Socio-Political & Resistance Art is one of 9 topics in the Grade 12 Visual Arts CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
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1. Resistance Art primarily refers to South African art that:
Documented, protested against, and raised awareness of apartheid-era injustices
Depicted only landscapes with no political content
Was created exclusively before 1900
Was produced only outside of South Africa
Answer: Documented, protested against, and raised awareness of apartheid-era injustices — Resistance Art refers to South African art used to document, protest against, and raise awareness of apartheid-era human rights abuses and the broader experience of oppression.
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2. Which two artists does the CAPS Annual Teaching Plan suggest as examples for this theme?
Jane Alexander and Manfred Zylla
Gerard Sekoto and George Pemba
Irma Stern and Walter Battiss
Jackson Hlungwani and John Muafangejo
Answer: Jane Alexander and Manfred Zylla — The CAPS Annual Teaching Plan identifies Jane Alexander and Manfred Zylla as example artists commonly studied within Theme 3.
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3. In approximately which decade did the legally enforced apartheid system begin in South Africa?
Answer: 1948 — Apartheid was a legally enforced system of racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa beginning in 1948 and lasting until the early 1990s.
