WorksheetsHuman Rights Day
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 16mins
What date is Human Rights Day?
22/3
21st April
21st March
21/2
How many years ago did the Sharpevillle protest happen? It was on the 21st of March 1960. It has been (a) years since the event.
HINT: use your calculator.
Why do you think it was wrong that certain race groups had to carry a pass book?
During Apartheid were people of colour allowed to move freely around South African cities?
Yes
No
Why did ordinary people meet in Sharpeville on the 21st March 1960?
To write a poem about human rights.
To peacefully demonstrate against the pass laws by leaving their Pass books behind.
To get jobs and for church.
To strike against unfair wages.
Human Rights Day is an annual event. What does this mean?
Write a full sentence (capital letters and full stops) explaining why Human Rights Day is celebrated in South Africa.
What was Apartheid?
A South African government rule that separated people based on their race.
A South African public holiday.
An international rule that meant people could not leave the country.
What is one basic human right?
Who was South Africa's first democratically elected president?
Jacob Zuma
Nelson Mandela
Thabo Mbeki
Cyril Ramaphosa
