1. Become an expert on South Africa and its Neighbors

2. The Great Escarpment kGroup of mountains and cliffs in South Africa

3. Drakensberg Mountains kMountai n range in South Africa

4. Witwatersrand kWorld’s largest and richest gold field

5. Afrikaners kDutch German and French settlers in Africa kInvented Afrikaans language kDutch German and French settlers in Africa kInvented Afrikaans language

6. Cape Town kCapital City of South Africa

7. Johannesburg kLarge City in South Africa

8. African Ethnic groups in South Africa kSotho kZulu kXhosa kSotho kZulu kXhosa

9. Kongo kKingdom that ruled a large part of northern Angola in the 1400s

10. Angola kAbout 70% of people practice the Roman Catholic religion

11. Zambia kLandlocked kLinked to cities and ports by highways kLandlocked kLinked to cities and ports by highways

12. Lusaka kCapital city of Zambia

13. Okavango kMajor river in Botswana

14. Gaborone kCapital city of Botswana

15. Zimbabwe kTropical savannah climate (wet and dry seasons) kThe Shona built Great Zimbabwe, a famous trading center, in the 1400s kTropical savannah climate (wet and dry seasons) kThe Shona built Great Zimbabwe, a famous trading center, in the 1400s

16. Kalahari kLargest desert in South Africa, runs along Namibia’s Atlantic coast

17. Madagascar kIsland country of southern Africa that has plants and wildlife such as Lemurs found in no other country in the world

18. Mauritius kIsland country with most ancestry to India

19. Malawai kSmall kDensely populated (9.5 million people) kSmall kDensely populated (9.5 million people)