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This body of water lies on South Africa's West Coast.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100
The term used to describe a system of racial segregation in South Africa. Literally means "separateness."
What is Apartheid?
100
This group was the first to settle in South Africa in the 17th century.
Who is the Dutch?
100
This political party in South Africa currently holds 79% of the country's vote, the vast majority being black South Africans.
What is the African National Congress, aka the ANC.
100
Name 3 of the 6 colors located on the South African Flag.
What is Red, Yellow, Green, White, Black and Blue?
200
This body of water lies on the East Coast of South Africa.
What is the Indian Ocean?
200
The President of South African from 1994 to 1999 and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
200
The Dutch ceded control of South Arica over to this country during the 19th century.
What is Britain?
200
This was the response from the crowd after Jacob Zuma's 90 minute speech in Bloemfontein detailing the ANC's struggle against apartheid.
What is the crowd seemed bored and the stadium was nearly half empty by the end of the speech?
200
Nelson Mandela spent this many years in prision.
What is almost 30 years?
300
These two small countries are found within South Africa's borders when located on a map.
What are Lesotho and Swaziland?
300
Abbreviated as the ANC, this is South Africa's governing political party, founded in 1912.
What is the African National Congress?
300
This was the year that Apartheid offcially ended.
What is 1994? (Although negotiations began in 1990)
300
These four other countries make up the BRICS along with South Africa.
What are Brazil, Russia, India and China?
300
This is South Africa's rating worldwide in supplying safe drinkable tap water.
What is 3rd?
400
List 2 of the 3 capitals of South Africa.
What are Cape Town, Pretoria and Bloemfontein?
400
The term "Africaners," the dominant white minority, came from this group that settled in South Africa.
Who are the Dutch?
400
Beginning in the 1960s, the United Nations called for these as international condemnation of the Apartheid in South Africa.
What is economic sanctions?
400
This has been the biggest critism of Jacob Zuma since he took office in 2009.
What is that he has failed to fulfill his populist election promises?
400
True or False: South Africa is the only country in the world to voluntarily abandon its nuclear weapons program.
What is True?
500
This is the longest river in South Africa.
What is the Orange River?
500
This is the current President of South Africa.
Who is Jacob Zuma?
500
Name two pieces of legacy left behind by apartheid on South African politics.
What is racial discrimination, a hurting economy, full suffrage, a country behind in world affairs, the importance of leadership?
500
Discuss at least 3 of the recent changes brought about in South Africa dur to the ANC.
What are control of the HIV epidemic, abolished death penalty, enshrined civil rights in the constitution, clean water, guaranteed right to education of at least 12 years, almost 1/3 of population on Welfare.
500
This is the percentage of electricity for the entire continent of Africa generated by South Africa.
What is 66%?
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