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What did South Africa refuse to sign?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What does 'apartheid' mean in Afrikaans?
Apartness
What is Nelson Mandella most famous for becoming?
The first black president of South Africa
What is the protest in Sharpeville remembered as?
The Sharpeville Massacre
Define segregation.
The act or process of separating individuals
What is the term that best describes the people in power in South Africa during Apartheid?
a white minority rule
What is a passbook?
A form of ID all non-white people were required to carry that included information on where they could travel to.
How long was Nelson Mandela's prison sentence meant to be?
A life sentence.
What were people protesting in Sharpeville?
Passbooks
Define discrimination
Unfair or unequal treatment of someone based on their personal characteristics
Which two countries colonised South Africa?
the Dutch and British
How were people classified by the Race Classification Act?
People were classed as white, Indian, coloured and black.
What happened to Nelson Mandela in response to his adoption of militant protests?
He was sentenced to life imprisonment
Roughly how many people were killed in the Sharpeville massacre?
Around 70
Define colonisation
The process of a foreign nation conquering another country
Why did lifting the Apartheid law not immediately solve the problem in south Africa?
Because the system had been in place for so long/ the infrastructure was already built
List 3 was people of colour were limited during Apartheid.
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What was the name of Nelson Mandela's policial group?
the ANC (African National Congress)
What is a particularly brutal fact about the people who were shot in Sharpeville?
7 out of 10 were shot in the back
Define massacre
A mass killing
What were the 3 other African countries that did sign the UDHR?
Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia
When was apartheid lifted?
The early 1990's (dismantled in stages from 1990-1994).
What was the name of Nelson Mandela's military wing of his political group?
The Spear of the Nation
How did the Sharpeville Massacre impact Nelson Mandela?
It made him adopt a more violent type of protest
Define democratic
A system that allows people to have a voice/ vote