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Drakensberg Mountains - Exam
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  • 1. Where are the Drakensberg Mountains located?
A) Eastern Europe
B) North Asia
C) South America
D) Southern Africa
  • 2. What is the highest peak in the Drakensberg?
A) Mount Kilimanjaro
B) K2
C) Thabana Ntlenyana
D) Table Mountain
  • 3. Which two countries does the Drakensberg range primarily extend between?
A) Botswana and Zimbabwe
B) Mozambique and Swaziland
C) South Africa and Lesotho
D) South Africa and Namibia
  • 4. What is the approximate length of the Drakensberg range?
A) 2,500 kilometers
B) 1,000 kilometers
C) 500 kilometers
D) 1,500 kilometers
  • 5. What is a popular activity to do in the Drakensberg Mountains?
A) Hiking
B) Surfing
C) Skiing
D) Scuba diving
  • 6. What is the meaning of the word 'Drakensberg'?
A) Dragon Mountains
B) River Mountains
C) Tall Mountains
D) Cold Mountains
  • 7. How tall is Thabana Ntlenyana, the highest peak in the Drakensberg?
A) 5,500 meters
B) 3,482 meters
C) 2,500 meters
D) 4,000 meters
  • 8. What is the primary vegetation type found in the Drakensberg?
A) Rainforest
B) Tundra
C) Grassland
D) Desert scrub
  • 9. What type of climate is typically found in the Drakensberg region?
A) Arctic
B) Desert
C) Temperate
D) Tropical
  • 10. Which river valley features include the Blyde River Canyon and Three Rondavels?
A) The Drakensberg escarpment in Mpumalanga
B) The Chimanimani Mountains
C) The Eastern Cape Province
D) The Limpopo River Valley
  • 11. Where does the Drakensberg terminate in the north?
A) Near Hoedspruit
B) In the Chimanimani Mountains
C) In the Eastern Cape Province
D) Near Tzaneen at about the 22° S parallel
  • 12. What caused the absence of the Great Escarpment north of Tzaneen?
A) Volcanic activity
B) Human activity
C) Erosion by the Limpopo River
D) A failed westerly branch of the main rift
  • 13. What is the highest elevation in Limpopo?
A) The Wolkberg at 2,200 m
B) The Strydpoort Mountains
C) The Blyde River Canyon
D) The Eastern Cape Plateau
  • 14. What geological process has the plateau in southern Africa undergone in the past 20 million years?
A) Desertification
B) Volcanic activity
C) Massive uplifting
D) Subsidence
  • 15. What type of rocks compose the KwaZulu-Natal – Free State Drakensberg?
A) Metamorphic rocks
B) Hard erosion-resistant rocks
C) Softer rocks
D) Igneous rocks
  • 16. How are the 'Lesotho Mountains' primarily formed?
A) By volcanic activity
B) By erosion gulleys turning into deep valleys
C) By glacial movements
D) By sediment deposition
  • 17. What environmental condition is found in the higher parts of Drakensberg?
A) Temperate forest environment
B) Tropical rainforest environment
C) Desert environment
D) Mildly periglacial environment
  • 18. What recent change may have affected the intensity of periglaciation in Drakensberg?
A) Climate change
B) Mining activities
C) Urbanization
D) Deforestation
  • 19. What effect does lightning have on the summit areas of the Drakensberg?
A) Blasting effect
B) Erosion effect
C) Weathering effect
D) Deposition effect
  • 20. What is the age of the quartzite rocks in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Drakensberg?
A) 250 million years old.
B) 180 million years old.
C) 300 million years old.
D) More than 2000 million years old.
  • 21. Which geological group forms the Drakensberg escarpment south of the 26°S parallel?
A) Clarens sandstone.
B) Ecca shales from the Karoo Supergroup.
C) Beaufort rocks from the Karoo Supergroup.
D) Transvaal Supergroup.
  • 22. What is the age of the Ecca shales in the Drakensberg?
A) 250 million years old.
B) 300 million years old.
C) 180 million years old.
D) More than 2000 million years old.
  • 23. What is the age of the Beaufort rocks in the Drakensberg?
A) 300 million years old.
B) 250 million years old.
C) 180 million years old.
D) More than 2000 million years old.
  • 24. What is the age of the basalt layer in the Drakensberg?
A) 300 million years old.
B) 250 million years old.
C) More than 2000 million years old.
D) 180 million years old.
  • 25. What is the youngest sedimentary rock in the Drakensberg?
A) Ecca shales.
B) Clarens sandstone.
C) Beaufort rocks.
D) Quartzite from the Transvaal Supergroup.
  • 26. Which peak is located at 3,450 m (11,319 ft)?
A) Champagne Castle.
B) Mafadi.
C) Njesuthi.
D) Makoaneng.
  • 27. Which peak is known as the world's highest waterfall?
A) Mafadi.
B) Tugela Falls (Thukela Falls).
C) Makoaneng.
D) Angel Falls.
  • 28. Which river's source is found in the Drakensberg?
A) The Orange River.
B) The Congo River.
C) The Zambezi River.
D) The Nile River.
  • 29. How many plant species in the Drakensberg are listed as globally endangered?
A) 300
B) 2,153
C) 119
D) 98
  • 30. Which plant genus contains the conifers found in the Drakensberg?
A) Podocarpus
B) Abies
C) Pinus
D) Juniperus
  • 31. Which rare plant in the Drakensberg is known for its spiral-shaped leaves?
A) Spiral Aloe
B) Mountain pipit
C) Monocymbium ceresiiforme
D) Podocarpus
  • 32. What percentage of all non-marine avian species in southern Africa are found in the Drakensberg?
A) 25%
B) 45%
C) 50%
D) 37%
  • 33. Which bird species is endemic to the high peaks of the Drakensberg?
A) Bush blackcap
B) Buff-streaked chat
C) Cape vulture
D) Mountain pipit
  • 34. Which two snake species in the Drakensberg are highly venomous?
A) Rudd's lark and yellow-breasted pipit
B) Mountain pipit and buff-streaked chat
C) Not specified
D) Bush blackcap and Drakensberg rockjumper
  • 35. Which mammal is known for its presence in the mountainous regions of the Drakensberg?
A) Chacma baboon
B) Klipspringer
C) Black wildebeest
D) Southern white rhinoceros
  • 36. Which fish species was thought to be extinct before being found in the Senqunyane River?
A) Maluti redfin
B) Mountain pipit
C) Phofung river frog
D) Cape vulture
  • 37. Which frog species is endemic to the forested areas of the Drakensberg?
A) Maluti river frog
B) Forest rain frog
C) Phofung river frog
D) Drakensberg river frog
  • 38. Which bird of prey is endangered and hunts in the Drakensberg mountains?
A) Drakensberg rockjumper
B) Mountain pipit
C) Cape vulture
D) Bush blackcap
  • 39. Which grass species is found in the grasslands of the Drakensberg?
A) Oat grass Monocymbium ceresiiforme
B) Southern white rhinoceros
C) Cape vulture
D) Mountain pipit
  • 40. Which mammal is known for its presence on the lower slopes of the Drakensberg?
A) Klipspringer
B) Cape vulture
C) Black wildebeest
D) Mountain pipit
  • 41. Which plant is a small shrub found in the high alti-montane grasslands of the Drakensberg?
A) Cape vulture
B) Mountain pipit
C) Ericas
D) Southern white rhinoceros
  • 42. Which bird species is mainly found in the Drakensberg mountains?
A) Buff-streaked chat
B) Cape vulture
C) Southern white rhinoceros
D) Klipspringer
  • 43. Which mammal is known for its presence in the grazing fauna of the Drakensberg?
A) Cape vulture
B) Southern white rhinoceros
C) Mountain pipit
D) Eland
  • 44. Which bird species is found mainly in the Drakensberg mountains?
A) Rudd's lark
B) Cape vulture
C) Klipspringer
D) Southern white rhinoceros
  • 45. Which plant is a creeping plant found in the high alti-montane grasslands of the Drakensberg?
A) Mountain pipit
B) Southern white rhinoceros
C) Cape vulture
D) Creeping plants
  • 46. Which plant species is endemic or near-endemic in the Drakensberg?
A) 2,153 species
B) 300 species
C) 98 species
D) 119 species
  • 47. Which plant is a tussock grass found in the high alti-montane grasslands of the Drakensberg?
A) Tussock grass
B) Mountain pipit
C) Cape vulture
D) Southern white rhinoceros
  • 48. What percentage of the Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands ecoregion is in protected areas?
A) 10%
B) 5.81%
C) 12%
D) 7%
  • 49. What is the main threat to the grassland of the lower slopes in the Drakensberg?
A) Wildfires
B) Agriculture, especially overgrazing
C) Tourism development
D) Mining activities
  • 50. Which park is part of the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park complex?
A) Kruger National Park
B) Mountain Zebra National Park
C) Camdeboo National Park
D) Royal Natal National Park
  • 51. What is the significance of the Allendale Mountain Reserve?
A) It is the largest private reserve adjoining the World Heritage Site
B) It is the only reserve with no wildlife
C) It is the only reserve with no tourism
D) It is the smallest reserve in the Drakensberg
  • 52. Which of the following is not a protected area in the Drakensberg?
A) Sehlabathebe National Park
B) Golden Gate Highlands National Park
C) Tsehlanyane National Park
D) Vergelegen Nature Reserve
  • 53. Which area is known for the historic San (Bushman) paintings?
A) Golden Gate Highlands
B) Kamberg area
C) Sehlabathebe
D) Tsehlanyane
  • 54. Which reserve is a haven for the eland?
A) Natal National Park
B) Malekgalonyane Nature Reserve
C) Giant's Castle reserve
D) Loteni Nature Reserve
  • 55. Which park is not part of the Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests ecoregion?
A) Golden Gate Highlands National Park
B) Tsehlanyane National Park
C) Camdeboo National Park
D) Sehlabathebe National Park
  • 56. Which of the following towns is located in the Eastern Cape Province in the Drakensberg area?
A) Maseru
B) Ulundi
C) Matatiele
D) Ladysmith
  • 57. What is the capital of Lesotho?
A) Ixopo
B) Ladysmith
C) Newcastle
D) Maseru
  • 58. Which town was the former Zulu capital?
A) Ulundi
B) Matatiele
C) Tzaneen
D) Newcastle
  • 59. In which province is Tzaneen located?
A) Lesotho
B) Eastern Cape Province
C) Limpopo Province
D) KwaZulu-Natal
  • 60. How many different caves and overhanging sites contain these rock paintings?
A) 500
B) 1,000
C) 200
D) 700
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