Global Studies Packet
Ch. 14: Southern
Africa
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Due Date: ____________________________________
Vocabulary
Define the vocabulary words from page 191. For each term, draw a picture that represents it.
Term
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Definition
Picture
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Southern Africa Map
Use the page 75 of the atlas in order to label the countries listed below.
Angola
Botswana
Comoros
Lesotho
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Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Apartheid Videos
Search for the videos on YouTube using the titles or the url addresses.
Turning Points in History – Apartheid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8FzdTp7TZ8
1. Which Europeans settled in South Africa?
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2. Who are the Afrikaners?
3. What does the word apartheid mean?
4. What did apartheid laws prevent blacks from doing?
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5. What organization was formed to fight apartheid?
6. How did the outside world punish South Africa for apartheid?
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7. What happened in South Africa in 1994?
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Sharpeville massacre was turning point in anti-apartheid movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2EvZ8cYcC8
1. What were the people of Sharpeville protesting against?
2. How did the police respond to the peaceful protest?
3. How many people were killed?
Flowers Laid to Mark Soweto Uprising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhLp5YhFM84
1. Who was Hector Peterson?
2. Who protested in 1976 in Soweto?
3. What caused them to start protesting?
4. How did the police respond to the unarmed protest?
Funeral following the Sharpeville Massacre
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Hector Peterson of the Soweto Uprising
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European Colonization of South Africa
Refer to pages 197-198 of your textbook to complete these questions.
1. How did Europeans think about most of their colonies in Africa?
2. How was the way Europeans thought about South Africa different?
3. Match each of the terms with the correct description.
_____Portuguese
A. An African people who fought the Boers and British.
_____Dutch
B. Dutch word for farmers.
_____Boers
C. The first Europeans to land in South Africa.
_____Afrikaans
D. Language spoken by most of the white people in South
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Africa.
_____Zulus
E. Came to the Cape in the late 1700s and tried to end slavery.
_____Afrikaners
F. The descendants of the Boers.
G. Settled the cape area in the 1650s.
4. What was apartheid?
5. List three things white and nonwhite people couldn’t do together under the system of
apartheid.
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6. What were the pass laws?
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Nelson Mandela
Use the reading on Mr. Nolen’s website to answer these questions.
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Chapter 14 Review
Complete the vocabulary review activity on page 202
Vocabulary Review (Include the term and the definition!)
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Textbook Questions
South Africa’s Homelands (pp 198-199)
1. In 1959, the South African government created a separate ____________________ for each
ethnic group.
2. The homelands covered ____________________ percent of the country. They were
in____________________, ____________________ areas with few ____________________.
3. People tried to make a living as ____________________or ____________________, but
many had to travel to work in ____________________ to support their family.
4. In 1970, a law forced all black people to become ____________________ of a homeland.
5. The South African government declared four of the homelands to be independent
____________________ and the people who lived there were forced to give up their South
African ____________________.
6. Match each of the terms with the correct definition.
_____sanctions
A. refusing to buy from companies that did business with South
Africa
_____boycott
B. limiting trade with South Africa
7. Under which South African president were apartheid laws abolished?
8. List three changes in the laws that were a part of ending apartheid.
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Black Nationalism and the ANC (pp 199-200)
1. What does ANC stand for?
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2. What is black nationalism? What does it call on black people to do?
3. What is martial law?
4. When was the first election in South Africa in which black people voted?
5. Who was the first black president of South Africa?
Spotlight on Nelson Mandela (pp 200)
6. List the three most important facts about Nelson Mandela.
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South Africa: Life today – BBC News
Search for this website using the title listed above or the url address:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/africa/04/photo_journal/life_today/html/1.stm
View the slideshow and list five problems that South Africa faces today.
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Vocabulary Review
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Ch. 14 Study Guide
Each Friday, we will have a quiz on the week’s packet. The most important things to
know are on this study guide.
1. Vocabulary
a. define the terms, use them in sentences, and give examples
2. Southern Africa Map
a. match countries with their locations (a practice powerpoint is on Mr.
Nolen’s website)
b. quiz will also so include the nations of Africa that we have previous learned
3. Apartheid Videos
a. list three things apartheid prevented blacks from doing
b. describe the Sharpeville Massacre & the Soweto Uprising
4. European Colonization of South Africa
a. define Boers, Afrikaans, Afrikaners, and the pass laws
5. Nelson Mandela
a. describe Nelson Mandela (profession, time in prison, presidency)
b. describe the ANC
c. identify the last white president of South Africa
d. explain how power shifted from whites to blacks
6. South Africa: Life today
a. list three problems South Africa faces today
STUDY GUIDE
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