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The History and Impact of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
Contributed by: Cresswell
  • 1. In what year did Nelson Mandela first become president of South Africa?
A) 1989
B) 1994
C) 1999
D) 1990
  • 2. Which international figure is best known for his role in organizing sanctions against South Africa?
A) F.W. de Klerk
B) Walter Sisulu
C) Desmond Tutu
D) Oliver Tambo
  • 3. What was the purpose of the Soweto Uprising in 1976?
A) Opposing the national service draft
B) Calling for the release of political prisoners
C) Protesting Afrikaans as the medium of instruction
D) Demanding land reform
  • 4. What was the significance of the Rivonia Trial?
A) The end of apartheid legislation
B) A key moment in the fight against apartheid leading to Mandela's imprisonment
C) The formation of the United Nations
D) The establishment of the ANC
  • 5. What role did the United Nations play in the anti-apartheid movement?
A) Engaging in military intervention
B) Supporting apartheid governance
C) Imposing sanctions and condemning apartheid
D) Proposing new trade agreements with South Africa
  • 6. Who was the first South African president to be elected in a fully democratic election?
A) Hendrik Verwoerd
B) Thabo Mbeki
C) F.W. de Klerk
D) Nelson Mandela
  • 7. Which document provided a framework for the new South Africa after apartheid?
A) The Constitution of South Africa
B) The Bill of Rights
C) The Manifesto of the ANC
D) The Freedom Charter
  • 8. Which social movement was closely aligned with the anti-apartheid struggle?
A) The labor movement
B) The environmental movement
C) The women's suffrage movement
D) The civil rights movement
  • 9. What did the Freedom Charter outline?
A) New economic policies for white South Africans
B) The case for apartheid
C) The aspirations for a non-racial South Africa
D) A military plan for the ANC
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