South Africa and Apartheid

Question 1

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

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arrested and imprisoned.

Question 2

The African National Congress was founded to

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unite non-white South Africans and further their cause.

Question 3

The movement against apartheid in South Africa was

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non-violent at first but became militant.

Question 4

The United States and Europe put pressure on South Africa in the form of

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sanctions.

Question 5

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

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80 percent of the population.

Question 6

In the early 1900s, European settlers in South Africa created

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a system of segregation that split society.

Question 7

South Africa’s Population Registration Act of 1950

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created a race-based classification system.

Question 8

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 9

A student uprising in South Africa took place in

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Soweto.

Question 10

The Sharpeville demonstration of 1960 resulted in

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the deaths of sixty-nine people.

South Africa and Apartheid Answers

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