Apartheid was a system in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. It takes its name from an Afrikaans word that means "apartness." People were separated on the basis of race. They were divided into four racial groups: black, white, coloured, and Indian. Race was used to decide where people could live. South African whites had access to the best of every public resource. Education, medical care, and other public services provided to black people were not as good as the ones available to whites. , this discrimination was extended to the coloured and Indian residents over the next decades.

Which sentence could be added to the beginning of paragraph 2 to improve the flow of the passage?
A. Consequently, the people fought this prejudiced system.
B. At any rate, apartheid still has leftover negative effects.
C. Similarly, South Africa is still recovering from a civil war.
D. However, this separation was not limited to housing.

Which situation might occur in a conflict of character versus nature? a. a society disapproves of a character's behavior. b. a character suffers from a serious illness and eventually dies. c. two characters argue over a difference of opinion. d. a character is unable to decide on his opinion of another character.

What is tomas paine's central claim in this excerpt

Buckminster boy. she glared at him. "lizzie, i swear to you, as sure as i'm standing right here—that's a lie. every bit of it. every single bit." "my granddaddy said it was a lie, too." she leaned her head to one side and looked at him steadily. "so why haven't you been down to the island? " "so only you get to ask questions now? " "yes." she waited. "i haven't been down to the island because my father believes that you were using me to you stay on malaga island." "well," she said slowly. "well." "i didn't believe it, either." the sea breeze lay at their feet panting, hoping they would play with it again. based on what turner and lizzie say, which is the best conclusion that can be drawn? they are angered by the lies the adults have been spreading. neither of them is able to fully trust what the other is claiming. each trusts the other and cares a great deal about their friendship. both are worried about the troubles their friendship may bring.