South+Africa

· **Leaders, Elites** · **State Structure** · **War** · **Diplomacy, Treaties** · **Courts, Laws** || Nelson Mandela-nationalist leader, spent 27 years in prison for treason/conspiracy to overthrow the apartheid. After he was released, SA held first election where black and whites could vote together. First black president. Frederik de Klerk: president that released Mandela. Became VP under Mandela Apartheid: political system of racial segregation. Non-whites were minority. means “Separation” 1910- Union of South Africa is formed || · **Type of System** · **Technology, Industry** · **Trade, Commerce** · **Capital/Money** · **Types of Businesses** || Dutch first settled, then British came for valuable resources and location. Africans driven out of land Capital is Pretoria Discovery of gold, diamonds || · **Holy Books** · **Beliefs, Teachings** · **Conversion** · **Sin/Salvation** · **Deities** || Kaggen: southern Bushmen spiritual being, trickster deity thousands of deities || · **Family** · **Gender Relations** · **Social Classes** · **Inequalities** · **Life Styles** || Blacks were subjected to harsh rule from whites. Khoi Khoi: cattle herders pushed out of land Bantu tribes: Swazi, Xhosa, Zulu black, white, colored, Asian || · **Art, Music** · **Writing, Literature** · **Philosophy** · **Math & Science** · **Education** || Rituals for boys first kill, girls puberty, marriage, trance dance whites dominant over all other races || · **Location** · **Physical** · **Movement** · **Human/Environment** · **Region** || 1815-1840 Rise of Zulu Kingdom Kalahari Desert People geographically lived separately: education, medical care, public services Johannesburg: major city ||
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NOTES: Most everything going on in South Africa from 1910-present was focused on the apartheid