TOPIC 1 HUMAN ACTIVITIES The Meaning of Human Activities – Are functions or tasks or work carried out or done by human beings over time for achieving certain purposes or goals. – It is any task performed by man for the purpose of earning his or her livelihood. – Are what people do or cause to happen in order to achieve a certain goal in life. – Are acts or processes of producing certain things intended by people in a place, which can be a country, region, district or a village. In Geography, human activities refer to tasks human beings…
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TOPIC 4 INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM We have two types of notes for you Notes 1 and Notes 2 NOTES 1 Meaning of capitalism Capitalism is the social, political and economic system based on private ownership of the major means of production. Capitalism is an economic system in which the major means of production was privately owned. Within capitalism system there are two major groups of people which are employers and workers. Employers own the means of production and pay wages to the workers. Workers are paid to produce goods using means of production owned by the employers. In Europe, capitalism developed after…
TOPIC 3AFRICA AND EXTERNAL WORLD We have two types of notes for youNotes 1 and Notes 2 NOTES 1 The Contact between Africa and the Middle East and Far East began as early as 200BC. Early foreigners to visit the African coast were people from Asia including countries like Syria, Arabia, India, Burma, Persia, Thailand, China, Spice Islands and Egypt from North Africa. Availability of goods such as ivory, gold, animal skins and slaves was one of the motives which attracted the traders to visit the East African Coast. Historically, contacts between East Africa and Middle and Far East go as far back as…
TOPIC 2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION IN PRE-COLONIAL AFRICA We have two types of notes for youNotes 1 and Notes 2 NOTES 1 Social organization is the way individuals within a group relate in order to exist harmoniously. This entails the recognition of the role played by each member of the society and how that role fits in with other people’s roles to meet the needs of the entire society. For example, in the pre-colonial agricultural societies, the blacksmiths made iron tools. Farmers used those tools to prepare land and rainmakers prayed for the rain to make the crops. All these people contributed to the…
TOPIC 1 INTERACTION AMONG THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA We have two types of notes for you Notes 1 and Notes 2 NOTES 1Interaction is to spend time with other people in a way that you have an effect on each other. For example, you interact with the teacher in the classroom. You listen and take notes as the teacher teaches. You ask questions where you do not understand and the teacher answers them. Through this interaction, you learn new things and the teacher gets to know how to help you understand the lesson better. Interaction can be defined as the way in which people from a…
TOPIC 5 MAP WORK Various definitions of Map – A map is a symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface. – A map is a drawing of a particular area such as a city, a country, or a continent, showing its main features as they would appear if you looked at them from above. – A map is a visual representation of an entire area or a part of an area, typically represented on a flat surface. – A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. – Map is a representation of an area of the earth’s…
CLIMATE The Meaning of Climate – Climate is the average weather in a given area over a longer period of time, typically averaged over a period of 30 years. Or, – Climate is the average weather conditions of an area observed and recorded over a long period of time (about 30 years) Some of the meteorological variables that are commonly measured are temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, and precipitation. In a broader sense, climate is the state of the components of the climate system, which includes the ocean and ice on Earth. The climate of a location is affected by its latitude, terrain, and altitude, as well as nearby water bodies and their currents. The…
TOPIC 4 WEATHER The Meaning of Weather – Weather is the condition of the atmosphere in one area at a particular time, for example if it is raining, hot, or windy. – Weather, state of the atmosphere at a particular place during a short period of time. It involves such atmospheric phenomena as temperature, humidity, precipitation (type and amount), air pressure, wind, and cloud cover. Weather differs from climate in that the latter includes the synthesis of weather conditions that have prevailed over a given area during a long time period generally 30 years. – Weather is defined as conditions of the atmosphere which occur at a place at specific time periods, that is, from hour…
TOPIC 3 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE Earth is the fifth largest planet in the solar system. Its surface is approximately 510 millions square kilometers. This means that earth is very large. The surface of the earth is made up of two main features LAND and WATER BODIES The land’s surface area is estimated at 29.2% of the total area of the earth’s surface, while water covers the remaining 70.8%. Most of the land exists in large blocks called Continents. Likewise, most of the water is contained in large water bodies called seas and oceans. CONTINENT Continent is a…
TOPIC 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM Solar System is the arrangement of sun, planets and other solid objects in the space in relation to the position of the sun. The planets are not arranged in a single line from the sun, they are scattered in the space. Components of the Solar System The solar system is made up of the sun, planets, moons, natural satellites, asteroids, meteors, comets, dust, ice, and interplanetary space (it contains interplanetary dust and interplanetary gas). All planets and other bodies revolve around the sun. The sun is the central body of the solar system, and it…