Africa History Test Review

1. Apartheid separated blacks and whites in

• Kenya

• Liberia

• Nigeria

• South Africa

Since apartheid was abolished in the 1990s, how has South Africa created a democratic government?

• It has adopted a free enterprise economy

• All South African citizens have equal rights

• The central government has given most of its power to the local government

• One person has total control over the entire country

Who-became a lawyer and defended black Africans

arrested for breaking apartheid laws, admired Gandhi and urged ANC to use non-violent protests (at first), and was arrested, found guilty, sentenced to life, and sent to Robben Island?

• Nelson Mandela

• F.W.deKlerk

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Barack Obama

What effect did the policy of apartheid have on South Africa?

• It encouraged black South Africans to participate in the government

• It made South Africa the most prosperous country in Africa

• It deprived black South Africans of basic human rights

• It had no effect on South Africa

Which phrase BEST describes one of Nelson Mandela’s most important contributions of South Africa?

• Serving as South Africa’s first ambassador to the United States

• Leading the process by which black South Africans gained civil rights

• Negotiating with Great Britain for South African independence

• Preventing communist-led rebels from overthrowing the South African government

Why did apartheid in South Africa end during the 1990s?

• Leaders realized that the policy was hurting the country's economy and international reputation.

• The African National Congress began calling for its dismantling and the United Nations responded

• It never succeeded in segregating Africans from whites.

• It had accomplished all of its goals by that time.

Which of the following would be the BEST primary source to find out how Apartheid affected black citizens of South Africa?

• a textbook about South African history

• notes from the South African legislature in 1950

• a letter from a South African civil rights leader

• a novel about the end of Apartheid in South Africa

Who-became president of South Africa in 1989 and immediately started to repeal apartheid laws, ordered the release of many black South Africans who were imprisoned for opposing apartheid law, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993?

• F.W. deKlerk

• Nelson Mandela

• Desmond Tutu

• Jomo Kenyatta

Which of these is MOST associated with the word apartheid?

• racial discrimination

• people moving

• immigration

• independence

Which country:

· Became a British colony in 1914

· Peacefully protested for independence,

· Nationalism united the hundreds of ethnic groups before independence,

· Achieved independence in 1960

· Under military rule until 1999

• Nigeria

• Kenya

• South Africa

• D.R.C.