2F.2.1 The response to apartheid, c1948–59 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 6

The 20 questions

1. Which political party won the South African general election in 1948?

   • The United Party
   • The Liberal Party
   • The Labour Party
   • The National Party

2. Which 1950 South African act required all citizens to be officially classified by race?

   • Bantu Authorities Act
   • Population Registration Act
   • Suppression of Communism Act
   • Group Areas Act

3. Which 1950 law enforced racial segregation in South African residential and business areas?

   • Group Areas Act
   • Natives Land Act
   • Separate Amenities Act
   • Population Registration Act

4. Which 1952 non-violent protest campaign was jointly organised by the ANC and SAIC?

   • Defiance Campaign
   • Sharpeville Protest
   • Alexander Bus Boycott
   • Freedom Charter Campaign

5. Which document, adopted at Kliptown in 1955, set out the demands of the anti-apartheid alliance?

   • The Bantustan Report
   • The Freedom Charter
   • The Rivonia Manifesto
   • The Sharpeville Declaration

6. Which 1953 act created a racially segregated education system for Black South Africans?

   • Extension Education Act
   • Bantu Education Act
   • Separate Representation Act
   • Native Affairs Act

7. What was the main focus of the 1955 Tomlinson Report?

   • Integrating urban housing
   • Expanding university access
   • Abolishing pass laws
   • Developing Bantustans

8. Which organisation was formed by Robert Sobukwe in 1959 after breaking from the ANC?

   • Umkhonto we Sizwe
   • Inkatha Freedom Party
   • African Resistance Movement
   • Pan-Africanist Congress

9. Which radical group within the ANC was formed by young activists in 1944?

   • SACP
   • Umkhonto we Sizwe
   • ANC Youth League
   • Natal Indian Congress

10. What was the primary purpose of pass laws in apartheid South Africa?

    • Enforcing military conscription
    • Promoting rural migration
    • Controlling Black movement
    • Collecting income tax

11. Who became Prime Minister of South Africa following the National Party election victory in 1948?

    • JG Strijdom
    • Jan Smuts
    • HF Verwoerd
    • DF Malan

12. How many anti-apartheid activists were put on trial in the 1956 Treason Trial?

    • 250
    • 156
    • 69
    • 12

13. Which 1951 act created regional government structures for reserves in rural South Africa?

    • Population Registration Act
    • Group Areas Act
    • Bantu Authorities Act
    • Natives Land Act

14. What primary goal did the National Party aim to achieve through apartheid?

    • Equal economic rights
    • Multiracial democracy
    • Immediate decolonisation
    • White political dominance

15. What strategy did the ANC Youth League push for in the early 1950s?

    • Armed insurrection
    • International trade sanctions
    • Diplomatic negotiation
    • Direct mass action

16. Which 1950 act restricted land ownership and residential areas by race in South Africa?

    • Population Registration Act
    • Group Areas Act
    • Pass Laws Act
    • Bantu Authorities Act

17. How did the South African government primarily respond to opposition organisations in the 1950s?

    • Banning and repression
    • Economic concessions
    • Power-sharing talks
    • Constitutional compromise

18. In which year was the Freedom Charter adopted by the Congress of the People?

    • 1944
    • 1948
    • 1952
    • 1955

19. Which 1950 act created official legal racial classifications for all South African citizens?

    • Immorality Act
    • Separate Representation Act
    • Population Registration Act
    • Group Areas Act

20. What was the primary ideological role of the secret Afrikaner Broederbond?

    • Abolishing the monarchy
    • Promoting Afrikaner nationalism
    • Supporting British imperialism
    • Integrating trade unions

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