South Africa
History and Culture
FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA
The Republic of South Africa takes
up an area of 1, 221, 037 square
kilometers, equal to the combined
land mass of GERMANY, FRANCE,
AND ITALY.
The coast line of South Africa
stretches for 2, 954 kilometers.
Approximately 44 million people
live in South Africa.
FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa has 11 official languages,
with ENGLISH being the most
commonly spoken.
9 provinces make up South Africa and
there are 3 capital cities: CAPE TOWN,
PRETORIA, AND JOHANNESBURG.
Of the population in South Africa, 77
percent of the population are black, 10
percent are white, and 8 percent are
mixed of INDIAN or ASIAN descent.
FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA
The most widely recognized religion in
South Africa is CHRISTIANITY, while 21
percent have no religious affiliation, and
most of the rest of the population are
JEWISH and MUSLIM.
About 20 percent of the world’s gold is
mined in South Africa.
The only street in the world to house two
Nobel Peace Prize winners is Soweto--NELSON MANDELA and ARCHBISHOP
DESMOND TUTU both have houses on the
FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA
Four of the five fastest land animals
in the world live in Africa: the
CHEETAH (at 70 miles an hour), and
the WILDEBEEST, LION, and THE
THOMSON’S GAZELLE (all about
50 mph).
The current leader of South Africa is
THABO MBEKI, who has been
president since 1999.
FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA
Only 12 countries in the
world have tap water that is
fit to drink and South Africa
is one of them; they rank
3RD in the world in clean
water.
FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA
The world’s largest diamond,
the CULLINAN, was found in
South Africa in 1905. It weighed
3, 106.75 carats uncut. Stones
from this huge diamond are
now part of England’s BRITISH
CROWN JEWELS.
A VELDT is an open plain where
grasses, shrubs, and small trees
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The Veldt Quiz
1. Give one thing that the Happy Life Home
does to make life easier for humans.
2. Which one of the parents was the first one
to express concern about the nursery?
3. Why does Lydia want to shut off the house
at first?
4. What is the one main reason that George is
concerned about his children creating
Africa in their nursery?
5. Why does George think that the nursery is
broken?
The Veldt Quiz
6. What is the one time that George and
Lydia told the children no?
7. What two objects are found in the
nursery with saliva and blood on them?
8. What famous mythological figure does
the psychologist compare the parents to?
Who does he say that they then changed
into that caused the children’s behavior
problems?
The Veldt Quiz
9. What does it seem like the house
is full of when George turns off
all the machines?
10. Where is George planning to
take his family?
11. How do the children trick their
parents into the nursery?
The Veldt Quiz
12. Why did the screams from the
nursery sound so familiar?
13. What did the psychologist find
the children doing when he
came to the house?