South African history

1 Near which city in South Africa, which is also the largest in sub-Saharan Africa, is the Cradle of Humankind located?

• Port Elizabeth

• Capetown

• Johannesburg

• Pretoria

Almost nothing is known about Cape Town's early people who lived in the area before the arrival of which Portuguese explorer in 1488?

• Joao de Lisboa

• Vasco da Gama

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Pedro Alvares Cabral

In which year did the Dutch first build a permanent settlement at the Cape of Good Hope?

• 1673

• 1642

• 1652

• 1645

February 11th is another important day in South African history because it marks the anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from prison. In which year was he released?

• 1989

• 1990

• 1991

• 1994

Of which church was Desmond Tutu an important leader?

• Roman Catholic

• Methodist

• Anglican

• Baptist

Who is the only one of the following South Africans not to have won the Nobel Peace prize?

• F. W. de Klerk

• Desmond Tutu

• Nelson Mandela

• Steve Biko

Which man, who shares his name with one of the Beatles, discovered gold on a farm in Johannesburg in 1886?

• Paul McCartney

• John Lennon

• George Harrison

• Richard Starkey

It wasn't until 1652 that European powers started taking a colonial interest in Cape Town. Which Europeans were the first to establish a large presence in Cape Town in 1652?

• Spanish

• Dutch

• French

• German

By the early 1800s Dutch naval and mercantile power had began to fade, and another major world power had taken control of the Cape Province in the new country developing at the southern tip of Africa. Which country sent settlers to the Cape in 1820?

• Britain

• Germany

• France

• Spain

Johannesburg was founded in the 1880s during the Witwatersrand Gold Rush as place for gold prospectors to settle and live. Which neighborhood is Johannesburg's oldest and is sometimes called the Cradle of Johannesburg?

• Yeoville

• New Centre

• Elladoone

• Ferreirasdorp