WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Apartheid literally means ____
A
togetherness
B
apartness
C
united
D
separate
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It’s an Afrikaans word in which the suffix-heid means-hood, as in a state or condition. In this way, apartheid basically means “apartness” or “the state of being apart.” It can be interpreted as meaning “separation” or “segregation.”

Detailed explanation-2: -racism. nounprejudice against an ethnic group. apartheid. bias. bigotry.

Detailed explanation-3: -Apartheid literally means “apartness” and was a system of government implemented in South Africa between 1948 and 1994 that separated people according to race in every aspect of daily life, entrenching white minority rule and discriminating against non-white population groups.

Detailed explanation-4: -Apartheid was a system of racial discrimination/segregation that was unique to South Africa and was imposed by the white Europeans settled in South Africa. This system divided the people and labelled them as whites and non-whites on the basis of their skin colour.

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