South Africa Apartheid Practice Questions

A set of 40 vocabulary-style flashcards covering the history of Apartheid in South Africa, focusing on key figures, laws, and dates from the 1600s through the transition to democracy in the 1990s.

British and Dutch

The two European groups that colonized South Africa in the $1600's$.

Union of South Africa

Entity established in $1910$ by Great Britain.

Whites

The group that had the governing power in the Union of South Africa.

National Party

The new political party in $1948$ that passed legislation to enforce the policy of apartheid.

Apartheid

A social and political policy of racial segregation and discrimination.

Afrikaans

The language of white South Africans.

Apartness

The meaning of the word apartheid in the Afrikaans language.

Bantu authorities act

Legislation passed in $1951$ that created "homelands" for black South Africans.

$$80\%$$

The percentage of land in South Africa owned by white South Africans at the time of the Bantu authorities act.

$$10\%$$

The percentage of the population represented by white South Africans at the time of the Bantu authorities act.

$9$ million

The number of South Africans excluded from participating in the government as a result of the Bantu Authorities Act.

Bantustans

Artificially created reservations or "homelands" for native South Africans to live on.

Passport

The item people needed in order to leave their Bantustan.

ANC

The acronym for the African National Congress, which actively fought apartheid.

Goal of the ANC

To increase the rights of native Africans.

Rolihlahla Mandela

The full name of the leader born on July $18$, $1918$.

Thembu

The tribe that Nelson Mandela was a member of.

Nelson

The name given to Mandela on his first day of school by his teacher.

Lawyer

The type of job Mandela had after graduating college.

Gandhi

The person Mandela admired who used peaceful protests in India.

Nonviolent

The type of beliefs held by Gandhi that Mandela initially urged ANC members to follow.

Sharpeville

The city where a peaceful protest turned violent.

Violent protests

The type of protests the ANC and Mandela advocated for toward the government after the events in Sharpeville.

Sabotage and plotting

The charges against Mandela when he was captured in $1962$ for trying to overthrow the government.

$$46$$

Nelson Mandela's age in $1964$ when he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.

Hard labor

The kind of labor Mandela was forced to do while in prison.

FW deklerk

The person elected in $1989$ as president of South Africa who renounced the ban on the ANC.

$$1990$$

The year Nelson Mandela was pardoned and released from prison.

$27$ years

The number of years Nelson Mandela served in prison.

New Constitution

The document written by de Klerk and Mandela to officially end apartheid and grant equality to all South Africans.

$$1993$$

The year de Klerk and Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nobel Peace Prize

The award given to de Klerk and Mandela for moving the country peacefully to a nonracial democracy.

$$1994$$

The year South Africa had its first election open to all races.

Nelson Mandela

The person who became South Africa's black president in a fully representative democratic election.

Stable democratic government

The current status of South Africa's government today.

Economic inequality and poverty

Two conditions that still exist throughout the country of South Africa.

July 18, 1918

The date Nelson Mandela was born.

$$1962$$

The year Mandela was captured and accused of plotting to overthrow the government.

$$1910$$

The year the Union of South Africa was established.

$$1951$$

The year the Bantu authorities act was created.