South Africa Test
Where do the black, green, and gold come from on the SA flag?
ANC flag
What language do Afrikaners speak?
Afrikaan which is a mix of Dutch and African language.
What is the capital of the Netherlands?
Amsterdam
What does braai mean?
Barbeque
What does the red stand for on the SA flag?
Bloodshed in the formation of the country.
What is the name of the national bird of SA?
Blue Crane
What are Dutch farmers called?
Boers
What is cooking meat on a fire called?
Braai
What is the name of the national park in South Africa where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet?
Cape Point
What are the 3 largest cites in SA?
Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban
Who is the current president of SA?
Cyril Ramaphosa
What kind of government is SA?
Democracy
Where are Danish people from?
Denmark
What is the major mountain range in SA?
Drakensburg
Who brought Christianity to SA?
Dutch missionaries in the 1500s
What president of SA freed Nelson Mandela from prison and stopped apartheid?
Fedrick W. de Klerk
What does the green stand for?
Fertility of the land
What did Boers find in SA?
Gold and diamonds
When and where did Nelson Mandela die?
He died in Johannesburg in 2013.
What did Nelson Mandela study for in school?
He studied law.
Why did Nelson Mandela not run again for president?
He wanted to spend time with his family.
How many different ethnic groups and tribes are in SA?
Hundreds
When were most townships made?
In the 19th century until the end of apartheid.
What is an Afrikaner?
It is a South African of Dutch descendants.
What is the Kalahari Desert?
It is a desert located in South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana.
What is Kruger National Park?
It is a famous wildlife reserve in SA. It is located in Johannesburg.
What is a cape?
It is a high point of land that narrowly extends into a body of water.
What is a township in SA?
It is an underdeveloped urban area.
What is apartheid?
It is legal discrimination. It was the separation of white and black people.
What is the ANC?
It is the African National Congress and it is the president's party.
What is the parliament?
It is the law making body.
What happens in Bloemfontein?
It is where the law courts are.
What happens in Cape Town?
It is where the parliament meets.
What is in Pretoria?
It is where the president lives.
Most people in SA are bilingual. What does this term mean?
It means they speak their tribe language and English.
What is Robben Island?
It was a prison 7.5 miles of the coast of Cape Town. Nelson Mandela stayed here for a little bit during his time in prison.
What was the Anglo-Zulu war?
It was a war between the British and Zulu.
What percent of South Africa's work on farms?
Less the 10%
What does the black stand for?
Native African people
Who is on every rand?
Nelson Mandela
Who once lived in Soweto?
Nelson Mandela
Who tried to stop apartheid?
Nelson Mandela
Who was the first elected president of SA?
Nelson Mandela
Where are Dutch people from?
Netherlands
What is the longest river in SA?
Orange River
What made apartheid protesters become violent?
Police killed 69 protesters.
What is the only main leader in SA?
President. There is no prime minister or vice president.
What are the three capitals of SA?
Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.
What is SA's nickname?
Rainbow Nation
What is the currency of SA called?
Rand
Who are the natives of SA?
San people
What is the main industry in SA?
Service
What are the 3 main sports played in SA?
Soccer, rugby, and cricket
What is the most economically developed country in Africa?
South Africa
Soweto is an abbreviation for what?
South Western Townships
What is the largest and most famous township in SA?
Soweto
What is the national animal of SA?
Springbock
What is the national rugby team of SA called?
Springbock
What happened when the British came to SA?
The Dutch and British fought in a war called the Boer War.
Who were the first Europeans to reach SA?
The Porteguese reached SA in 1488.
What does the gold stand for?
The wealth of the nation
Why is SA called the Rainbow Nation?
There are a lot of different cultures in SA.
What are poachers?
They are people who try to kill animals illegally.
What is the traditional belief of Zulu?
They believe that their ancestors' spirits affect their lives.
Why was Nelson Mandela sent to prison?
They blamed him for terrorist activities.
What do the colors red, white, and blue come from on the SA flag?
They come from the British flags and the Netherlands flag.
Why did the British come to SA?
They heard about the Dutch finding gold and they wanted some.
What is one the government's main focuses?
They try to protect their animals from getting killed by poachers.
What did other countries threaten to do if apartheid continued?
They were not going to allow them into the olympics or trade with them.
Do penguins live in SA?
Yes
In what year did the Dutch reach SA and colonize Cape Town?
1652
When did the British take control of SA?
1806
What are the years of WWI?
1914-1918
When was Nelson Mandela born?
1918
When did Apartheid start?
1948
When was Nelson given a life sentence?
1964
When did Apartheid end?
1990
When did Nelson Mandela get released from prison?
1990
In what year did Nelson Mandela win the Nobel Peace Prize along with F.W. de Klerk?
1993
When was SA's first open election?
1994
When was the flag of SA adopted?
1994
What years was Nelson Mandela president?
1994-1999
How many countries in Africa were not colonized by the British?
2
How many times can a person be president?
2 terms
How long was Nelson Mandela put in jail?
27 years
Who long are presidential terms in SA?
5 years
How many people live in SA?
54 million
What percent of South African's are Christian?
80%
What percent of the people in SA are black?
80%
How many provinces are in SA?
9
Who gave Nelson Mandela the name Nelson?
A British school teacher.
What is the population of Soweto?
1.3 million
How many official languages are in SA?
11
