Apartheid

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/apartheid

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the system of governance?Institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination
2. What is the country?South Africa
3. Why did the South African government create Apartheid?They believed white people should rule and wanted to keep white culture and power. They made laws to keep black people and others from having the same rights.
4. How did Apartheid affect where people could live?The Group Areas Act moved many black people from their homes to new townships far from jobs. It broke up families and made life harder.

Institutionalized Discrimination: Discrimination that is embedded within the laws, policies, and practices of a society or organization.
Bantustan: Territories created by the South African government for Black Africans, intended to be independent nations.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC): A commission established in post-Apartheid South Africa to investigate human rights abuses and promote national healing.
Sanctions: Penalties, typically economic, imposed by one country on another to force it to change its policies.