Std5 Social Studies Test 1

The following are all physical zones in Botswana EXCEPT
1. Ghanzi ridge
2. Okavango delta
3. Limpopo Basin
4. Eastern Hills
Which type of marriage encourages the spread of HIV/AIDS?
1. Monogamous marriage
2. Widow inheritance
3. Polygamous marriage
4. Civil marriage
Being married to one person is termed?
1. polygamy
2. politics
3. monogamy
4. monopoly
______________ physical zone has a long narrow area of high land and is found in the western side of Kgalagadi Basin.
1. Ghanzi Ridge
2. Ghanzi Basin
3. Limpopo Basin
4. Kgalagadi Basin
Which physical zone has a large area of flat land that is lower than the surrounding land?
1. Eastern hills
2. Kgalagadi Basin
3. Ghanzi Ridge
4. Limpopo Basin
What is a landlocked country?
1. A country that borders a sea
2. A country that is a surrounded by water
3. A country that has no coastline
4. A country that has acess to the sea
Which town is found on the eastern part of Botswana?
1. Lobatse
2. Selebi Phikwe
3. Orapa
4. Jwaneng
Which river flows from Angola into Botswana?
1. Limpopo river
2. Motloutse River
3. Okavango river
4. Shashe river
What is a physical environment?
1. wildlife
2. riches
3. our surroundings
4. minerals
______________ is marriage to a person from a different race, tribe or religion.
1. civil
2. customary
3. religious
4. intermarriage
Which of the following is an advantage of having a small family?
1. The child feels lonely
2. There are few members to do the family chores
3. The parents attend to each child's needs
4. it is expensive to care for a small family
A divorced person can deal with his or her problem by ________________________.
1. getting angry with her children
2. staying in a noisy area all the time
3. going through counselling
4. blaming other people for his or her problems.
People in a family are related by __________________.
1. Blood or adoption
2. Colour of hair
3. Same height
4. all of the above
A traditional ward is made up of ____________________.
1. youth
2. relatives
3. enemies
4. mephato
Which of the following minerals has contributed a lot to our economic development?
1. nickel
2. coal
3. copper
4. diamonds
In which way can we conserve soil?
1. plant more trees
2. deforestation
3. burning the veld
4. overgrazing
Natural resources are ______________.
1. man-made
2. not man-made
3. made by kings
4. all of the above
The Limpopo Basin is found in the _________________________.
1. central part of Botswana
2. lowerst part of Botswana
3. western side of the Kgalagadi basin
4. eastern side of the Kgalagadi
Conserving natural resources means using them __________________.
1. carelessly
2. carefully
3. for building
4. again and again
Which of these natural resources is not renewable?
1. water
2. vegetation
3. diamonds
4. soil
Which of these rivers is a perennial river?
1. Motloutse
2. Lotsane
3. Molopo
4. Chobe
All the following are ways of conserving water excep _____________________.
1. taking a shower for a bath
2. repairing leaking taps
3. filling a bathtub when taking a bath
4. collecting rain water
What happens if you keep many livestock on a small peace of land?
1. overgrazing will take place and the land will remain bare
2. undergrazing will take place and the land will be full of grass
3. you will have to grow crops
4. you have to do livestock rotation
How are wild animals conserved in Botswana?
1. hunting is not controlled
2. animals in game reserves and national parks are protected
3. hunters are allowed to hunt endangered animals only
4. poachers are arrested and punished
Which of these is not an element of weather?
1. rainfall
2. moon
3. wind
4. cloud cover