History quiz

History Exercises on Apartheid - With Answers

Question 01 - FUVEST 2018 - Transfer - 1st Phase - Regarding the Apartheid regime, officially established in 1948, consider the following statements:I. It is a racial segregation policy that established laws that classified and separated South African ethnic groups.II. He established the Bantustans, true ethnic States, and the townships, luxury condominiums, exclusively for blacks and whites, respectively.III. It was only abolished in 1994, with the arrival of the reformist Frederik de Klerk to the presidency of South Africa and with the release of Nelson Mandela. b) II, only.c) III, only.d) I and II, only.e) I, II and III
Question 02 - UFU - 2015/2 - From 1948 onwards, the National Party, in power in South Africa, undertook the task of transforming racially based separation — already existing in South African society — into a complex legal system and the real foundation of the State. Essentially concerned with stopping and preventing the coming of blacks to the cities, the white government began the assembly of apartheid (apartheid, “separate development”). LOPES, Martha Maria. apartheid. São Paulo:Current, 1990, p. 41. (Adapted). Apartheid, whose dismantling counted on the historic leadership of Nelson Mandela, was originally related to A) South Africa's expansionist policy at the beginning of the 20th century, which led foreign powers to intervene in the country, establishing apartheid.B) the struggle of slaves against the English masters, who formed the majority of the South African population.C) the territorial division of South Africa, in the post-war period, which was supported by the major capitalist powers, interested in profits mining activity.D) to the imperialist disputes between the Dutch and the British, culminating in the so-called Boer War at the end of the 19th century.
Question 03 - FUVEST 2019 - 1st Phase - In June 1995, the South African rugby team won the Rugby World Cup by beating the New Zealand team 15-12 in Johannesburg. The South African captain, François Pienaar, received the cup destined for the champions team from the hands of Nelson Mandela. This sporting event(A) is one of the milestones of the end of Apartheid, due to the constitution of a first multiracial team representing South Africa. (B) became one of the justifications for vetoing South Africa's participation in sporting events due to the ban on the presence of white athletes. (C) allowed Mandela's electoral victory, massively supported by the Boers inspired by South African nationalism .(D) triggered a series of racial conflicts between blacks and whites due to rivalries between the athletes of the South African national team.(E) was carried out thanks to a joint effort by Nelson Mandela and Frederik de Klerk, who were therefore awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.
Question 04 - FUVEST 2003 - Transfer – “Apartheid” means a) the civil rights movement of Afro-Americans; b) the system of “indigenous reservations” implemented in the USA; c) the official system of racial segregation in South Africa; d) the division of Africa between England and France at the end of the 19th century; e) the segregation of African populations in England. 1994 poster of Nelson Mandela's campaign for the presidency of South Africa.
Question 05 - CESPE - 2010 - DPU - On January 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison after nearly three decades incarcerated. His release was the first step in the process of ending apartheid, the brutal regime of racial segregation that lasted until 1994 in South Africa. Considering the serious social problems in South Africa that still persist in the post-apartheid era, mark the correct option.>B) The internal politics of the country has been fragmented since 1994, without any party having managed to assume political hegemony.
C) Inequality between whites and blacks is very high, with almost half of blacks living below the line of poverty.
D) The agrarian reform carried out in the last decade dissatisfied the white farmers who were expelled from their lands.
E) The hyperinflation, which hit the country during the past decade, was responsible for the weakening of the local economy.

Question 06 - IF-PA - 2015 - During the Football World Cup, held in South Africa, in 2010, the spotlight was also focused on the tense racial issues, but they were momentarily muffled. In relation to the Apartheid regime, in force in South Africa between 1948 and 1994, identify the correct alternative:
I - At the present time, cases of racism still occur in South Africa, even after the official end of Apartheid;
II - It was created by the National Party, in 1948, a party that had white components descendants of Dutch, former colonizers, and that defended a severe racial segregation between whites and blacks.
III - The African National Congress ( CNA), under the leadership of Nelson Mandela, acted in an armed and, later, peaceful way against the regime;
A) Only I correct;
B) II and III correct.
C ) All of them are correct;
D) II and III incorrect;
E) Only III is incorrect;

JUDGMENT
01 - A
02 - D
03 - A
04 - C
05 - C
06 - C