Question

Which paragraph from the section "Apartheid" BEST explains what life was like during apartheid?

A. Apartheid ended in 1994, when all ethnic groups were allowed to vote in the presidential election. Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first black president.

B. Whites got much better housing, schools, jobs and doctors. Blacks could not vote, and had no leaders representing them in government.

C. In the 1900s, the Europeans in South Africa established apartheid. The word “apartheid” means “separateness” in Afrikaans.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter B.

The Apartheid was a racial segregation, in that time the minority of white people had the power to vote. While the majority, black people could not vote and had to obey the law. It was a difficult time for black people in South Africa, they could only live in segregated residential areas and were prohibited of having interracial relationships.