Apartheid

Apartheid WebQuest Apartheid to Dutch Afrikaners means “apartness”. In order to gain some background knowledge before we read an excerpt from __A Long walk to Freedom__ by Nelson Mandela, please take notes on the following questions. Print/type directly onto the sheet and print it out. Unless otherwise noted, explore these links: [] [] []


 * 1) What does the word "apartheid" mean? In what language? Apartheid means apartness to Dutch Afrikaners.
 * 2) In South Africa, how are people organized according to race? 75% black, 13% white, 9% colored, and 3% asian.

2.What countries are South Africans’ ancestors from (i.e. what ethnic groups are there)? How large are these ethnic groups? And which languages do they speak? Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, Ciskei, and Bantustans

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3.When did apartheid become an official government policy in South Africa? 4.What was the purpose of Apartheid? 5.What did the government do at the outset in order to reach that goal? []
 * 1) Explain the policy of "separate development" in your own words.

township passbook labor permit curfew regulations preventive detention
 * 1) Give definitions of the following key terms:homeland/Bantustan


 * 1) Choose two laws (from the site below) that were created under apartheid and explain them in your own words.