Apartheid

Apartheid was South Africa's policy of:

• Racial Cooperation

• Racial Opposition

• Racial Discrimination

• Racial Integration

Apartheid means what in Afrikaans?

• Equalness

• Togetherness

• Avoidance

• Separateness

What century did European countries start colonizing Africa?

• 15th Century

• 12th Century

• 18th Century

• 21st Century

• None of the above.

European countries began colonizing Africa to do what?

• To obtain land

• To obtain new resources

• To put people under their control

• All of the above

• None of the above

The country to enslave South Africa was:

• Netherlands

• Germany

• England

• France

• Egypt

The white Europeans who came to South Africa spoke Dutch, called Zuid-Afrika that later became Suid Afrika.

• False

• True

Eventually the British took over South Africa in the 19th century.

• False

• True

In order for the British to maintain their rule over the South Africans they:

• Gave everybody the right to vote

• Only allowed men of all colors the right to vote

• They limited suffrage, or the right to vote, to whites only

• Only allowed women to vote

• None of the above

The British suffrage laws were a lot like Jim Crow laws in the U.S. southern states.

• True

• False

In the 1940's which party gained control of the South African government?

• The Socialist party

• The Communist party

• The Democratic party

• The National party

• The American party