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Home on the Veld

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Apartheid means

a)

(in South Africa) a policy or system of discrimination on high caste and low caste

b)

(in South Africa) a policy or system of discrimination on rich and poor.

c)

(in South Africa) a policy or system of discrimination on grounds of race / colours

2.

Nelson Mandela is the first black president of

a)

South America

b)

South Africa

c)

South Asia

3.

The person in the picture is:

a)

Nelson Martinez

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Nelson Ramirez

d)

Nelson Lopez

4.

Nelson Mandela was 27 years in prison because he protested apartheid.

a)

yes

b)

no

5.

Nelson Mandela's mother had three __________

a)

sons

b)

brothers

c)

rondavels

6.

Dipping Tanks are to rid the cattle of _______________________

a)

ticks and disease

b)

water and heat

7.

The three main food of Qunu people were _______, _____, _____

a)

maize, beans, tea and coffee

b)

mealies, beans, pumpkins

c)

beans pumpkins sugar

8.

The game - ndize , (pronounce as deeza) means

a)

hide and seek

b)

touch and run

c)

choose the one you like

9.

Mandela was fondly called by this name.

a)

Rolihlahla

b)

Madiba

10.

In Qunu, women and children used to wear

a)

western outfits

b)

blankets dyed in ocher

c)

skirts and blankets

11.

Qunu was a village of women and children because...

a)

there were more women and children than men.

b)

the women and children used to stay in the village most of the time and play.

c)

the women and children used to do most of the work in the village while the men used to spent most of their time working in the mines.

12.

After the games they used to return to the rondavels and ...

a)

their parents used to feed them maize, beans and pumpkin and they used to go to bed.

b)

their dad used to tell them fables of Xhosa legends and mothers used to tell the the historic battles and heroic Xhosa warriors.

c)

their mother used to tell them fables of Xhosa legends and father used to tell the the historic battles and heroic Xhosa warriors.