Unit 21: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Africa & the Middle East
Topic 21.15: Developments in South Africa 1880–1994 Questions
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Which treaty ended the South African War and left the question of African voting rights to be decided later by whites-only colonial governments?
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Which organisation, founded in 1912, later became the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923?
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Choose the leader of the Black Consciousness movement who died in police custody in 1977.
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What was the name given to Kitchener's policy of destroying Boer farms and crops during the guerrilla phase of the South African War?
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In which year was gold discovered on the Witwatersrand in the Transvaal?
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Choose the correct date of the Sharpeville Massacre.
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Who was the Boer president of the Transvaal (South African Republic) during the years leading up to the South African War?
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Choose the year in which the mandatory United Nations arms embargo against South Africa took effect.
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Examine the impact of the discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) on South African society and politics before 1899.
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Choose the name of the armed wing formed by the ANC after it was banned in 1960.
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Choose the organisation formed in 1983 that coordinated township boycotts and protests during the 1980s.
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Compare and contrast the methods used by the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa and the Ba'ath Party in Iraq in seeking to achieve their political goals.
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To what extent was Britain responsible for the outbreak of the South African War (1899–1902)?
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Discuss the reasons why African political protest before 1939 achieved little success against segregationist policies in South Africa.
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Evaluate the view that the Natives Land Act (1913) was the most significant segregationist law passed in South Africa between 1910 and 1939.
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Evaluate the claim that internal resistance was more important than international pressure in ending apartheid in South Africa.
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Analyse the role of Alfred Milner in the outbreak and course of the South African War.
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Compare and contrast the leadership styles and strategies of Nelson Mandela in South Africa and Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union in managing the transition away from authoritarian rule.
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Evaluate the reasons for the outbreak of the South African War (1899–1902).
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Discuss the methods used by Britain to defeat the Boer republics during the South African War (1899–1902).
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