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WorksheetsHis Gr6 Term 3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
ANC, the largest political party in South Africa. What does ANC stand for?
Afrikaner National Coalition
African National Commission
African National Congress
Africa's New Coalition
What type of government does South Africa have?
Federal Republic
Dictatorship
Confederation
Republic
What was the name of the first democratically elected president in South Africa?
F.W. de Clerk
Jan van Riebeeck
Nelson Mandela
J.B.M. Hertzog
Which is NOT a characteristic of a democracy?
Only the wealthy can vote.
free elections
limits on lawmakers
citizens rule
Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than they do in an autocracy?
Kings are always cruel leaders.
All of the power stays in the hands of the local governments.
The people play a role in deciding who rules.
Voters in democratic countries always choose qualified leaders.
How is the president of South Africa chosen?
He is chosen by the country's religious leaders.
He is elected by the National Assembly.
He is appointed by the king.
He is identified by the people in a national election.
The year that signified the end of the Apartheid regime and the commencement of a democratic South Africa.
1992
1996
1994
2000
The role of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is to:
Manage fair and free elections
Ensure voting procedures
Ensure IDs are present during voting
Hand out information regarding political parties
Some people have more rights than others:
Democracy
Apartheid
At what age are people allowed to vote?
16
18
21
25
When the citizens of South Africa vote, who do they elect?
members of Parliament
members of Parliament & President
the President
This is a trick question - the people of South Africa are not permitted to vote because it is an autocracy!
What were the apartheid laws?
Laws designed to integrate all races across South Africa.
Laws set up to improve the rights of African citizens in South Africa
Laws supported by President Nelson Mandela
A series of segregationist laws set up by whites in government to suppress non-whites
What is South Africa like today?
Democratic - The people vote in elections
2nd largest economy in Africa,
still has economic inequality and poverty
It has majority white population
In what year was the International Summit on the Rights of Children held in South Africa?
1992
1994
1996
2002
What was the list of rights that was written down after this meeting?
Children's Rights
Children's Summit
Children's Ballot
Children's Charter
Who wrote 'Nkosi sikelel' i Afrika'?
Fatima Meer
Pius Langa
Enoch Sontonga
Nelson Mandela
A constitution is:
the laws of a country
the courts of a country
The court system of a country
select all the sections of the government
parliament
legislative
executive
president
judicial
The function of the legislative section is:
to run the country
to make the laws
to make sure the country's rules are obeyed
allowing people to give their views on issues
