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WorksheetsSouth Africa and Apartheid
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Why is South Africa's population so diverse?
There are many different African tribes
There is a mix of local African ethnic groups and descendants of European settlers
There are British and Dutch descendants
Who are the Afrikaaners?
People of Dutch descent
A language
A group of Africans
What was apartheid?
A local delicacy
A group of nations that supervised South African politics
Laws that discriminated against the Black population
A meeting in which politicians discussed the future of the country
Select examples of apartheid measures (many answers):
Racially mixed marriages were not allowed
There were separate residential areas
Schools were the same for Black and White people
Black people needed "passes" to move in urban areas
Blacks had to move to the Bantustans or homelands
When did apartheid start?
1918
1905
1948
1940
When did it end?
1991
2005
2008
1985
Who created apartheid?
The ANC
The Conservative Party
The Republican Party
The Democrat Party
The National Party
Why did they create apartheid? (many answers)
For more equality
To unite the population
To limit the rights of the Black majority
To promote Afrikaner culture
To maintain power in the hands of the White minority
Who was South Africa's first black president?
Nelson Mandela
F.W. De Klerk
Desmond Tutu
Ghandi
When was he elected?
2005
1990
1998
1994
