Apartheid Policies and Resistance Quiz

What was the primary purpose of the Natives Land Act?

• To allocate land equally among all racial groups

• To set aside land primarily for whites

• To promote agricultural development for blacks

• To encourage urbanization among black South Africans

What percentage of agricultural land was allocated to blacks under the Natives Land Act, despite them being 67% of the population?

• 10%

• 7%

• 15%

• 20%

What were the reserves created by the Natives Land Act later known as?

• Provinces

• Townships

• Homelands

• Districts

What was the main consequence of the Rand Rebellion?

• The establishment of new labor laws

• The Nationalists winning the next election

• The end of mining in South Africa

• The creation of new trade unions

What was the African National Congress (ANC) created to do in 1912?

• To promote economic development

• To protect the rights of black South Africans

• To establish a new government

• To support the mining industry

What did the Natives Land Act forbid blacks from doing outside the reserves?

• Voting

• Buying or leasing land

• Working in skilled jobs

• Traveling

What were Bantustans?

• Urban areas for black South Africans

• Rural areas for nominal self-government for black South Africans

• Industrial zones for economic development

• Educational institutions for black South Africans

What economic factors contributed to the Rand Rebellion?

• Decreasing labor costs and deflation

• Rising labor costs, higher costs of deep mining, and inflation

• Increased foreign investment and economic growth

• Decreased demand for gold and silver

How did the government respond to the Rand Rebellion?

• By negotiating with the strikers

• By using violent means to crush the strike

• By increasing wages for white workers

• By closing the mines temporarily

What was the impact of the Natives Land Act on black South Africans who were still on the voting roll?

• It increased their voting rights

• It disenfranchised them

• It allowed them to own more land

• It provided them with better housing