Development in agriculture

• Factors that favoured the beginning of agriculture


  • Development of better tools
  • Hunting gathering was becoming tiresome
  • Availability of seals in early times
  • Increase in population leading to high demand of food
  • Domesticating animals
  • Change in climate which made natural food scarce
  • Hunting was tiresome
  • Hunting grounds were exhausted
  • Increase in population leading to high demand of food
  • Competition for food between man and animals
• Factors which favoured the development of crop growing in ancient Egypt

  • Availability of reliable source of water
  • Availability of indigenous crops
  • Existence of fertile soils along river Nile
  • Invention of the Shadoof for irrigation
  • Invention of writing which helped them to keep records of food volume
• Increase of food production was a result of the development of agriculture in Egypt
• Emergence of Urban centres was a result of the development of agriculture in Egypt
• Surplus agricultural production resulted in trade, e.g. food was exchanged with tools
• Shadoof irrigation was used and developed that puts more land into use
• Water from the river Nile was used for irrigation
• Nile valley had fertile soils for agriculture
• Cool temperature and vegetation along the river Nile provided building materials
• Geography


  Scientific study of the earth as a home of man
• Geography

  • Study of interrelationship on natural and human phenomena on the earth's surface
  • Enables understanding of diversity of places and environments
  • Enables understanding of human-environment interactions
• Environment


  All external conditions surrounding an organism which has influence over its behaviour
• Types of Environment


  • Physical Environment
  • Human Environment
• Physical Environment


  • It includes features of nature eg:weather, climate, vegetation, animals, soil, landforms and drainage
• Human Environment


  • Human activities such as farming, forestry, mining, tourism, settlement, transportation, trade and industry
• Branches of Geography


  • Physical Geography
  • Human and Economic Geography
  • Practical Geography
• Physical Geography


  • Deals with the study of natural physical environment of human kind
  • Includes Geology, Geomorphology, Climatology, Pedology, Biogeography, Hydrology, Spatial geography
• Human and Economic Geography


  • Study of people and their activities on the earth's surface
  • Includes Mining, Forestry, Agriculture, Fishing, Wildlife and tourism, Industry, Energy
• Practical Geography


  • Equips the learner with practical skills that enhance their understanding and interpretation of human and physical geographical information
  • Includes Statistical methods, Maps and map work, Field work, Photograph work
• Meaning of biogeography


  Biogeography is the study of animals and plants and their geographical distribution
• What is the meaning of geomorphology

  Geomorphology is the study of earthland forms
• What is the meaning of climatology


  Climatologyt is the study of weather and climate