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Sample History Exam Questions and Answers
APARTHEID
1. All the following were effects of except _________.
A. misery for the blacks
B. political integration
C. poverty among the blacks
D. loss of franchise by the blacks
2. Which of the following was not a major South African freedom fighter?
A. Walter Sisulu
B. Oliver Thambo
C. Robert Mugabe
D. Joe Slovo
3. The ended in ______.
A. 1993
B. 1994
C. 1996
D. 1997
4. The diamond fields of South Africa were discovered in ________.
A. 1830
B. 1976
C. 1889
D. 1866
5. The policy started in ____.
A. 1940
B. 1948
C. 1994
D. 1960
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COLONIAL RULE IN AFRICA
1. The first Italo-abyssinian war took place between _________.
A. 1895-1896
B. 1890-1895
C. 1910-1940
D. 1922-1936
2. The colonial policy that sought to turn native Africans into Europeans was the ‘policy of ______’.
A. association
B. assimilation
C. exploration
D. negotiation
3. German and British colonial administrations were similar because both ______.
A. used indigenous rulers at the grassroots
B. restricted Christian missionary activities in Muslim areas
C. believed in the early granting of independence to their colonies
D. relied on forced labour to operate the colonial economy
4. Dutch colonial rule in the Cape (South Africa) began from _______.
A. 18th century
B. 19th century
C. 20th century
D. 15th century
5. The indirect rule system was associated with which colonial administration?
A. The Portuguese
B. The British
C. The French
D. The Spanish
