South Africa

Question 1

Why Did The Europeans Take Over South Africa

Answer 1

The Europeans took over South Africa because they wanted gold, diamonds, tropical crops, people who would provide cheap labour, cheap factory goods & the desire to spread white mans Christianity.

Question 2

Effect On Today

Answer 2

• Debt

- Poverty

Question 3

Apartheid

Answer 3

Apartheid was the system of racial segregation that existed in South Africa until the early 1990s

Question 4

Apartheid Aims (5)

Answer 4

• White’s & Non-white would live apart
• Non-whites couldn’t vote
• Blacks would have seperate homelands far from the whites
• Non-whites would be kept in low paying/unskilled jobs
• The living standards of poor whites would be improved

Question 5

Apartheid Laws

Answer 5

• Mixed marriages were banned
• Blacks had to carry a passbook with them to control their movements
• White officials used the ‘pencil in the hair’ technique to decide a non-whites racial status

Question 6

What Was The Pencil In The Hair Technique

Answer 6

If the pencil stayed in place because the hair was crinkly they were classed as black, if the pencil fell out they were coloured.

Question 7

President After Apartheid

Answer 7

Nelson Mandela