Social Science- Grade 9- Lesson 73- Pre Lesson Quiz

What were the reasons for the end of apartheid? One or more options may be correct, please select all that apply.

• Internal Resistance

• The End of the Cold War

• External resistance

• The success of the Independent Bantustans

Match the following groups with the correct description of their activities.

• Received support and weapons from the Soviets

• National Party

• Collapsed under the leadership of Gorbachev

• ANC

• Were strongly opposed to communism in light of the cold war

• USSR

• Furthered apartheid under the guise of a fight against communism

• Western Nations

How did the collapse of communism force negotiations between the Apartheid government and the liberation movements? There may be one or more correct answer, select all that apply.

• The ANC could no longer receive support from the USSR so could not be branded as communists

• Without the threat of communism, Western Nations could no longer support apartheid

• The USSR could no longer provide military aid to the South African Security Forrces

• The collapse of the USSR proved that the fascism of apartheid was the much better policy

Match the following famous faces with their names:

• Desmond Tutu

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• FW De Klerk

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• Nelson Mandela

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• Mikhail Gorbachev

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What would best describe the ideology of the South African government during apartheid?

• Fascist

• Communist

• Democratic

• Africanist

Which event resulted in the death of 69 people on the 21st March 1960?

• The Sharpeville Massacre

• The Soweto Uprising

• The Defiance Campaign

• The Cultural Boycott

Nelson Mandela and 7 others were convicted to life in prison at the conclusion of which trial?

• The Rivonia Trial

• The Treason Trial

• The Dros Trial

• The Pistorius Trial

Which organization broke away from the ANC in 1959, led by Robert Sobukwe?

• The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)

• The United Democratic Front (UDF)

• The Pan African Congress (PAC)

• The Anti- Apartheid Movement (AAM)

What was the name of this youth leader, who helped to organize the Soweto Uprisings on the 16th June 1976?

• Tsietsi Mashinini

• Steve Biko

• Nelson Mandela

• Hector Pieterson

During apartheid, the police were able to imprison, and often torture, their enemies, for up to 90 days at a time without charge or trial. What was this called?

• Jailing

• Detention

• Slavery

• The Geneva convention