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South Africa and Apartheid

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is South Africa's population so diverse?

a)

There are many different African tribes

b)

There is a mix of local African ethnic groups and descendants of European settlers

c)

There are British and Dutch descendants

2.

Who are the Afrikaaners?

a)

People of Dutch descent

b)

A language

c)

A group of Africans

3.

What was apartheid?

a)

A local delicacy

b)

A group of nations that supervised South African politics

c)

Laws that discriminated against the Black population

d)

A meeting in which politicians discussed the future of the country

4.

Select examples of apartheid measures (many answers):

a)

Racially mixed marriages were not allowed

b)

There were separate residential areas

c)

Schools were the same for Black and White people

d)

Black people needed "passes" to move in urban areas

e)

Blacks had to move to the Bantustans or homelands

5.

When did apartheid start?

a)

1918

b)

1905

c)

1948

d)

1940

6.

When did it end?

a)

1991

b)

2005

c)

2008

d)

1985

7.

Who created apartheid?

a)

The ANC

b)

The Conservative Party

c)

The Republican Party

d)

The Democrat Party

e)

The National Party

8.

Why did they create apartheid? (many answers)

a)

For more equality

b)

To unite the population

c)

To limit the rights of the Black majority

d)

To promote Afrikaner culture

e)

To maintain power in the hands of the White minority

9.

Who was South Africa's first black president?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

F.W. De Klerk

c)

Desmond Tutu

d)

Ghandi

10.

When was he elected?

a)

2005

b)

1990

c)

1998

d)

1994