Civil Resistance Under Apartheid is one of 8 topics in the Grade 9 Social Sciences 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 come to power in South Africa and begin building apartheid?
1948
1955
1960
1919
Answer: 1948 — The National Party came to power in South Africa in 1948 and began building the system of apartheid.
Easy
2. Which law legally divided towns and cities into separate areas designated for different racial groups?
The Group Areas Act
The Freedom Charter
The Enabling Act
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Answer: The Group Areas Act — The Group Areas Act legally divided towns and cities into separate areas designated for different racial groups, and was used to forcibly remove people from areas designated for another race.
Medium
3. Name the vibrant, racially mixed Johannesburg suburb whose black residents were forcibly removed starting in 1955 under the Group Areas Act.
Answer: Sophiatown — Sophiatown was a vibrant, racially mixed Johannesburg suburb whose black residents were forcibly removed starting in 1955 under the Group Areas Act, with the area later renamed "Triomf."
