Midterm Review: Apartheid 2024

In which African nation did apartheid occur?

• Kenya

• Nigeria

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• South Africa

Who was the president of South Africa when apartheid ended?

• Nelson Mandela

• Cecil Rhodes

• Melvin Afrikaans

• F.W. de Klerk

Who was the first democratically elected president of South Africa?

• Nelson Mandela

• Cecil Rhodes

• Melvin Afrikaans

• F.W. de Klerk

Which of the following is NOT something that F.W. de Klerk & Nelson Mandela have in common?

• both president of South Africa

• both won the Nobel Peace Prize

• both believed that apartheid needed to end

• both believed that apartheid would ensure success for South Africa

What does the word apartheid mean?

• togetherness

• separateness

• persistence

• independence

What is the name given to rural areas where blacks were forced to live in South Africa?

• reservations

• projects

• homelands

• reserves

What was the name given to the slum-like housing developments outside of the city, where blacks who worked in the city lived?

• neighborhoods

• townships

• clusters

• zulus

What was the name of the identification document that blacks must carry with them at all times?

• license

• passport

• certificate

• passbook

Why did apartheid eventually end in South Africa?

• Nelson Mandela escaped from jail and overthrew the government.

• South Africa finally realized that they were bringing harm to their own citizens.

• A civil war broke out and the blacks overthrew the whites.

• South Africa was hurt economically by the sanctions (embargoes/boycotts) imposed by other countries.

A threatened penalty or consequence for disobeying a law or a rule is called a/an...

• sanction

• segregation

• reservation

• legislation