Johannesburg

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/johannesburg

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Johannesburg?Witwatersrand, Gauteng Province, South Africa
2. How big is Johannesburg?1,645 km² (city proper)
3. What is the capital of Johannesburg?Provincial capital of Gauteng; not the national capital
4. When was Johannesburg built?1886
5. What is Johannesburg known as and why is it called the City of Gold?Johannesburg grew because gold was found there in 1886, and many people came to mine it, so it is called the City of Gold.
6. Why did Johannesburg become so big so quickly?Gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand, and many prospectors, workers, and entrepreneurs moved there, so the population grew past 100,000 in a decade.

Witwatersrand: A ridge of hills in South Africa, famous for its extensive gold deposits.
Urban Agglomeration: The contiguous built-up area of a city, including its suburbs and satellite towns.
Apartheid: A former system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): The total monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period.