Mandela & Apartheid

One way in which apartheid in South Africa and the caste system in India are similar is that both systems

• allowed for educational opportunities

• determined roles based on gender

• revolved around central religious beliefs

• enforced different sets of rules for distinct groups of

  people

Which country is most closely associated with the terms pass laws, homelands, and white minority rule?

• El Salvador

• South Africa

• Iran

• Israel

One characteristic of apartheid, which was practiced in South Africa, is

• forced migration of blacks to other nations

• integration of all races in society

• an open immigration system

• segregation of the races

The South African government’s policy of racial separation between 1948 and 1994 was called

• Pan-Africanism

• democratization

• apartheid

• suffrage

Which situation existed under the policy of apartheid in South Africa?

• All people were guaranteed suffrage.

• The black majority held the most political power.

• Society was controlled by the white minority.

• Social inequality was eliminated.

"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended."

— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Little, Brown and Co., 1994

When Mandela referred to "climbing a great hill," he was referring to the struggle to...

• end apartheid in South Africa

• modernize South Africa's economy

• end economic sanctions against South Africa

• stop majority rule in South Africa

In the Republic of South Africa, the slogans "Freedom In Our Lifetime" and "New South Africa" changed from promises to reality after

• Frederik W. de Klerk took over the radical white police

  force

• United Nations troops occupied the Transvaal

• Nelson Mandela was elected President

• the majority of white South Africans returned to Europe

A similarity of the goals of Nelson Mandela and Mohandas Gandhi is that both leaders wanted to

• secure political power for the majority of the people

• encourage a greater degree of industrialization

• improve the economy by expanding governmental control

• gain independence from the Soviet Union

F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela received Nobel Peace Prize for their work to end the

• foreign control of the diamond mines

• discriminatory policy of apartheid

• anarchy in Somalia

• Boer War

In the second half of the 20th Century, what was one action taken by Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu ?

• protesting against apartheid in South Africa

• supporting the white government of Rhodesia

• sending troops to liberate captives in Sudan

• leading the independence movement in Ghana