South Africa

What was the name of the South African system which for four decades created extreme racial segregation?

• apartheid
• colonialism
• imperialism
• guerilla warfare

Each of the following would fall into the category of non-white groups except which one?

• Boers
• Asians
• Black Africans
• Coloureds

Who emerged from after 27 years in prison to become the nation’s first black African leader?

• De Klerk
• Biko
• Mandela
• Tutu

What were homelands?

• Immigrant communities near Cape Town.
• Government buildings where school was held.
• Areas set aside for black Africans.
• Large European plantations.

Why did many blacks boycott their classes in the Soweto uprising?

• Election results were seen as unfair and rigged.
• South Africa was banned from participating in the Olympics.
• Gandhi was arrested for burning passes.
• A law was passed that all schools would teach in Afrikaans.

What organization, which varied its tactics through the years, fought to end segregation in South Africa?

• ANC
• INC
• The Specials
• National Party

Which of the following does not fit with the others?

• Dutch
• Boers
• Afrikaners
• Bantu

What massacre involved police opening fire on unarmed protesters going against having to carry passes?

• Soweto massacre
• Sharpeville massacre
• Boer massacre
• Amritsar massacre

What was a key factor in outside nations helping to bring down the apartheid government?

• Airlifting food and medical supplies to certain communities.

• Providing economic pressure by putting trade sanctions in place.

• The Soviet Union invading South Africa looking to spread Communism.

• The British winning the Boer War.

Which group did not fit with the others in terms of the categorizations during the years of apartheid?

• Europeans

• Blacks

• Coloreds

• Indians