Apartheid in South Africa
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- Q1Who was the first black president of South AfricaDesmond TutuNelson MandelaSteven BikoF.W. deKlerk30s
- Q2Who was the white president of South Africa who helped to end Apartheid?Herman BoethF.W. deKlerkJohn F. KennedyNelson Mandela30s
- Q3In what year did apartheid end?195019911970196030s
- Q4What are homelands?nice areas where whites livedlarge cities where blacks could votelarge, overcrowded areas where blacks were forced to livesmall communities where all groups lived30s
- Q5What is apartheid?Right to vote for all South Africasa word that means unitedlegal segregation of whites and blacks in South Africalarge, overcrowded areas where blacks were forced to live.30s
- Q6Which group worked to dismantle the apartheid system?National PartyDemocratic PartyAfrikaaners PartyANC (African National Congress)30s
- Q7White South Africans were decedents of white two European countries?Dutch and BritishDutch and FrenchAmerican and BritishFrench and British30s
- Q8About how long did Mandela serve in prison?28 years10 yearsLife in prison18 years30s
- Q9Apartheid in South Africa led toliberation of womenseparation of the racesremoval of Dutch and English influencesgenocide of certain religious sects30s
- Q10Which of the following was true of apartheid?It was started by the French in South Africa in 1948Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress was imprisoned in BritainF.W. deKlerk legislated for the beginning of apartheidForeign nations leveled sanctions and trade embargoes to help end apartheid.30s
- Q11In what year did apartheid begin?197919251950194830s
- Q12What set of laws established separate homelands for blacks?Race and Reorganization LawsLand ActsDefiance Campaign LawsPassbook Laws30s
- Q13Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi are closely associated with movements tosupport military juntasestablish theocratic ruleguarantee rights and libertiesintroduce socialistic economic principles30s
- Q14One way in which apartheid in South Africa and the caste system of India are similar is that both systemsdetermined roles based on genderrevolved around central religious beliefs.enforced different sets of rules for distinct groups of peopleallowed for educational opportunities30s
- Q15One way in which Aung San Suu Kyi, Lech Walesa, and Nelson Mandela are similar is that they allbased their actions on the teachings of Karl Marxinspired revolutions against autocratic monarchssupported the use of violence to achieve their goals.led movements to end oppression of their people30s