Question

chapter12lesson1-2: colonial rule in southeast asia, empire building in africa
possible points: 0.27
the boer war between the ____ and boers lasted from 1899 to 1902. the boers fought fiercely using guerrilla tactics. the angry __ responded by burning crops. they also forced about 120,000 boer women and children into detention camps. there some 20,000 people died from lack of food. eventually, the vastly larger ____ army won the war. a peace treaty was signed in 1902.
in 1910 the ____ created an independent union of south africa. the union combined the old cape colony and the boer republics. the new state would be a self - governing nation within the british empire. to appease the boers, the ____ agreed that only whites, with a few africans who owned land, would vote.
the boers believed that white superiority was ordained, or ordered, by god. the only places non - europeans had in boer society were as laborers or servants. as the boers settled the lands, they forced many of the indigenous peoples, those native to a region, to live on reservations.
options:
british
zulu people
french
australians

Explanation:

1. The Boer War was fought between the British and the Boers. The British army was far larger, and they implemented scorched earth policies and detention camps against Boer civilians.
2. The British created the Union of South Africa in 1910, and they agreed to the white-only (with a tiny number of landowning Africans) voting rule to appease the Boers.
3. The Boers displaced the Zulu people, the Indigenous group native to the region, onto reservations, viewing white people as superior.

Answer:

1. First blank: British; Second blank: British; Third blank: British
2. First blank: British; Second blank: British
3. Correct option: Zulu people