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Nelson Mandela and South Africa

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Nelson Mandela

a)

A Civil Rights Leader

b)

A Famous Farmer who figured out the use of peanuts

c)

A race car driver

d)

MLK Jr.’s assistant.

2.

Where did he spend most of his life?

a)

In North America

b)

In Africa

c)

In prison

d)

In Antartica

3.

What year did Mandela die?

a)

2013

b)

2019

c)

1989

d)

1994

4.

WHEN DID MANDELA JOIN THE THE ANC?

a)

1949

b)

1943

c)

1802

d)

1968

5.

True or false? Mandela became president of South Africa

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is the Physical Geography of South Africa

a)

African River

African Mountains

African Plateau

b)

Coastline

Great Escarpment

Cape Fold Mtns.

Central Plateau

c)

Ocean

Great Place

Mountain

Plateau

7.

What are the four races divided into in South Africa

a)

Black

White

Colored

Asian

b)

Black

White

Colored

Asian/Indian

c)

Black

White

d)

African

8.

Who led the ANC to going against segregation peacefully

a)

MLK jr.

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

High schoolers

d)

Gandhi

9.

Who did another rebellion against segregation but got stopped very

violently.

a)

Some College kids

b)

High School kids

c)

Elementary kids

d)

Adults

10.

When did Mandela become president of South Africa?

a)

1989

b)

1993

c)

1995

d)

1994

11.

What tree is common in Botswana and is also called the upside down tree?

a)

Bao pap

b)

Baobab

c)

Baowab

d)

Baodab

12.

Which country is Eswatini almost entirely surrounded by?

a)

South America

b)

North Africa

c)

East Africa

d)

South Africa

13.

What are the two most important natural resources in Lesotho?

a)

Water and

Food

b)

Food and Lumber

c)

Water and

Lumber

d)

Water and Diamonds

14.

The world's largest underground lake is located in Namibia, which is in a cave known as what?

a)

Dragon’s Beard

b)

Dragon’s Fire

c)

Dragon’s Breath

d)

Dragon’s Tail

15.

True or False? South Africa is Africa’s biggest country.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

True or False? The Kalahari Desert is the second largest desert in Africa.

a)

False

b)

True

17.

True or False? It is always warm in the Kalahari Desert?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What could the Kalahari Desert be referred to?

a)

The Water Desert

b)

The Tree Desert

c)

The Fossil Desert

d)

The Oasis Desert

19.

How many countries to the Kalahari Desert go through?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

3

d)

2

20.

True or False? Despite its extreme temps, the Kalahari is home to one of the rarest plants in the world, the Hoodia.

a)

True

b)

False