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South Africa Physical Features

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a steep cliff at the edge of a plateau with a lowland area below

a)

Escarpment

b)

Landlocked

c)

Thatch

d)

Reservoir

2.

the system of laws in South Africa aimed at separating the races

a)

Civil Disobedience

b)

Apartheid

c)

Segregation

d)

Exploit

3.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Zimbabwe

b)

Zambia

c)

Djibouti

d)

Liberia

4.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Madagascar

b)

Libya

c)

Namibia

d)

Burundi

5.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Western Sahara

b)

South Africa

c)

Eritrea

d)

Chad

6.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Lesotho

b)

Swaziland

c)

Cote d'Ivoire

d)

Guinea-Bissau

7.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Swaziland

b)

Lesotho

c)

Benin

d)

Gambia

8.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Angola

b)

Mozambique

c)

Madagascar

d)

Sudan

9.
What was apartheid? 
a)
equality for all
b)
western-style democracy
c)
constitutional monarcy
d)
segregation of races
10.
What is the driest region in South Africa?
a)
Namib Desert
b)
Sahara Desert
c)
Atacama Desert
11.
The steep face at the edge of a plateau, or other raised area
a)
Escarpment
b)
Veld
c)
Savanna
d)
Desert
12.
What is the main resource of South Africa?
a)
Silver
b)
Lead
c)
Lumber
d)
Minerals
13.
What does Apartheid, in South Africa, compare to in the United States?
a)
Prohibition Movement
b)
Civil Rights Movement
c)
Civil War
d)
Progressive Movement 
14.
Lesotho is an __ of South Africa:
a)
Enclave
b)
Exclave
15.
What is the name of the country that is colored orange?
a)
Namibia
b)
Zambia
c)
Botswana
d)
South Africa
16.
Open grasslands in Southern Africa are known as...
a)
pans
b)
veld
c)
sahel
d)
mountains
17.
The Dutch set up a trade station at a natural harbor near..
a)
Johannesburg
b)
Pretoria
c)
Ethiopia
d)
Cape of Good Hope
18.
Stone-walled capital city of the Shona people
a)
Great Britain
b)
Great Zimbabwe
c)
Timbuktu
d)
Baghdad
19.

Read the FALSE statement. Replace the underlined word with one that makes the sentence TRUE.


The open grasslands of South Africa are known as the escarpment.

a)

Inyanga

b)

Kalahar

c)

Madagascar

d)

Okavango

e)

veld

20.

Read the FALSE statement. Replace the underlined word with one that makes the sentence TRUE.


The wettest area in the region is the east coast of Zimbabwe.

a)

Inyanga

b)

Kalahar

c)

Madagascar

d)

Okavango

e)

veld

21.

The Shona are best known for their stonewalled capital, called

a)

the Cape of Good Hope.

b)

Madagascar.

c)

Nambia.

d)

Great Zimbabwe.

22.

Dutch, French, and German settlers and their descendants in South Africa were called

a)

Zulu.

b)

Khoisan.

c)

Afrikaners

d)

Tswana.

23.

South Africa’s government set up a policy that separated races into four groups. This policy was called

a)

apartheid

b)

the ANC

c)

colonialism.

d)

townships.

24.

South Africa’s government set up a policy that separated races into four groups. This policy was called

a)

apartheid

b)

the ANC

c)

colonialism.

d)

townships.

25.

An ________________________ is a small territory surrounded by a foreign territory. (enclave/escarpment)

a)

enclave

b)

escarpment