IB Docs (2) Team
2. Apartheid South Africa
Here are 25 multiple choice questions on Apartheid South Africa
Which of these was not one of the four colonies united in 1910 to form the Union of South Africa?
By what treaty did the Second Boer War 1899-1902 come to an end?
What was the significance of the Natives’ Land Act of 1913?
Which of the following are examples of black resistance to the segregation laws between 1910 and 1948
Which party won the most votes in the 1948 election?
Which of the following are reasons for the popularity of the National Party programme in 1948?
What was the difference between Petty and Grand Apartheid?
Which ONE of the following acts is an example of 'Petty Apartheid'?
The native black people of South Africa made up 70% of the population. What percentage of the land did the Tomlinson Report recommend for the black reserves in 1955?
What was a Bantustan?
What, begun in 1952, was the first large scale campaign against Apartheid?
Which of the following actions did this campaign involve?
In the late 1950s some black South Africans walked nearly 50km a day. Why?
Why were the ‘Pass Laws’ particularly hated?
Why did this hatred become more intense and lead to mass protest in 1956?
Which document, published in 1955, began with the phrase: ‘South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of all the people’?
How many people were charged with treason for supporting this document, only to be found innocent after a trial lasting five years?
At his subsequent trial, Mandela gave his statement from the dock of the court without taking a stand in the witness box. This was significant because: (Tick all the statements which apply.)
With what five words did he conclude his statement?
Albert Luthuli was awarded which international honour in 1960?
Who was the only member of the Progressive Party, which opposed apartheid, in the South African Parliament after 1961?
Formed in 1921, forced underground in the 1950s. Organised strikes. Wanted black majority rule. Involved in the Freedom Charter of 1955.
Why was Sharpeville a 'turning point' in the campaign against Apartheid?
From 1961, for how many months did Nelson Mandela operate underground organising sabotage attacks against the South African state?
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