were no safety
regulations. Hard rock fell on miners and they were injured. Diamond ground as
deep as 300m could not be reached with their hands.
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2.8 Great machines were necessary to collect the diamonds, the water level was
reached and the claims became full of water.
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