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Apartheid Quick Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did Apartheid start in South Africa?

a)

1910

b)

1948

c)

1960

d)

1978

e)

1984

2.

Which political party brought Apartheid?

a)

The United Party

b)

Herenigde Nasionale Party (HNP)

c)

Afrikaaner Party

d)

The National Party

e)

The Bantu Authority

3.

What is a bantusan?

a)

A Bantu leader

b)

A "passbook" blacks had to carry to identify themselves

c)

One of many conflicts that took place in 1959

d)

"Homeland" where groups were assigned to live

e)

A nationalistic song

4.

When did Apartheid end?

a)

1980

b)

1994

c)

1998

d)

2000

e)

2008

5.

What is Soweto?

a)

A mass protest against government policy in 1976

b)

South Western Townships

c)

An urban area in Johannesburg

d)

Nelson Mandela's tribe

e)

The last name of Armand Soweto, a military leader

6.

Who is the hurt boy in the photo?

a)

Hector Pieterson

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Demond Tutu

d)

FW de Klerk

7.

When was Nelson Mandela released from prison?

a)

May 1982

b)

August 1986

c)

February 1990

d)

May 1994

e)

August 1998

8.

What does Apartheid mean? (1 word)

(a)  

9.

Laws classified inhabitants into these racial groups:

a)

black, white, colored, Asians

b)

white, black, bantusans

c)

Black, White Anglo, White Boers

d)

Black and white

10.

What does baaskap mean?

(a)  

11.

During Apartheid, the whites in South Africa were a minority group.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

What percentage of land was set aside for whites?

a)

Between 60 and 80%

b)

More than 80%

c)

90%

d)

97%

e)

50%

13.

Which of these gave South Africa separate sections for each ethnicity?

a)

The Group Areas Act

b)

The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act

c)

The Population Registration Act

d)

The Pass Law

14.

Which of the following are true for Nelson Mandela?

a)

Jailed for 27 years

b)

ANC

c)

Banned in South Africa for his work on the Defiance Campaign

d)

Married to Winnie

e)

was a lawyer