Irelands Troubles And The Boers And The British

Front 1

The British and Irish fought for a long time over __________________

Back 1

Religion

Front 2

Religion:
Most British were ___________
Most Irish were _____________

Back 2

1) Protestant
2) Catholic

Front 3

When the "blight" came to Ireland, the _________________ crop began to die. What is blight?

Back 3

1) Potatoe
2) a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts

Front 4

The Irish people were starving to death while landlords continued to send the ______________ and _________ crops to ____________

Back 4

1) wheat
2) oat
3) England

Front 5

Who was he Prime minister of England during this time?

Back 5

Robert Peel

Front 6

The Prime Minister of England tried to get Parliament to repeal the ___________ Laws. This would lower the tax on buying food from other countries. Did Parliament ever repeal the __________ Laws?

Back 6

1) Corn
2) Corn
3) No

Front 7

The blight lasted in Ireland _____ years and almost ___________ Irish died.

Back 7

1) 5 years
2) almost 1,000,000 people died of starvation and disease

Front 8

After the blight,
Irish Catholics _______ Home Rule.
Irish Protestants __________ Home Rule.
England's Prime Minister William Gladstone ____________ Home Rule.
The British Parliament voted ___ Home Rule.

Back 8

1) wanted
2) didn't want
3) supported
4) on

Front 9

Due to Home Rule differences it led to another _______ years of chaos and violence in Ireland.

Back 9

100 years

Front 10

The Boers were the Dutch who settled in South Africa. They were living in the ____________________ State and the Transvaal and called themselves ___________________

Back 10

1) Cape Colony
2) Africaners

Front 11

One day a byu discovered a _______________ on the land between the Dutch and British lands so the British quickly claimed the land for mining.

Back 11

diamond

Front 12

What was discovered in Transvaa?

Back 12

gold

Front 13

What was the name of the War the Dutch declared on Great Britian?

Back 13

Boer War

Front 14

The Afrikaners invaded the town of Mafeking. This siege lasted ____________ months. The British survived by eating ___________________. Reinforcements finally came and drove away the Afrikaners.

Back 14

1) seven
2) horses

Front 15

The British _________ the war. Some Dutch guerrillas continued to attack. The British rounded up Dutch families and put them in ________________ _____________.

Back 15

1) Won
2) Concentration Camps

Front 16

A Treaty, the _______ of Vereeniging formed a South African nation of 3 goups that hated each other-white British, ______________ Afrikaners, and black Africans

Back 16

1) Peace
2) White