Africa Lesson Pre Assessment

What is the Apartheid System?

• Equality for all

• Segregation of races

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Western-Style Democracy

What was significant about Nelson Mandela's election to political office in Africa in 1994?

• He was the first black president of South Africa

• He was elected as a representative of the Zulu nation

• He united the Zulu and Ashanti people in order to win the election

• He was the overwhelming choice of British citizens living in South Africa

What percentage of the population of South Africa was black when that country achieved independence?

• 20%

• 40%

• 50%

• 70%

What was the name of Nelson Mandela's political party?

• Zulu Nation

• African Union

• African National Congress

• Kenyan National Union Party

What decision did South African President F.W. de Klerk eventually make about the country's apartheid laws?

• He added many new and harsher laws

• He began to recommend that the laws be repealed

• He lifted segregation restrictions on those living in South African cities

• He worked to spread apartheid laws to neighboring South African nations.

Apartheid separated blacks and whites in:

• Kenya

• South Africa

• Nigeria

• Sudan

Who was arrested and imprisoned for resisting apartheid?

• Nelson Mandela

• F.W. de Klerk

• Winnie Mandela

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Who is Nelson Mandela?

• Leader of the National Party

• The first European to arrive in South Africa

• The first president elected by democratic election in South Africa

• The last president during apartheid

Why did South Africa form the African National Congress (ANC)?

• To unite South Africans to fight for greater civil rights for blacks

• To draw more Europeans to South Africa to oppress black people

• To promote segregation between blacks and whites

• To force white Europeans out of the homelands

Under apartheid, people of different races had to do all of the following EXCEPT

• Register their race with the government

• Work with people of different races

• Live only with people of their own race

• Use separate services and buildings