Animals/Nature
This tall animal with a long neck roams the South African savanna.
What is a giraffe?
This language is mainly spoken in Zimbabwe and by some immigrant communities in South Africa.
What is Shona?
This famous mountain overlooking Cape Town looks like a flat tabletop.
What is Table Mountain?
This sport is the most popular in South Africa, and the national team is called Bafana.
What is soccer?
South Africa is one of the world’s largest producers of this precious yellow metal.
What is gold?
This striped animal is often called the “horse of the savanna.”
What is a zebra?
This language became a major trade language along the East African coast and borrows many Arabian words from traders.
What is Swahili?
The narrow coastal plain along the eastern coast is known as this belt.
What is the Coastal Belt?
This sport is hugely popular in South Africa, and the national team is called the Springboks.
What is rugby?
This shiny gemstone is heavily mined in South Africa.
What are diamonds?
South Africa touches the Atlantic Ocean and this other ocean.
What is the Indian Ocean?
This country has the largest number of Swahili speakers in Africa.
What is Tanzania?
This major river forms part of the border between South Africa and Namibia.
What is the Orange River?
South Africa hosted this worldwide soccer tournament in 2010.
What is the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
South Africa produces most of the world’s supply of this metal used in catalytic converters and jewelry.
What is platinum?
This bird cannot fly but can run very fast.
What is an ostrich?
This writing system is mainly used today for both Swahili and Shona.
What is the Latin alphabet?
This biome covers much of northeastern South Africa and supports many safari animals.
What is the Savanna?
This sport uses a bat, ball, and wickets and is very popular in South Africa.
What is cricket?
This fuel resource is mined in South Africa and used to generate electricity.
What is coal?
This desert stretches into northwestern South Africa and neighboring countries.
What is the Kalahari Desert?
Both Shona and Swahili belong to this large African language family.
What is the Bantu language family?
This semi-desert region in South Africa is known for seasonal wildflower blooms.
What is the Karoo?
This South African rugby captain lifted the Rugby World Cup trophy in 1995.
Who is Francois Pienaar?
This city became famous during the diamond rush of the late 1800s.
What is Kimberley?