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Apartheid

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the apartheid system?

a)

A democratic government system

b)

A system that brought equality to all races

c)

A system of laws that segrated the races in South Africa

d)

A dictator type of government system

2.

Which group of people held the power during apartheid?

a)

Asians

b)

White South Africans

c)

Non whites of South Africa

d)

Black South Africans

3.

Who was arrested and went to jail for leading protest against apartheid law?

a)

F.W. deKlerk

b)

Gandhi

c)

Martin Luther King

d)

Nelson Mandela

4.

What organization was formed to gain equal right for black Africans in South Africa?

a)

African National Congress

b)

The African Union

c)

United Nations

d)

League of Nations

5.

Who graduated college and became a lawyer that helped South African charged with breaking apartheid laws?

a)

Jomo Kenyetta

b)

Martin Luther King Jr

c)

F.W. deKlerk

d)

Nelson Mandela

6.

How did the United States react to Nelson Mandela's conviction in 1964?

a)

They restricted trade with South Africa.

b)

They promoted South African goods

c)

They supported the conviction

7.

F.W. deKlerk was the first black president of South Africa?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

In the 1900's, this country had less than 10% of the citizens were white but owned 80% of the land.

a)

Kenya

b)

South Africa

c)

Nigeria

d)

Congo

9.

What year did South Africa have it's first free election open to all races?

a)

2012

b)

1999

c)

1994

d)

2002

10.

Which president in South Africa brought apartheid to an end?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Jomo Kenyatta

c)

F.W. deKlerk

d)

JF Kennedy

11.

Nelson Mandela was elected the first black president of South Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which happened FIRST?

a)

Mandela is sent to prison

b)

Apartheid became a law

c)

Mandela joined African National Congress

13.

Which happened FIRST?

a)

Mandela and deKlerk wrote a new constitution

b)

Mandela joins the African National Congress

c)

Mandela went to prison

14.

Which happened LAST?

a)

Mau Mau rebels fight against British rule

b)

Great Britain grants full independence to Kenya

c)

The British started returning land to the Kenyan people

15.

Which happened FIRST?

a)

Great Britain took control of Nigeria's natural resources and land

b)

Nigeria suffered 3 military take overs and civil war

c)

After WWII, nigerians began encouraging nationalism

16.

Which one happened FIRST?

a)

Nigeria suffered through 3 military takeovers and a civil war

b)

Nigeria gains full independence from Great Britain