South Africa Post-Apartheid Notes Quiz

What is the best definition of Apartheid?

• Separating people according to intelligence

• Separating people according to height

• Separating people according to race

• Separating people according to age

Which of the following is the best definition of segregation?

• Separating one group of people from another

• Keeping people together on a project

• Working together for a common goal

• Combining small groups of people into one large group

During Apartheid, ________ had all of the political power.

• Americans

• people of a mixed race

• blacks

• whites

Whites were the _________ population, but had all the power.

• majority

• minority

• main

• primary

Political power allowed whites to have...

• the ability to help the South African poor that were in need

• less money than others living in South Africa

• the best schools, jobs, healthcare and living conditions

• work with other nations to find better ways to discriminate

As a result of leading protests against Apartheid, Nelson Mandela...

• was immediately made president of South Africa.

• spent 27 years in jail.

• was exiled to the United States.

• spent the rest of his life in jail.

What is one reason South Africa ended their Apartheid laws?

• The United States forced them to

• They didn't, they still have Apartheid laws today

• Other countries refused to trade or do business with them

• South Africa was in danger of getting kicked out of Africa

After being released from jail in 1990, Nelson Mandela won the ___________ in 1993, before becoming South Africa's 1st Black President in 1994.

• Silver Star

• Purple Heart

• Medal of Honor

• Nobel Peace Prize

The ___________ provides the opportunity for jobs for all South Africans.

• Employment Equity Act

• Treaty of South Africa

• Mandela Rule

• South African Constitution

What is contributing to a lack of jobs and increase in poverty for all groups of South Africans?

• War with Australia

• The Tsunami of 2017

• Slow economic growth

• An uneducated workforce