Unit 6 Subunit 3: Southern Africa Assessment

What is apartheid?

• The South African government's policy of separation of different races

• A small apartment

• The combine of all races

Identify the highlighted country:

• South Africa

• Lesotho

• Eswatini

• Madagascar

What was the name of the policy instituted by the new white minority government of South Africa that gave complete separation of races?

• segregation

• apartheid

• divination

• collation

In 1912, Africans founded this congress to fight for their rights in South Africa.

• South African Congress

• African National Congress

• Congress of South Africa

• Rights of African Congress

This former president of South Africa was imprisoned for 27 years for fighting against the apartheid policy.

• F.W. De Klerk

• Mutota

• Ahmed Ouyahia

• Nelson Mandela

Where were lower class, uneducated blacks forced to live during, and even after, apartheid

• Apartments

• Shantytowns

• Goree Island

• City Streets

What mineral was found in Botswana to spark their economic growth after gaining their independence in 1966?

• Gold

• Oil

• Diamonds

• Silver

This city of South Africa once started as a small mining town. With nearby gold reserves discovered, it is now a large prosperous city of over 6 million.

• Cape Town

• Bloemfontein

• Johannesburg

• Pretoria

The stone-walled capital built by the Shona in the late 1000s

• Cape of Good Hope

• Afrikaners

• Great Zimbabwe

• Boers

Answer explanation

Area at the tip of Africa near where a trade station was set up by the Dutch in 1652

• Great Zimbabwe

• Afrikaners

• Boers

• Cape of Good Hope

Answer explanation