South Africa
Vocabulary
Terms are in blue.
Definitions of the terms
are in boxes.
We will use 3 columns:
1. Afrikaner
The first large group of Europeans to settle in
South Africa were Dutch. They came to farm.
German settlers joined the Dutch in South Africa.
http://www.saveyourheritage.com/images/TrekBoers_crossing_the_Karoo.jpg
As generations passed, these immigrants no longer
viewed themselves as Europeans. South Africa was
their homeland.
Separated from Europe, their language changed but
still sounded a lot like Dutch and German. They
called
themselves
Afrikaners
and called
their
language
Afrikaans.
http://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/article_pics/khoikhoi_settlement%20.jpg
1. Afrikaner:
South Africans
whose main
ancestors were
early Dutch
settlers
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South Africans whose main
ancestors were early Dutch
settlers
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2. Native Africans
American Indians are native
to the Americas.
Europeans were not
native to the
Americas. They
came as settlers,
conquerors, or both.
http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/teaching/jamestown/images/jsmith.jpg
Afrikaners were not native
to South Africa.
Natives already
lived there –
Native Africans.
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2. Native
Africans:
people who
originally lived
in Africa
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South Africans whose main
ancestors were early Dutch
settlers
people who originally lived
in Africa
An ethnic group is
not just a race or
nationality.
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3. ethnic group
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Two people can both be Chinese and
still have different ethnic groups.
http://traditions.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/upload/upfiles/200901/12/clothing_of_hui_ethnic_groupaa7708bd25874c6ff07c.jpg
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~vox/0506/0926/images/yi.jpg
China actually has 56 different
ethnic groups.
South Africa has 4 main Black ethnic
groups, 2 main White ethnic groups,
and 1 main Asian ethnic group.
http://www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com/culture-in-south-africa.html
3. ethnic group:
people who feel connected based on
things like ancestry, religion, language
http://www.has.vcu.edu/wld/academics/languages/zulu/images/zulu3.jpg
South Africans whose main
ancestors were early Dutch
settlers
people who originally lived
in Africa
people who feel connected
based on things like
ancestry, religion, language
Hispanic
Jews
Afrikaner
4. Coloured: in South Africa, people
who are part Native Black mixed with
White or Asian
Hey, why is
“coloured”
spelled
funny?
It’s British spelling,
silly!
http://www.baptistsupport.com/tgg/tgg-13-page.php?action=view&userid=5
5. apartheid
In Dutch, this word means “apartness.”
(But nope, that’s not the definition.)
http://rolemodels.jou.ufl.edu/rolemodels/travel/images/apartheid.gif
5. apartheid: a South African policy of
separating the races, now illegal
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11. absolute location: latitude &
longitude of a place
The absolute location for
Bethany is 35°N 97°W.
6. African National Congress (ANC)
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/african-national-congress-100-years-and-counting
6. African National Congress (ANC):
the main political party in South Africa
now
http://www.judiciaryreport.com/images/the-ruling-African-National-Congress.jpg
7. townships
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Soweto_township.jpg
7. townships: towns where Blacks &
Coloured South Africans were forced to
live
http://www.international.shoreline.edu/StudentExperience/SouthAfrica/T_mantana2.jpg
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8. ban
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8. ban: to outlaw or prohibit
South Africa’s white government banned the
African National Congress.
9. infer
What can you infer happened here?
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9. infer: using what you know
plus evidence you see
to draw conclusions
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10. evidence
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10. evidence: facts that back
up an opinion or belief
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