Southern Africa Geography Quiz

Which two oceans border Southern Africa?

• Atlantic and Pacific

• Indian and Atlantic

• Indian and Pacific

• Atlantic and Arctic

The steep face at the edge of a plateau or other raised area is called a(n)

• escarpment

• pan

• coastal plain

• delta

The Boers were

• Afrikaner frontier farmers

• British frontier farmers

• Zulu frontier farmers

• Khoisan frontier farmers

Two major rivers in Southern Africa are the

• Orange River and the Limpopo River

• Orange River and the Angola River

• Limpopo River and the Victoria River

• Drakensberg River and the Comoros River

Which country in Southern Africa has lush vegetation and tropical forests?

• South Africa

• Madagascar

• Mozambique

• Namibia

The Shona are best known for their stone-walled capital city, called

• Cape Town

• Great Zimbabwe

• Johannesburg

• Windhoek

Under apartheid in South Africa, blacks had to live in separate areas known as

• pans

• velds

• enclaves

• townships

Southern Africa is rich in mineral resources, including

• gold and diamonds

• platinum and copper

• coal and iron ore

• all of the above

The open grassland areas of South Africa are known as

• pans

• the Namib

• the veld

• escarpments

The early history of Southern Africa includes the

• Khoisan

• Bantu

• Shona

• all of the above