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 IndianOcean slave trade: demandforlabor, geographicalfactors, cultural and social factors, technologicaladvancements
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 livingthings 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 peopleliving 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