south africa

Cards (56)

  • The ANC was banned by the government
  • the definition of array is an impressively large number of people or objects, a variety
  • the definition of tribe is a group of people with the same languague, customs and beliefs
  • the definition of mild is not severe, light, gentle
  • the definition of widespread is found of distribuated over a large area of number if people
  • the definition fo demographics is statistical data relating to the population and groups within it
  • the borders are namibia, botswana, zimbabue, mozambique, the atlantic ocean and the indian ocean
  • the most important rivers are the orange river and the limpopo river
  • there is another country within the south african borders which is lesotho
  • much of the south african's water comes from the snowcapped peakes of lesotho
  • the tallest mountain is thabana ntlenyana nad its 3482 meters tall
  • the khalari desert is in the north west
  • the great karoo is the south west of south africa, it is the largest desert in southern africa
  • the plateus are in the north
  • the mountains are in the middle
  • and the plains are in the south near the coast
  • the climate is mediterranean temperate with hot summers and short, mild, rainy winters
  • the 9.6%of the population are white descendants from english, french and dutch colonists
  • the 7.8% are black bantu tribes
  • the 12% are san and zulu tribes and asian comunity, especially pakistanis and indians
  • the 79.6% are black people
  • cristianity is the most widespread religion
  • the 20% practices animism
  • there are 11 official languages and english is the most common one
  • 1% of the black population benefits from the highest standars of living in africa and in the world
  • the remeaning 70% of black people live in extremely poor conditions, deprived of health privilagesin shanty town called townships
  • the biggest township is called soweto
  • this social inequality has caused high levels of crimes
  • GDP stands for gross domestic product
  • the definition fo GDP is the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year
  • the definition of overall is taking everything into account, all in all, on the whole
  • the definition of albeit is even thoungh, even if
  • the definition of crop is a cultivated plat, grown on a large scalle commercially
  • the definition of deprived is not having the things that are needed for a good or healthy life
  • the definition fo to benefit is to receive an advantage, to gain
  • but from 2000 onwards south africa has seen an extraordinary period of economic vitality
  • south africa is the only afrivìcan country to enjoy a temperate climate
  • the temperate climate allows major crops of wheat, corn and other cereals thanks to its rich soil and modern machinery
  • cotton and tabacco are also produced in the southern coasts, which mainly belong to dutch descendents
  • most plateus are rich in mineral elements and coal