Post- Apartheid South Africa Introduction

Post- Apartheid South Africa

Introduction

Nelson Mandela voting in the 1994 election

You will Learn...

• about life in S. Africa under apartheid

• how the division of power & resources changed

• challenges facing people today

The Geographic Setting

Mineral Resources

• wealth built on export of minerals

• gold, copper, and others

Farming

• mild climate; rich soil

• cash crops: corn, wheat, sugarcane

Variety of Wildlife

Multiple Choice

Identify the map that shows South Africa

Multiple Select

Much of South Africa's wealth comes from which economic activities

• mining

• drilling for oil

• farming

• fishing

South Africa is a multi-racial society

Multiracial

• many ethnic groups

• ethnic group = people who share unique culture/ identity

• four major ethnic groups

Black (Bantu) People

• 2,000 years ago

• Ancestors came from Central Africa

White People

• Dutch settle in Southern Africa in 1652

• British Arrive in 1820

• Discoveries of diamonds/ gold attract more colonists

Colinization

the act of invading and taking over the another area, which then becomes known as a colony.

Coloured People

• Over time, some blacks and whites married and had families.

• Any people with mixed ancestry form the coloureds ethnic group.

Asian

• first came to South Africa in the 1860s,

• mostly arrived from India, (then a British colony).

Multiple Choice

This people group is unique to South Africa and describes people from mixed race backgrounds.

• Blacks

• Whites

• Coloureds

• Asians

Multiple Choice

This people group in South Africa have come mostly from India since the 1860s.

• Whites

• Asians

• Coloureds

• Blacks

Multiple Choice

This people group is the majority in South Africa.

• Asians

• Coloureds

• Whites

• Blacks

Multiple Choice

This people group of South Africa descends from the Dutch and English.

• Blacks

• Whites

• Asians

• Coloureds

Multiple Choice

Someone or something from different ethnic backgrounds can also be called what?

• multilingual

• diversity

• unique

• multiracial

Apartheid means ‘apart-hood’ or ‘the state of being apart’ and was the system of racial inequality, segregation and discrimination in South Africa that was started after World War II.

Apartheid

• means "separateness"

• whites and non-whites lived apart from each other (segregation)

• this policy hurt non-white ethnic groups

Multiple Choice

A system that separates group people from one another, usually by race is often called.

• segregation

• diversity

• apartheid

• unfair

Multiple Choice

This former South African government policy gave more economic and political power to white people.

• apartheid

• jim crow laws

• segregation

• discrimination