South Africa's Nelson Mandela is dead at 95

Dec. 09, 2013

Q: Nelson Mandela - the man who led the emancipation of South Africa from white minority rule and became the nation's first black president - died last week at the age of 95. Where is South Africa?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Mandela fought against apartheid, a system that reserved all political and economic power for white South Africans who were mostly descended from . . .

A. American colonists

B. British colonists

C. Canadian colonists

D. Dutch colonists

Q: Which nation on South Africa's northwestern border also was ruled by the apartheid government?

A. Angola

B. Mozambique

C. Namibia

D. Zambia

Q: Ending apartheid in 1994 did not end great economic inequality. South Africa and Lesotho, a small country entirely surrounded by South Africa, have the most unequal distribution of income in the world. Which nation has the most equality?

A. United States

B. Sweden

C. Russia

D. Canada

Q: Since the end of apartheid, life expectancy for South Africans has dropped sharply to the second lowest level in the world. What is the main reason for the drop?

A. AIDS

B. Malnutrition

C. Civil war

D. Malaria

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