Apartheid South Africa: Segregation and Legalising Apartheid
Apartheid South Africa: Segregation and Legalising Apartheid is one of 8 topics in the Grade 11 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 did the National Party, led by DF Malan, win the general election on a platform of "apartheid"?
1948
1910
1913
1923
Answer: 1948 — The National Party, led by DF Malan, won the May 1948 general election on an explicit platform of "apartheid," a more thorough and rigid system of racial separation.
Easy
2. What does the Afrikaans word "apartheid" literally mean?
Apartness/separateness
Freedom
Unity
Democracy
Answer: Apartness/separateness — "Apartheid" is an Afrikaans word meaning "apartness" or "separateness," reflecting the National Party's policy of comprehensive racial segregation.
Medium
3. What legislation, passed in 1923, introduced "influx control," making African people's presence in urban "white" areas conditional on employment?
Answer: The Natives (Urban Areas) Act — The Natives (Urban Areas) Act of 1923 introduced influx control, making African people's presence in urban "white" areas conditional on employment there.
