South Africa

Question 1

What is Africa?

Answer 1

Africa is one of the seven continents.

Question 2

Name the four bodies of water that surround Africa.

What are their locations relative to Africa?

Answer 2

Atlantic Ocean - West of Africa
Indian Ocean - East of Africa
Mediterranean Sea - North of Africa
Red Sea - North East of Africa

Question 3

What are countries called who do not have the sea as one of their borders?

Name two African countries who are like this.

Answer 3

Landlocked countries.

Zimbabwe and Zambia and Botswana and Malawi and Uganda and many others.

Question 4

Name six countries that share a border with South Africa.

Answer 4

Namibia, 
Botswana, 
Lesotho, 
Mozambique, 
Swaziland, and 
Zimbabwe

Question 5

What is the name of a country that is part of the African continent and also an island?

Answer 5

Madagascar

Question 6

To which country does the island of Zanzibar belong?

Answer 6

Tanzania

Question 7

In which ocean are the islands of Zanzibar and Madagascar located?

Answer 7

Indian Ocean

Question 8

Which is the largest city in Africa?

How many people live there?

Answer 8

Cairo.

7 million people live in the city and 10 million live just outside the city.

Question 9

What is the name of the largest city in Nigeria?

What is unusual about this city?

Answer 9

Lagos.

It is a port city built on a group of islands.

Question 10

Lagos is the fastest growing city in Africa and the second most populated.

What problems has this large population caused in Lagos?

Answer 10

Shortage of electricity, drinking water, houses and transport.

Huge traffic issues.

Question 11

What is the capital city of Kenya?

On which river is this city built?

Answer 11

Nairobi. It is over 100 years old.

Nairobi River.

Question 12

Which city in Africa is the largest in the world not built next to water?

Answer 12

Johannesburg

Question 13

What is a capital city?

Answer 13

It is the city chosen in each country where the government meets in its parliament building to decide on laws for the country and other government business.

Question 14

Why is South Africa different to most other countries when looking at capital cities?

Answer 14

South Africa has three capital cities:

Cape Town,
Bloemfontein, and
Pretoria.

Question 15

Name the three capital cities in South Africa and what the government does in that city.

Answer 15

Cape Town - legislative capital. This means that the government meets in Parliament here to make the laws for the country.

Tshwane (Pretoria) - administrative capital. The government does its work here.

Bloemfontein - judicial capital. Some of the highest courts in the land are here.

Question 16

How many countries does Africa have?

Answer 16

54

Question 17

What is the capital city of Mozambique?

Answer 17

Maputo

Question 18

What is the capital city of Zimbabwe?

Answer 18

Harare

Question 19

What is the capital city of Lesotho?

Answer 19

Maseru

Question 20

What is the capital city of Namibia?

Answer 20

Windhoek

Question 21

What is the capital city of Botswana?

Answer 21

Gaborone

Question 22

Name the three largest lakes in Africa.

Answer 22

Lake Victoria,
Lake Malawi, and
Lake Tanganyika

Question 23

What is the highest mountain in Africa and how high is it?

Answer 23

Mt. Kilimanjaro - 5895m above sea level.

Question 24

Name two of the other highest mountain peaks in Africa.

Answer 24

Mt. Kenya - 5199m and

Thabana Ntlenyana - 3482m

Question 25

Name six important rivers in Africa.

Which direction do they flow?

Answer 25

Nile - North, 
Niger - East
Congo - North and West
Zambezi - South and East
Limpopo - East
Gariep-Orange - West

Question 26

Name the three famous waterfalls and the countries where they can be found.

Answer 26

Victoria Falls - Zambia/ Zimbabwe
Maletsunyane - Lesotho
Augrabies - South Africa

Question 27

Which desert lies north of the equator in Africa?

Answer 27

The Sahara desert

Question 28

Which desert is near South Africa?

Answer 28

The Namib desert

Question 29

List three cities which are built next to water and name the river or sea.

Answer 29

Nairobi - Nairobi River

Cairo - Nile River

Lagos - Atlantic Ocean

Question 30

The start and end of a river are called?

Answer 30

Source of a river

Mouth of a river