Geography

Question 1

What are the six neighboring countries of South Africa?

Answer 1

Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho

Question 2

What is the Capital city of Namibia?

Answer 2

Windhoek

Question 3

What is the Capital city of Botswana?

Answer 3

Gaborone

Question 4

What is the country for Harare?

Answer 4

Zimbabwe

Question 5

What is the country for Maputo?

Answer 5

Mozambique

Question 6

What is the capital city of Swaziland?

Answer 6

Mbabane

Question 7

What is the country for Maseru?

Answer 7

Lesotho

Question 8

What is the capital city of the Western cape?

Answer 8

Cape Town

Question 9

What is the capital city of the Free State?

Answer 9

Bloemfontein

Question 10

What is the capital city of Gauteng?

Answer 10

Tshwane

Question 11

What are some physical features at sea level?

Answer 11

Coastline, bays, capes and river mouths

Question 12

What are some physical features above sea level?

Answer 12

Mountain, hills, valleys and the parts of rivers that are still far from the sea.

Question 13

What is a coastal plain?

Answer 13

This is the low-lying area along the coast.

Question 14

What is an escarpment?

Answer 14

The escarpment is the land from the coastal plain that rises rapidly in steps towards the interior

Question 15

What is a plateau?

Answer 15

This is the name given to a flat high-lying area.

Question 16

What is the highest peal in the Drakensberg Range?

Answer 16

Thabana Ntlenyana (3482m high)

Question 17

What is a river?

Answer 17

A river is a channel of fresh water that flows towards an ocean, lake, sea or another river.

Question 18

Why are rivers important?

Answer 18

Rivers are important because they carry water to farms, towns and factories and also carry nutrients.

Question 19

Where do rivers begin?

Answer 19

Rivers always begin in high places and then they flow towards lower land.

Question 20

What is the place where rivers start called?

Answer 20

The place where a river begins is called the source.

Question 21

Where is the source for a river usually?

Answer 21

The source is often high up in the mountains where it rains a lot.

Question 22

What can rivers do if they flow strongly?

Answer 22

Rivers can carve gorges and valleys if they flow strongly.

Question 23

How are waterfalls made?

Answer 23

Waterfalls are made when a river drops suddenly to a much lower level.

Question 24

What are rivers that join larger rivers on their way to the ocean called?

Answer 24

Rivers that join larger rivers on their way to the ocean are called tributaries.

Question 25

What is the main river and all its tributaries called together?

Answer 25

The main river and all its tributaries are together called a river system.

Question 26

What is the area of land where rain water runs off into a river system called?

Answer 26

The are of land where rain water runs off into a river system is called a catchment area or a drainage basin.

Question 27

Where do rivers flow towards?

Answer 27

Rivers low towards sea level.

Question 28

What is the place where a river empties its water into the sea called?

Answer 28

The place where a river empties its water into the sea is called the river mouth.

Question 29

What happens to a river at the mouth?

Answer 29

At the river mouth, rivers often widen and flow slowly over flat land.

Question 30

Some rivers separate into several small streams at the river mouth. What is this fan-shaped area called.

Answer 30

This fan-shaped area is called a delta.

Question 31

What are the two main river systems in South Africa called?

Answer 31

The two main river systems in South Africa are called the Orange river system and the Limpopo River system.

Question 32

Where does the Orange River system start and which direction does it flow?

Answer 32

The Orange River system starts in the Drakensberg Mountains and flows to the very dry West coast.

Question 33

Where does the Limpopo River system begin and which direction does it flow?

Answer 33

The Limpopo River system begins in a dry area and flows to the wet East coast.

Question 34

What is a capital city?

Answer 34

A capital city is the city from which the county is governed.

Question 35

Where do the government usually meet?

Answer 35

Government usually meets in the capital city, in its parliament building.

Question 36

Which city is usually the capital city?

Answer 36

The largest city is usually the capital city but not always.

Question 37

What type of capital city is Cape Town?

Answer 37

Cape Town is the legislative capital.

Question 38

What does legislative capital mean?

Answer 38

This means that Parliament is there.

Question 39

Which city in south Africa is where they make the rules?

Answer 39

The rules are made in Cape Town.

Question 40

What type of capital city is Tshwane(Pretoria)?

Answer 40

Tshwane is the administrative capital.

Question 41

What does administrative capital mean?

Answer 41

This means that government departments are there.

Question 42

What type of capital city is Bloemfontein?

Answer 42

Bloemfontein is the Judicial capital.

Question 43

What does Judicial capital mean?

Answer 43

Judicial capital means that some of the highest courts of the country are there.