General/Intro to Apartheid |
#1 |
These two discoveries in 1867 brought world wide attention to South Africa |
Gold and Diamonds |
#2 |
What are the four main ethnic groups in South Africa? |
Blacks, Whites, Coloreds, and Asians |
#3 |
What two subjects were only available to the white students in South Africa? What was the reason |
Math and Science...Students were were taught those two subjects were belived to be smarter and in return have better jobs, make more money, have more power/control |
#4 |
What year did South Africa become an independent nation? |
1910 |
#5 |
During Apartheid, Blacks were forced to move to ___________, these locations were extremely overcrowded |
Homelands |
Apartheid in South Africa |
#1 |
What was the goal of Apartheid in South Africa? |
racial segregation |
#2 |
The African National Congress (ANC) was founded in what year? |
1912 |
#3 |
This African National Congress (ANC) lawyer was jailed in 1962 for protest activities, he spent 27 years in jail. |
Nelson Mandela |
#4 |
Why were blacks so oppressed when they were the majority of the population? |
Had no Political rights (1948-Apartheid, offical Government Policy) |
#5 |
What was the primary goal of the African National Congress (ANC)? |
Improving conditions for all blacks living in South Africa |
Apartheid and the people of South Africa |
#1 |
This ethnic group had 87% of the Land of South Africa |
Whites |
#2 |
It was needed to travel in South Africa, it contained fingerprints, photos, and general information |
Passbook |
#3 |
This commission was created at the end of Apartheid |
Truth and Reconcilation commission |
#4 |
This act opened job opportunities to all South Africans |
1998 Employment Equity Act |
#5 |
Millions of people are infected with HIV each year...which group has the highest amount of HIV cases |
Working-age adults |
Politics of South Africa |
#1 |
He was the South African president who started to aboloshing Apartheid laws and later put an end to it |
F.W. de Klerk |
#2 |
He was elected the first black president of South Africa in 1994 |
Nelson Mandela |
#3 |
What was the name of the political party that opposed the Afican National Party? |
National Party |
#4 |
What was the goal of the Black consciousness Movement? |
Infusion of pride and dignity into black South Africa, and taught the need to unite as a whole country |
#5 |
Along with South African Protests, what other factor(s) led to the end pf apartheid? |
United Nations threatned economic and military sanctions. Pressures from the rest of the world (imports, exports, Olympics) |