Apartheid

Question 1

What was the main reason for Apartheid?

Answer 1

The National Party believed black people were lesser than white people and did not deserve rights

Question 2

What were the different categories of black people

Answer 2

Native, Bantu, Coloured and Indian

Question 3

Do people’s features effect their intelligence or behavior?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

What does segregation mean?

Answer 4

The practice of sperating groups of people because of certain traits or features

Question 5

What does “Born free” mean

Answer 5

South Africans who born after Apartheid, therefore they were born ‘free’

Question 6

When did Apartheid end?

Answer 6

1994

Question 7

Was Apartheid the start of racial segregation in South Africa?

Answer 7

No it had been in place for decades

Question 8

How many Apartheid laws were there?

Answer 8

148

Question 9

What are some notable Apartheid laws?

Answer 9

Pass Law Act
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages
Bantu Education Act
Group Areas Act
Separate Amenities Act

Question 10

What did the Apartheid laws aim to accomplish?

Answer 10

-Increase the power and living standards of whites
-Increase the separation of ‘races’
-Control the movement of black people

Question 11

Brief description of the separate amenities act:

Answer 11

Black people had to use completely different facilities as white people. This included beaches, bathrooms, parks, taps. White people had access to the best amenities

Question 12

Brief description of the Bantu Education Act

Answer 12

Black children were given inferior education to white children

Question 13

What were the Pass Laws?

Answer 13

All black men had to walk around with referemce books/ passes (also known as dompas). This was needed if the black men needed to go to white areas

Question 14

What was the group areas act?

Answer 14

Forcing different groups of black people to stay in certain areas. i.e Xhosa in one place and Zulu another
This was done to create separation among black people

Question 15

Who were the leaders in the woman’s march

Answer 15

Lillian Ngoyi
Helen Joseph

Question 16

What were the women in the women’s march protesting?

Answer 16

Having to carry passes

Question 17

a) Who majority of land in South Africa?
b) And how much did black people own?

Answer 17

a) White people
b) 13% of the land

Question 18

Who was Robert Sobuke?

Answer 18

He was the first president of the PAC.

Question 19

What does PAC stand for?

Answer 19

The PAC is the Pan Africanist Congress. They wanted black African people to determine their own future, WITHOUT the help of white people

Question 20

When was the PAC formed?

Answer 20

6 April 1959

Question 21

What was the Sharpeville March about?

Answer 21

The PAC and ANC planned a peaceful protest against Pass Laws. This protest of about 5000 members was met with gunfire on the protesters

Question 22

When did the Sharpeville March happen?

Answer 22

21 March 1960

Question 23

Who led the Langa March?

Answer 23

Phillip Kgosana, the regional leader of the PAC

Question 24

What happened to Phillip Kgosana after his promised meeting with the police chief?

Answer 24

He was arrested and later let out on bail during Christmas. He used this opportunity to flee into exile

Question 25

What was the MK

Answer 25

It was a part of the ANC which was classified as their armed forces

Question 26

What does ‘MK’ mean?

Answer 26

Umkhonto we Size. “The Spear of The Nation”

Question 27

Who led the MK?

Answer 27

Nelson Mandela

Question 28

Why was the MK formed?

Answer 28

The PAC, ANC and other South Africans had seen that non-violent protests were not working against the government

Question 29

What were one of the short term consequences?

Answer 29

The government called for a state of emergency

Question 30

What was the Poqo?

Answer 30

The PAC’s armed wing, similar to the ANC’s. But unlike the MK, it did not put effort to avoid the loss of life

Question 31

What happened to the Poqo members?

Answer 31

Many were hanged and others sent to Robben Island