Africa History Vocab

A policy of racial separation used in South Africa from 1948 – 1990

• Apartheid
• Discrimination
• Colonialism
• Segregation

Giving up one’s own customs and adopting those of another culture

• Appropriation

• Cultural exchange
• Integration

• Assimilation

People in South Africa who are of Dutch ancestry

• Xhosas
• Ashanti

• Zulus
• Boers

A complete ban on trade between two countries

• Embargo
• Quota
• Tariff
• Trade Agreement

The South African president who, in 1990, freed Nelson Mandela from prison after he had served 27 years

• Cyril Ramaphosa
• F.W. de Klerk
• Thabo Mbeki
• Jacob Zuma

System of acquiring colonies to provide raw materials for a stronger country

• Nationalism
• Globalization
• Colonialism
• Imperialism

A system of government used by the British and French to control parts of their colonial empires by using pre existing governments

• Indirect rule
• Self-governance
• Colonial administration
• Direct rule

Great pride in one’s nation and/or ethnic group

• Patriotism
• Globalism
• Isolationism
• Nationalism

South African statesman who fought against apartheid and was released from prison to become the nation’s first democratically elected black president in 1994

• Nelson Mandela
• F.W. de Klerk
• Thabo Mbeki
• Desmond Tutu

A reaction to colonial rule, and a desire for the people of African descent, no matter where they lived in the world; to think of Africa as a homeland

• Pan-African Movement

• Cultural Imperialism
• African Diaspora
• Colonial Nationalism