History Vocab of Africa

A political group in South Africa that opposed (went against) apartheid.

• Pan-Africanism

• Coup d'etat

• ANC (African National Congress)

A legal system of keeping the races separated in South Africa.

• Nationalism

• Apartheid

• Pan-Africanism

Fighting between groups that are in the same country.

• Coup d'etat

• Civil War

• Sanctions

A system where one country controls places outside its border, usually to take advantage of the country for money and their resources.

• Colonialism

• Nationalism

• Political Boundaries

A change of government by force...a take-over usually by a dictator.

• Pan-Africanism

• Colonialism

• Coup d'etat

In South Africa, this white president helped to end apartheid in the country.

• Nelson Mandela

• Mahatma Gandhi

• F.W. deKlerk

A strong pride in your country that encourages you to want independence and not be ruled by someone else.

• Nationalism

• Partitioning

• Political Boundaries

A leader of South Africa that spend 27 years in prison fighting against apartheid, and was elected their first black president.

• Nelson Mandela

• F.W. deKlerk

• Mao Zedong

The idea that people from Africa would unite to work to be free of their colonial powers.

• Sanctions

• Pan-Africanism

• Apartheid

This is when a territory or country is divided into parts.

• Political Boundaries

• Coup d'etat

• Partitioning