Apartheid
What does apartheid mean?
a. apartness
b. segregation
c. hierarchy
apartness / separateness. It was a government policy that separated the people into different classifications.
What is the name of the ridiculous test used to determine one's race under Apartheid?
The pencil test
What year was Trevor Noah born?
1984
When was Nelson Mandela elected president?
a. 1948
b. 2003
c. 1994
What is 1994
What year was the Immorality Act decreed?
1927
Name the 4 classifications under apartheid?
Black, White, Colored and Asian/Indian
What did Black people have to carry in South Africa?
passbooks
What nationality is Trevor Noah's biological father?
Swiss-German
South Africa has three capitals! Which of the following is NOT a capital of South Africa?
a. Cape Town
b Johannesburg
c. Pretoria
Johannesburg
What age did Black South Africans typically stop school under apartheid?
a. 13 y/o
b. 10 y/o
c. 8 y/o
13 years of age
When was apartheid?
a. 1948 - 2005
b. 1955 - 1995
c. 1948 - 1991
1948 to 1991
What is the political party of South Africa that both Nelson Mandela and Albert Luthuli were members of?
What is African National Congress
What is Trevor's mother's name?
Patricia
What is the current population of South Africa?
a. 32.4 million people
b. 87.1 million people
c. 59.3 million people
59.3 million people
What is the name of the party that enacted the Apartheid system in the first place?
a. African National Congress
b. United Party
c. National Party
National Party
What doe ANC stand for?
What is African National Congress
Who was the first democratically elected president of South Africa?
a. Steve Biko
b. Albert Luthuli
c. Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
How many church services did Trevor attend with his mother on Sundays?
3
What are three ways people protested in South Africa?
What is protest, boycott, sanctions not allowing South Africa to take place in world sporting events, burning passbooks, breaking curfew, music, etc
What is one way the South African government responded to the Defiance Campaign?
Arrests, shooting protestors, violence, police brutality, banning organizations
What was the name of the tragedy that left about 69 South Africans killed and another 180 wounded. This was also a turning point in the resistance movement.
Sharpeville Massacre
What president ended apartheid?
a. Nelson Mandela
b. F.W. Deklerk
c. Steve Biko
F.W. Deklerk
What does the South Africa Employment Equality Act do? (take a wild guess! lol)
The purpose of the Act is to achieve equity in the workplace, by promoting equal opportunity and fair treatment in employment through the elimination of unfair discrimination.
Name two things Black South Africans were advocating for while under apartheid
better job opportunities, better health care, access to educations, ability to vote and run for office, better housing, land reform, etc