Word Analysis
Which word fits best in this sentence?
The thief made a ____ about the crime.
confessing B confessor C confessed D confession
D confession
What is apartheid?
A athletic ability
B business knowledge
C racial segregation
D severe weather
C racial segregation
Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment because he left the country. Which sentence from the selection best supports your answer ?
A. However, upon his return to South Africa, Nelson was captured, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment for illegally leaving the country and for his involvement in the resistance movement.
B. Nelson later studied law and joined the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League, a political organization, to fight against the new discriminatory apartheid laws enforced by the South African government.
C.Europeans Only signs were posted all over South Africa, igniting widespread protests and violence.
a. However, upon his return to South Africa, Nelson was captured, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment for illegally leaving the country and for his involvement in the resistance movement.
What is apartheid?
Racial Segregation
Which word fits best in this sentence?
The driver went in the wrong ____.
A direction B director C directive D directing
A Direction
Which word means things you wear to hide your identity?
A disguises B threatens C advances D constants
A disguises
What was the name Nelson was born with?
A Oliver C Jongitaba B Transkei D Rolihlahla
D Rolihlahla
What does it mean to say that Nelson went underground?
He went into Hiding.
Which word fits best in this sentence?
The coach made a good _____ and won the game.
A decider B decidedly C decision D deciding
C decision
Soil that produces a lot of crops is
A preserved. B fertile. C continuous. D dreadful.
B fertile.
How did other nations help Nelson’s cause?
A They put pressure on the South African government.
B They paid to get Nelson out of prison.
C They gave Nelson the Nobel Peace Prize.
D They helped him open the first black law firm in South Africa
A. They put pressure on the South African government.
Where was Nelson kept prisoner?
" Small island off the coast of South Africa, Nelson sat in a jail cell."
Which word means the state of being visible?
A visibiled B visibility C visibilfull D visibiling
B visibility
The word brace means
A to look for something you lost.
B to listen carefully to a speech.
C to use good handwriting.
D to get ready for a shock.
D to get ready for a shock.
In this selection, the word European means
A brown people.
B white people.
C. black people.
D.Indian people.
B white people.
Why did European settlers come to South Africa?
“European settlers came to South Africa for trade, land, farming, and the country’s valuable natural resources.”
Which word does not have the same base as the others?
A inscribe B terrible C script D prescrib
B terrible
Friends who work together are sometimes called
A agencies. B. services. C. comrades. D. operators
C. comrades.
The selection said that the European settlers had weapons that breathed fire. These weapons were probably ____.
A rockets.
B. bows and arrows.
B airplanes.
D guns.
D guns.
Put these events from the life of Nelson Mandela in order, using 1–4.
____Elected president of South Africa
____Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
___Elected president of the ANC
____Released from prison
1. Elected president of the ANC
2. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
4. Elected president of South Africa
3. Released from prison