[Revision] Geography

What is the line where the land meets the sea?

• Coastline

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

Answer explanation

A coastline is a narrow piece of land that borders the sea along a continent (National Geographic, [s.a.]).

What are the capital cities of South Africa?

• Johannesburg, Duban, Cape Town

• Johannesburg, Cape Town, Bloemfontein

• Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein

• Durban, Bloemfontein, Johannesburg

Answer explanation

South Africa has three capital cities is because each capital city hosts a separate segment of the nation's government. 

* Pretoria - Administrative capital

* Cape Town - Legislative capital

* Bloemfontien - judicial capital

(Rosenberg, 2020).

Bays are not formed where a coastline curves into the land.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

A bay is a section of the coast that has an inward land curve where the sea surrounds the land on three sides (Shurbi, 2017).

The capital of Lesotho is ____

• Gaborone

• Maputo

• Maseru

• Lombamba

Answer explanation

The capital and largest urban centre of Lesotho is Maseru. Maseru also borders South Africa's Free State (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2019).

The type of map that shows the different heights of land

• Climate Map

• Political Map

• Topographical Map

• Relief Map

Answer explanation

A relief map or physical map shows the hills, valleys, and mountains of a particular area or country (Cambridge Dictionary, 2021).

The highest part of South Africa is in the _____

• Everest Mountains

• Table Mountain

• Kilimanjaro Mountains

• uKhahlamba -Drakensberg Mountains

Answer explanation

The uKhahlamba-Drakensberg National Park extends about 200 km along the border of KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho. The mountain range was declared a UNESCO Worlds Heritage Site and incorporates several dozen peaks with the highest rising to 3,000m (Discover Africa, [s.a.]).

What ocean is on the East coast of South Africa?

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

Answer explanation

What is the name of this compass direction?

Answer explanation

Which province to the west of Free State?

• Mpumalanga

• Northern Cape

• North West

• Eastern Cape

Answer explanation

_____ is the longest lake in Africa?

• The Nile

• Victoria

• Tanganyika

• Malawi

Answer explanation

Lake Victoria is the largest river in Africa. It is located in Tanzania and Uganda but bordering on Kenya. Its size is 69,484 square km and it is a fresh water lake (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2021).