INDIAN ACT
In which year was the Indian Act enacted?
1876
How many residential schools were there across Canada?
Over 130
Which 3 European peoples colonised Southern Africa?
Portugal, Netherlands, Great Britain
What does 'apartheid' mean?
Separate development (discretion on Vervoerd's 'Good neighbourliness')
Where was Nelson Mandela incarcerated for 27 years?
Robben Island
Which Prime Minister introduced the Indian Act?
John A. MacDonald
Which institutions partnered the Canadian government in setting up and running the Residential Schools?
The Christian Churches (all denominations)
Which famous warrior people of South Africa were led by Shaka and Cetshwayo, and defeated the British at the Battle of Isandlewana before being defeated at Rorke's Drift and Ulundi?
The Zulu
Which document, produced in 1955 by the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats and the Coloured People's Congress forms the basis of South Africa's current progressive constitution?
Freedom Charter
What was Nelson Mandela's profession before he joined the ANC?
Lawyer
What 2 'positive' results did the Indian Act give Indigenous Canadians?
Exemption from income and sales tax, guaranteed hunting and fishing rights, school, medical care, treaty payments and 'special status'.
Roughly how many Indigenous and Metis children went through the Residential School system?
150,000
What was the name of the South African people of Dutch heritage?
Boers or Afrikaaners
Which piece of legislation segregated and defined education for indigenous South Africans?
Bantu education Act 1953
What was Nelson Mandela's clan name
Madhiba
Under the Indian Act, what would happen to an indigenous person who graduated from University?
They lose their rights as an Indigenous person
How many 'calls to action' did the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report identify
92
What are the 3 capital cities of South Africa?
Pretoria - administrative
Cape Town - Parliamentary
Bloemfontein - Judicial
Which protest against Apartheid in 1976 resulted in at least 176 deaths and hit the World news when pictures of Hector Pietersen carrying the body of dead schoolboy Mbuyisa Makhubo were circulated?
Soweto Uprising
What was the name of Nelson Mandela's controversial second wife?
Winnie Mandela
When was the Indian Act revoked?
It wasn't, it has been amended but is still in existence.
How many unidentified bodies of students were found in the grounds of Kamloops Residential School?
215
In what year did South Africa first win the Rugby World Cup?
1995
Which apartheid legislation enabled the government to suppress any political group by accusing them of following a certain ideology?
The Suppression of Communism Act 1950
How old was Nelson Mandela when he became President of South Africa?
75