South Africa: Struggle for Equality

When did Europeans first arrive in present-day South Africa?

• 1650

• 1651

• 1652

• 1653

What was the name of the Europeans who first settled in South Africa?

• Pilgrims

• Huguenots

• Calvinists

• Boers (They were called Afrikaners later)

What language did the first Europeans to settle in present-day South Africa eventually speak?

• French

• English

• Afrikaans (a language related to Dutch)

• Portuguese

Why did the British want the land controlled by the Afrikaners?

• Diamonds and gold were discovered.

• Uranium was discovered.

• Copper was discovered.

• The land was excellent for farming.

What new laws took hold once the Afrikaners took political power in 1948?

• Laws that treated all races of people equally.

• Apartheid laws

• Traffic laws

• Conscription laws

It was the legal system of South Africa in which the rights on nonwhites were greatly restricted.

• apartheid

• discriminate

• boycott

• inferiority

To treat people differently, and often unfairly, based on race, religion, or gender.

• discriminate

• martyr

• inferiority

• liberation

In which groups were South Africans separated? Click all that are correct.

• Blacks

• Whites

• Asians

• Colored

Blacks were discriminated against for all of these ways, except...

• They were denied citizenship.

• They had to move to homelands.

• They could not vote.

• They could get skilled labor jobs.

The following were ways that people outside of South Africa fought against apartheid laws. Click all that apply.

• Nations stopped trading with South Africa.

• Nations stopped lending money to South Africa.

• South African athletes were banned from international sporting competitions.

• They protested.