Life Under Apartheid

What is apartheid?

• A style of traditional South African dance
• A type of currency used in South Africa
• A system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa
• A form of government in which power is held by a single individual

What is the best definition of colonization?

• The act of promoting peace and harmony among different cultures
• The process of creating a new language
• The establishment of control over a foreign land and its people for economic exploitation or political gain.
• The practice of preserving natural habitats

What were Pass Laws in South Africa?

• A system of internal passports and documentation that regulated the movement of black South Africans under apartheid
• A system of public transportation in South Africa
• A type of traditional dance in South Africa
• A form of currency used in South Africa

What is a township in South Africa?

• A luxury resort for wealthy tourists
• A small farming community for white settlers
• An industrial area with high-tech factories
• A predominantly black urban area reserved for non-whites during the apartheid era

Which party started apartheid?

• The African National Congress
• The National Party
• The Conservative Party
• The Democratic Party

What was the Group Areas Act?

• Mandated residential segregation (confined to “homelands” and “townships”

• A law that granted equal rights to all races
• A law that abolished racial discrimination
• A law that promoted racial integration

Who are Afrikaners?

• Ethnic group from Central Asia
• Descendants of Spanish settlers in South Africa
• Indigenous people of Australia
• South African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers