The Native Land Act of 1913 is one of 9 topics in the Grade 10 History CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. In which year was the Natives Land Act passed by the Union of South Africa's parliament?
1913
1910
1902
1936
Answer: 1913 — The Natives Land Act was passed by the Union of South Africa's all-white parliament in 1913, only three years after Union itself was established in 1910.
Easy
2. Roughly what proportion of South Africa's total land was designated as "scheduled" areas where black South Africans could legally own or occupy land under the 1913 Act?
Around 7%
Around 50%
Around 93%
Around 25%
Answer: Around 7% — The Act designated only around 7% of the country's total land as "scheduled" areas where black South Africans could legally own or occupy land, with the remaining approximately 93% reserved in practice for white ownership.
Medium
3. What term describes black farmers who had worked land in exchange for the right to farm a portion of it themselves, before being displaced by the Act?
Answer: Labour tenants — Many black families had farmed as "labour tenants," working land in exchange for the right to farm a portion of it themselves, before being forced off this land by the Act.
