Grade 9 Apartheid South Africa

Why did the National Party pass apartheid laws in 1948? 

• To gain independence from the British
• To imprison Nelson Mandela
• To boost the sale of gold and diamonds
• To maintain white control of the country

Which of the following was NOT an effect of apartheid laws? 

• separate homelands
• black South Africans and white South Africans worked together
• black South Africans being forced to carry pass books
• use of separate services and buildings

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What was the name of Nelson Mandela's political party? 

• Zulu Nation
• African National Congress
• African Union
• Kenyan National Unity Party

What was the role of F.W. deKlerk in ending apartheid? 

• he added new and harsher apartheid laws
• he began to repeal apartheid laws
• he worked to spread apartheid to neighboring countries
• he lifted segregation laws in the cities

What did Deklerk and Nelson Mandela share together?

• Mandela's release
• Nobel Peace Prize
• Mandela being elected as President
• Mandela's new marriage

What was the name of the party that came into power in 1948?

• National Party (NP)
• Nationalistic Party
• African National Congress

The NP believed that if members of different race groups mixed there would be racial conflict. 

• True
• False

In which year did the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act come into play?

• 1849
• 1949
• 1948
• 1940

The Bantu Education Act meant that syllabi stayed the same, but blacks and whites were educated separately. 

• True
• False

Black people were allowed equal economic opportunities during Apartheid.

• True
• False