| A | B |
|---|
| F.W. de Klerk | former president who freed Nelson Mandela |
| Nelson Mandela | first black to be elected president of South Africa in 1994 |
| homelands | designated areas where blacks, coloureds, and Asians were designated to live |
| African National Congress | organization formed to fight against Apartheid |
| whites | group of people who held all of the power in South Africa |
| Apartheid | a system separating the white population from blacks, coloureds, and Asians |
| sanctions | penalties placed on one country by another country |
| Nobel Peace Prize | shared by Nelson Mandela and F.W. deKlerk in 1993 |
| Grand Apartheid | divide and conquer system used by whites to control the black majority |
| Urban Apartheid | a government system requiring blacks to have a pass in order to leave their homeland |
| Petty Apartheid | eliminated contact between blacks and whites |
| work permits | required for blacks to work outside of their homeland |
| Group Area Act of 1950 | created cities that were totally separated by race |
| economic eembargo | trade restrictions placed on one country by another |
| Desmond Tutu | leading advocate for the rights of black Africans |
| 1994 | first election that all races were allowed to vote in South Africa |
| 1990 | release of Nelson Mandela from prison |
| 1948 | Apartheid legalized by So. African government |
| 1991 | Apartheid laws repealed |
| Afrikaners | Dutch, French and German settlers and their descendants (whites) |
