The Zulu Kingdom, Natal and the Highveld is one of 9 topics in the Grade 10 History CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. In which year did Britain formally annex Natal as a British colony?
1843
1860
1879
1806
Answer: 1843 — Britain formally annexed Natal as a British colony in 1843, having earlier been the site of a short-lived independent Boer republic.
Easy
2. From which country did Natal's colonial government begin bringing indentured labourers from 1860?
India
China
Britain
Mozambique
Answer: India — The Natal colonial government arranged for indentured labourers to be brought from British India beginning in 1860 to work in the sugar industry and other sectors.
Medium
3. Besides the sugar industry, name ONE other sector in which indentured Indian labourers worked in Natal.
Answer: Railways or coal mines — Indentured Indian labourers worked not only in the sugar industry but also in the construction of Natal's expanding railway network and in the colony's coal mines.
