A map of South Africa with questions

1. What is the capital of South Africa? ____________________

2. What ocean borders South Africa to the west? _______________

3. What ocean borders South Africa to the southeast? _______________

4. What is the name of the piece of land in South Africa that lies at the junction of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans? ____________________ (in French le Cap de Bonne Espérance)

5. What is the name of the country that borders South Africa to the northwest? ___________

6. What is the name of the country that lies entirely within South Africa? _______________ (pronounced /l Ə 'so: to: /

7. What is the name of the country that is almost surrounded by South Africa (on the east, this country borders Mozambique)? ____________________

8. What is the name of the city that is roughly 50 km southwest of Pretoria? _____________

9. Roughly how many kilometers is it from Durban to Ladysmith: 2 km, 20 km, 200 km, 2000 km, or 20000 km? ____________________

10. How far is Messina from Cape Town? It is roughly _______km away from Cape Town.

11. How long and how wide is the country? It is _____km long and ____ km wide.

12. If you wanted to travel from Cape Town to De Aar, in which direction would you head? ____________________________________

13. The 2010 FIFA world cup will take place between 11 June and 11 July. Which season will that be in the southern hemisphere? Autumn, Winter, Spring or Summer? It ______________

B) Now, log on to http://simple.wikipedia.org and www.classedanglais.blogspot.com to complete the information that you have found, and write a summary to describe South Africa.

(écris ton résumé comme si tu t’adressais à un public, sous forme de questions-réponses pour le rendre plus vivant.

Quelques suggestions : dates clés, personnages marquants, le sport, emblèmes, sites touristiques…).

South Africa is the most southern country in the African continent. How big is it? Well, it is about ………km wide and its area is ……..……..km² (about twice as big as France). The population: there are ……… million inhabitants and the population is mostly black (….% Black, 9.1% White, 9% Coloured, 2.6 ……..) ………………………………………………