APARTHEID!!

Apartheid WebQuest Apartheid to Dutch Afrikaners means “apartness”. In order to gain some background knowledge before we read an excerpt from __A Long walk to Freedom__ by Nelson Mandela, please take notes on the following questions. Print/type directly onto the sheet and print it out. Unless otherwise noted, explore these links: [] [] [] 1. What does the word "apartheid" mean? In what language? **The word apartheid means apart-ness in the language of Afrikaans.**

2. In South Africa, how are people organized according to race? 3. What countries are South Africans’ ancestors from (i.e. what ethnic groups are there)? How large are these ethnic groups? And which languages do they speak? []
 * In South Africa people were organized like so, black, white, coloured(mixed race), or asians(mostly indians).**

**Apartheid bacame an offical government policy in the year of 1951 when**
 * 1) When did apartheid become an official government policy in South Africa?

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 * 1) What was the purpose of Apartheid?
 * 2) What did the government do at the outset in order to reach that goal?
 * 3) Explain the policy of "separate development" in your own words.

4. Give definitions of the following key terms:homeland/Bantustan township passbook labor permit curfew regulations preventive detention

5. Choose two laws (from the site below) that were created under apartheid and explain them in your own words.

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