Apartheid

Apartheid means...

• living together

• apartness

• fairness

• being tortured

Define apartheid. The definition, not the translation.

What did the Native Land's Act do?

• it was illegal for colored people to buy land privately

• only native people were allowed to buy land

• only white employers were allowed to buy land for black people

Which things were forbidden under the laws?

• interracial marriage between whites and non-whites

• black South Africans living wherever they wanted to

• voting for black South Africans

• all of these

Which measures were taken to protest against apartheid?

• violent actions

• non-violent actions

• breaking out of prison

True or False: The defiance acts of black and Indian South Africans caused many problems including the overflow of prisons which in turn caused apartheid to be abolished.

• True

• False

Which statement about the Sharpeville Massacre is correct?

• only adults died

• they protested against the Pencil Test

• it was a non-violent protest

Why did negotiations start?

What was the result of the first elections?

What other event in history could you compare apartheid to? Explain your answer.