The Life of Nelson Mandela

Mandela's father was ____.

• a farmer

• a holy man

• an African chief

• a policeman

After the 1880s, South Africa grew rich from ____. Africans were put to work in the mines.

• iron and steel

• coal

• gold and diamonds

• limestone

South Africa was settled by Dutch farmers (Boers) but became a _____ colony in 1910. Boers were also as Afrikaners and spoke their own language.

• French

• British

• German

• Russia

Afrikaners took control of South Africa after the elections of 1948. They introduced a policy of ____.

• Democracy

• Communism

• Fascism

• Apartheid

Apartheid can best be described as ____.

• the peaceful integration of Africans into South Africa

• the total segregation of Africans within South Africa

• Africans' gradual achievement of independence

• the violent overthrow of the South African government

True or False: Like Gandhi, Mandela believed that violence had no place in the fight for independence.

• True

• False

Communists ____ civil rights for black Africans.

• opposed

• wanted the gradual extension of

• wanted full and immediate

• undermined

True or False: The African National Congress believed in Gandhi's principles and never engaged in violent tactics.

• True

• False

Which of the following forms of punishment did Mandela NOT experience?

• restriction of his mobility

• imprisonment for 27 years

• termination of his legal career

• being forced to work in mines

• bans (prohibited from giving speeches)

In 1964, Mandela was sentenced to life in prison because he ___.

• committed treason

• supported Communism

• organized worldwide opposition to South Africa

• carried out hundreds acts of violence and sabotage