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Apartheid and South Africa Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about the Apartheid and South Africa?

A multiple-choice quiz by rosefeather. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
rosefeather

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
282,233

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
717

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Question 1 of 10

1. Before South Africa became a republic in 1961, it was known as the Union of South Africa. In what year was this union founded? Hint

1920

1910

1890

1900

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the definition of apartheid? Hint

The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group

Unanimous dislike of one's family or friends

Discrimination of a religion

A system or practice that separates people according to race or color

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Question 3 of 10

3. The whites in South Africa during apartheid were a minority group.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these classified the people as Bantu, Colored, White, or Asian? Hint

The Pass Law

The Group Areas Act

The Population Registration Act

The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act

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Question 5 of 10

5. More than 80% of South Africa's land was set aside for the whites.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these gave South Africa separate sections for each ethnicity? Hint

The Population Registration Act

The Pass Law

The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act

The Group Areas Act

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these established ten self-governing territories for different black ethnic groups? Hint

The Population Registration Act

The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act

The Pass Law

The Group Areas Act

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Question 8 of 10

8. According to which of these, all non-whites had to carry a pass that proved their permission to be in white areas? Hint

The Pass Law

The Group Areas Act

The Population Registration Act

The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was Nelson Mandela? Hint

South Africa's last president during Apartheid

South Africa's first white president

South Africa's first black president

South Africa's last white president

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Question 10 of 10

10. F. W. de Klerk was the first black president of South Africa.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Before South Africa became a republic in 1961, it was known as the Union of South Africa. In what year was this union founded?

Answer: 1910

South Africa gained partial indepence from Great Britain in 1934, but power was only granted to the whites. This led to apartheid.

2. What is the definition of apartheid?

Answer: A system or practice that separates people according to race or color

The word "apartheid" was derived from an Afrikaans word meaning "apartness". It was practiced in South Africa between the end of the 1940s and 1992, when it was officially abolished.

3. The whites in South Africa during apartheid were a minority group.

Answer: True

There were way more blacks than whites, but later more than 80% of the land in South Africa was set aside for this minority.

4. Which of these classified the people as Bantu, Colored, White, or Asian?

Answer: The Population Registration Act

The whites were a minority group, but they were in charge. Much of the land was set aside for them later.

5. More than 80% of South Africa's land was set aside for the whites.

Answer: True

This doesn't make sense to me, because there were so many people of other descent, and not many whites. The other 20% were homelands set aside for other ethnicities.

6. Which of these gave South Africa separate sections for each ethnicity?

Answer: The Group Areas Act

Other races were forbidden to live, work, or own land in a different ethnic group's area.

7. Which of these established ten self-governing territories for different black ethnic groups?

Answer: The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act

These territories were called "homelands". All black South Africans, regardless of where they lived, were made citizens of the homelands, and they weren't allowed to take part in the governing of South Africa.

8. According to which of these, all non-whites had to carry a pass that proved their permission to be in white areas?

Answer: The Pass Law

These racist beliefs were law, and any criticisms of these laws were suppressed.

9. Who was Nelson Mandela?

Answer: South Africa's first black president

Nelson Mandela believed in democracy, equality, and learning for all South Africans, so he led the African National Congress, a black liberation group that opposed the South African government and the apartheid. These actions put him in prison, and almost thirty years later he was released and became a national celebrity.

10. F. W. de Klerk was the first black president of South Africa.

Answer: False

Mr. Mandela and F. W. Klerk (S. Africa's last white president) succeeded in combining their efforts to end the apartheid and switch to a peaceful non-racial democracy in South Africa. He changed much of the public's view on racism, and White South Africa backed down to let world pressure and internal violence take charge in 1990 by getting rid of most of the apartheid laws.

Source: Author rosefeather

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