T1 GR5 GEOGRAPHY

Question 1

what is a good way to remember the main points on a compass?

Answer 1

Never Eat Silk Worms

Question 2

what are the main points on a compass?

Answer 2

North
South
East
West

Question 3

What is the name of continent 1 on the map?

Answer 3

North America

Question 4

What is the name of continent 2 on the map?

Answer 4

South America

Question 5

What is the name of continent 3 on the map?

Answer 5

Africa

Question 6

What is the name of continent 4 on the map?

Answer 6

Europe

Question 7

What is the name of continent 5 on the map?

Answer 7

Asia

Question 8

What is the name of continent 6 on the map?

Answer 8

Australia

Question 9

What is the name of continent 7 on the map?

Answer 9

Antarctica

Question 10

What is the red line on the map?

Answer 10

The Equator

Question 11

What is the name of A on the map?

Answer 11

The Pacific Ocean

Question 12

What is the name of B on the map?

Answer 12

The Atlantic Ocean

Question 13

What is the name of C on the map?

Answer 13

The Indian Ocean

Question 14

What is the name of D on the map?

Answer 14

The Southern Ocean

Question 15

What is a continent?

Answer 15

A continent is a LARGE land mass surrounded by ocean

Question 16

What is an ocean?

Answer 16

An ocean is a LARGE area of salt water, that is bigger than a sea

Question 17

What is a country?

Answer 17

A country is an area of land (usually on a continent) that is surrounded by a border

Question 18

What are provinces or states?

Answer 18

Countries are normally DIVIDED into smaller areas that are called provinces or states

Question 19

Which ocean is on the West coast of Africa?

Answer 19

Atlantic Ocean

Question 20

Which ocean is on the East coast of Africa?

Answer 20

Indian Ocean

Question 21

What body of water is in the North East coast of Africa?

Answer 21

The Red Sea

Question 22

What body of water is on the North coast of Africa?

Answer 22

Mediterranean Sea

Question 23

What is a National border?

Answer 23

They are the borders that separate COUNTRIES

Question 24

What separates provinces?

Answer 24

Provincial borders

Question 25

What is Cairo and where is it?

Answer 25

A very OLD CITY along the NILE river in EGYPT

Question 26

Give 4 interesting facts about Cairo (other tiahan where it is)

Answer 26

1. the LARGEST city in Africa 2. the most populated city in Africa 3. Has one of the worlds OLDEST UNIVERSITIES 4. Lots of POLLUTION

Question 27

What is Lagos and where is it?

Answer 27

LARGEST CITY in Nigeria

Question 28

What problems are caused by it's large population?

Answer 28

pollution traffic noise shortage of electricity

Question 29

Name 2 interesting facts about Lagos (other than where it is)

Answer 29

2nd LARGEST city in Africa Fastest GROWING city in Africa

Question 30

What is the largest city in Kenya?

Answer 30

Nairobi

Question 31

How old is Nairobi?

Answer 31

about 100 years old

Question 32

Where is Nairobi?

Answer 32

In Kenya on the Nairobi river

Question 33

Why did Nairobi develop?

Answer 33

it developed around the place where RAILWAY lines from different parts of East Africa met

Question 34

What is the largest city in South Africa?

Answer 34

Johannesburg

Question 35

How did Johannesburg start?

Answer 35

a small mining town when GOLD was discovered over 100 years ago

Question 36

Name 4 interesting facts about Johannesburg (apart from where it is)

Answer 36

1. biggest city in South Africa 2. business centre of South Africa 3. has the busiest AIRPORT in South Africa 4. the largest city in the world that is NOT build next to WATER (either river, lake or sea)

Question 37

What problems have been caused by people coming to Johannesburg in search of a better life?

Answer 37

a lack of housing overcrowded roads poor transport systems

Question 38

Where is Zanzibar?

Answer 38

the Zanzibar islands are part of the country Tanzania

Question 39

Where is the country named Madagascar?

Answer 39

It is an island on the East of Africa in the Indian Ocean

Question 40

What are South Africa's 6 neighbouring countries?

Answer 40

Namibia Botswana Zimbabwe Mozambique Swaziland Lesotho

Question 41

What is the capital city of Namibia?

Answer 41

Windhoek

Question 42

What is the capital city of Botswana?

Answer 42

Gaberone

Question 43

What is the capital city of Zimbabwe?

Answer 43

Harare

Question 44

What is the capital city of Mozambique?

Answer 44

Maputo

Question 45

What is the capital city of Swaziland?

Answer 45

Mbabane

Question 46

What is the capital city of Lesotho?

Answer 46

Maseru

Question 47

What is a capital city?

Answer 47

the city from which a country is governed, so it has - parliament, where laws are made - government administration departments - the high courts (judicial) The capital usually the largest city in the country but does not have to be

Question 48

What is the legislative captial of South Africa?

Answer 48

Cape Town

Question 49

What does it mean to be the legislative capital of a country

Answer 49

It's where Parliament is and Laws (legistlation) are made

Question 50

What is the administrative capital of a country?

Answer 50

It's where the government administration departments are

Question 51

What is the administrative capital of South Africa?

Answer 51

Pretoria now called Tshwane

Question 52

What is the judicial capital of a country?

Answer 52

this is where the highest courts are

Question 53

What is the judicial capital of South Africa?

Answer 53

Bloemfontein

Question 54

What does a PHYSICAL MAP show?

Answer 54

Height above sea level and Features such as mountains, rivers and lakes

Question 55

What is sea level?

Answer 55

where the sea meets the land

Question 56

How does a physical map show height?

Answer 56

usually with COLOUR for an area and spot height for a particular place with a triangle symbol

Question 57

What is another name for a physical map?

Answer 57

a relief map