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  • Gender stereotype is the favorism of a gender.
  • Things that can be done to deal with gender stereotypes:- Teaching people that were created equally, addressing gender biases
  • Africa has a total of 55 countries
  • Civilization is the process of developing a society and culture
  • Primary sources of information are mainly unwritten while secondary sources of information are mainly written
  • Factors that led to the development of the Indian Ocean slave trade: demand for labor, geographical factors, cultural and social factors, technological advancements
  • Approaches that promote inner peace for harmonious living: meditation, self-compassion, forgiveness, gratitude
  • Abraham had a nephew called Lot
  • Importance of fossil records: get information on cultural beliefs, get information on economic activities, shows how living things were able to adapt to the environment, shows how plants and animals evolved 
  • Places early visitors visited: Mogadishu, Sofala, Kilwa, Mogadishu
  • Factors leading to the growth of EA states: migration of Bantus, Arrival of Arabs, trade, rise of Islam, good deep natural harbours, Swahili language
  • Factors of slow population growth: High cost of living, drought, desire for smaller families, increased single parents
  • Population growth is the number of people living in an area
  • Factors of fast population growth: Favourable weather conditions, polygamy, politically stable country, low cost of living, desire for larger families
  • Contribution of early civilization to the modern world: Invention of the calendar, irrigation practices, invention of writing system, agriculture, creative works
  • Prehistoric sites in Africa: Faiyum depression in Egypt, Rusinga Island in Kenya, Fort tenan, Laetoli in Tanzania, Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania
  • The Swahili's main economic activity was farming
  • The early visitors came to the East African coast in 1500AD
  • Demography is the study of human population
  • Demographic trends referred to the study of how human population's change over time
  • A group of fossils which have been analysed and arranged in descending order is known as a phylogeny
  • A map is a graphic representation of an area on a piece of paper drawn to scale
  • A scale on a map is a ratio that represents the relationship between the distance on map and the actual distance on the ground
  • Types of scale: linear scale, representative scale, statement scale
  • Relief is the actual physical appearance of the earth's surface  
  • Relief on a map is represented by: hills, mountains, valleys, escarpment, planes and plateaus
  • Places with hills, mountains and high plateaus are considered to be Highlands
  • Places with planes and valleys are Lowlands
  • Drainage features are water features which are either natural or human mede
  • Examples of drainage features: rivers and streams, lakes, seas, swamps, waterfalls and rapids, springs, Estuaries and deltas, wells and water tanks
  • Vegetation refers to the plant life in a particular area
  • Types of migration: Rural - Rural migration, Rural - Urban migration, Urban - rural migration, Urban - Urban migration, immigration, emigration
  • Volcanic mountains: Mt. Longonot, Mt. Meru, Mt. Kenya
  • Homoerectus is known as the upright man
  • Uses of wind: flying a kite, sailing, generating electricity
  • Population growth is the increase in number of people in an area over a period of time
  • Factors affecting weather and climate: Latitude extent, land and sea contact, ocean currents, human activities, relief
  • Methods of representing relief on a topographic map: Hachures, trigonometric stations, layer tinting, spot heights, form lines
  • A scale is the ratio of the distance of the map corresponding to the actual distance on the ground
  • Copyright is the law that prevents the owners work from being stolen and claimed by someone else