Lesson 4- South Africa and Apartheid

Question 1

A student uprising in South Africa took place in

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Soweto.

Question 2

What type of government did European settlers create in South Africa in 1909?

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a parliamentary government that excluded many citizens

Question 3

Which statement best describes Desmond Tutu?

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He was a religious leader who called for international sanctions against South Africa.

Question 4

After returning to South Africa from Algeria in 1964, Nelson Mandela was

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arrested and imprisoned.

Question 5

How did the international community respond to South Africa’s policies in the 1980s?

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by refusing to buy South African goods

Question 6

The African National Congress was founded to

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unite non-white South Africans and further their cause.

Question 7

Which list correctly orders events in the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa?

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i. The Population Registration Act was signed.ii. The Soweto Uprising sparked more protests.iii. Frederik W. de Klerk brought about reforms.iv. Nelson Mandela became the nation’s president.

Question 8

The Sharpeville demonstration of 1960 resulted in

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the deaths of sixty-nine people.

Question 9

South Africa’s Population Registration Act of 1950

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created a race-based classification system.

Question 10

The pie chart shows the racial breakdown of South Africa's population.

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80 percent of the population.

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