Question

The Boers, who established Cape Town, were ________________.

a. farmers
b. Calvinists
c. of Dutch origin
d. all of the above
e. a and b only

Answer 1

The answer is letter d. all of the above. The Boers were originally of Dutch descent who were also Calvinists and farmers by profession. Many of them would establish settlements in Transvaal and Natal. They are a very tough group of people who live off the land and have fought the British a number of times.