End of Apartheid Quiz

Which organization launched the Defiance Campaign in the early 1950s to resist apartheid?

• United Democratic Front

• African National Congress

• United Nations General Assembly

• National Party

Which event in 1976 drew international attention to apartheid and calls for divestment from South Africa?

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Release of Nelson Mandela

• Soweto uprising

• Formation of the United Democratic Front

Who opposed economic sanctions against South Africa in the 1980s?

• Desmond Tutu and Allan Boesak

• Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk

• Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan

• Anton Ehlers and Wessel Visser

What event in 1989 helped speed up the process of ending apartheid?

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Release of Nelson Mandela

• Soweto uprising

• Formation of the United Democratic Front

When did Nelson Mandela walk free and negotiations to end apartheid formally begin?

• 1989

• 1980

• 1990

• 1994

Who led the South African government in the early 1990s and began dismantling the apartheid system?

• Desmond Tutu

• Allan Boesak

• Nelson Mandela

• F.W. de Klerk

When was the country's constitution rewritten and free general elections held for the first time?

• 1994

• 1993

• 1990

• 1992

Who were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for their work in ending apartheid?

• Desmond Tutu and Allan Boesak

• Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk

• Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan

• Anton Ehlers and Wessel Visser