Unit 10: Paper 3 — History of Africa and the Middle East (HL)
Topic 10.6: Developments in South Africa (1867–2020) Questions
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Who led the Black Consciousness movement in the late 1960s and 1970s, arguing that psychological liberation had to come before political liberation?
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In the May 1948 election, which party won a surprise victory over Jan Smuts's United Party by campaigning on the promise of apartheid?
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On what date did the Transvaal and the Orange Free State declare war on Britain, beginning the South African War?
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Choose the agreement in which Commonwealth countries agreed to discourage sporting contact with South Africa.
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What event on 21 March 1960 led directly to the banning of the ANC and PAC and pushed the ANC toward armed struggle?
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Which act, passed in 1913, banned Black South Africans from buying or renting land outside small designated reserves covering about 7% of the country?
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Evaluate the claim that economic sanctions and divestment were the decisive factor in ending apartheid.
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Who was Britain's High Commissioner in South Africa who pushed hard for Uitlander rights in the late 1890s?
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Choose the event that removed apartheid South Africa's claim to be a barrier against Soviet-backed communism.
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What specific grievance triggered the Soweto uprising of 16 June 1976?
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Choose the South African president who unbanned the ANC and announced Nelson Mandela's release on 2 February 1990.
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Choose the approximate share of the vote won by the ANC in South Africa's first multiracial elections in 1994.
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Choose the person who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which let perpetrators of apartheid-era crimes confess publicly in exchange for amnesty.
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In which year was gold discovered on the Witwatersrand in the Transvaal?
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To what extent was the Truth and Reconciliation Commission successful in helping South Africa deal with the legacy of apartheid?
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Discuss the view that the end of the Cold War was the single most important external cause of the end of apartheid.
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Evaluate the claim that F.W. de Klerk's leadership was more important than Nelson Mandela's in bringing about a peaceful end to apartheid.
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To what extent do you agree that sporting and cultural boycotts were a more effective form of pressure on apartheid South Africa than economic sanctions?
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What was the main Uitlander grievance against Paul Kruger's Transvaal government?
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Roughly how many Boer civilians died in Britain's concentration camps during the South African War?
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