GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

  Studying for exams can be difficult, and it’s easy to get discouraged or feel like you’re not getting anywhere when you’re studying and your notes aren’t making sense. But if you don’t figure out how to study, you won’t have time to do anything else with your life besides study, which will make you feel even worse about not being able to understand the material. Figure out your strengths Brainstorming your strengths is an important step in understanding where you are going as a student. Take time to write down all of your strong suits, whether it’s something general like your intelligence or a specific skill like playing a musical instrument. Next, think about how you can use these strengths to study more effectively. For example, if one of your strengths is creativity, you might use that to create flash cards with pictures on them instead of just words. Alternatively, if one of your strengths is organization, try setting up a filing system for notes or class handouts so that eve...

  The constraints and limitations that were encountered during the implementation of the 1992 National Population Policy and the implicit population policies include the following. Inadequate trained human resources at all levels of implementation Inadequate financial and material resources Inadequate availability of age and gender disaggregated population related data Non-establishment of planned policy coordination and implementation arrangements Policies mainly addressed family planning and child spacing activities; this influenced limited participation of players in other reproductive health issues. Placing more emphasis on meeting demographic targets rather than the needs of individuals (males and females) Inadequate recognition of the relationship between poverty, population, environment, gender and development Inadequate advocacy to guarantee the required support for population and development issues Insufficient capacity and resources of NGOs engage...

  Eco tourism is tourism directed towards exotic natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife. The following are Advantages of eco tourism: Eco-tourism is an opportunity to preserve ecosystem and biodiversity. it also is a chance to generate revenue to support research effort Eco-tourism provide a chance to the local people to escape from cycle of poverty and by sharing their knowledge of the local terrain and ecology with visitors the develop a strong sense of community pride. Eco-tourism can create jobs in remote areas that have benefited less from economic development programmes  that are implemented in more populous areas Protected areas and nature conservation usually provide many benefits to the society, including conservation of biodiversity and maintenance of water shed Eco-tourism helps to conserve threatened wilslife and ensure that robust animal population remain in that way Eco-tourism provide market to local products s...

  Discount is a reduction in price of the commodity, allowing the buyer to pay less than what he would have paid the goods. Types of discount Quantity discount: - Allowed by trader to encourage him/her to buy more quantity of the product being offer Trade discount: - Allowed to another trader who is buying products for resale to the consumers Cash discount: - Allowed to the customer to enable him pay promptly for the goods bought Loss leader: - Selling the price below the market price to entice the customer to buy Psychological selling: - Playing with the customers psychology in terms of pricing by quoting odd prices such as 999, 199, 99, etc to convince the customer  that the price has been reduced Credit facilities: - where the customer is allowed to take a product for his consumption and pay for it later. This entices the customer to buy more of the product After sales service: - these are services offered to the buyer after the goods have been bought. They may be in terms...

  Livestock is an integral part of the biotic structure of the ecosystem playing an important role in the economy and environment . The poorest people in the world live in rural areas of tropical developing and sub-tropical countries. Most keep cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, pigs, donkeys, camels, and poultry (chickens and ducks) and are among the most important assets of the poor as well as the mainstays of their farming. In some communities, there is the inclusion of micro livestock of rabbits, turkeys, and guinea fowls. Globally, livestock contributes to the livelihoods of approximately 70% of the world’s poor. In Africa livestock are vital for poor households, and must be a key part of meeting the MDGs targets by 2015. Livestock in Africa is critical as: The most important sources of cash income for poor households. They also provide meat and milk while poultry provide eggs readily available in small amounts that can meet demands of a family without the need for a cold chain. ...

  A cross-section is a profile of the area under discussion. It is a diagram showing change in height along a line drawn between 2 points on a map. In an exam, the vertical scale will always be indicated – you must not change it. e.g. 1 cm represent 50 metres on the Y axis (vertical axis) Remember: the Horizontal Scale remains 1:50 000 (this will be map scale) Procedure for drawing cross-sections BEFORE starting, study the area of the cross-section to the general shape or lie of the land, that is always have an idea of the shape BEFORE you begin plotting heights or drawing the section.  Join the 2 points, making sure the FROM point is on the left.  On a “magic” piece of paper, delimit the cross-section on the map and match it to the “given” graph. Mark off the right hand extreme on the graph and draw a vertical line to delimit it.  On the map, place the piece of paper, and (holding it steady) mark off EVERY contour that cuts it, ACCURATELY numbering each mark verti...

  Pollution is addition of harmful and/or unwanted materials on the environment. in other words Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light. Pollutants , the components of pollution , can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants.   The following are six effects of environmental pollution in African cities:  The disruption of coral reef cycle due to water pollution along the coasts Bad odour and ugly landscape caused by pollution due to improper waste disposal human diseases, such as water borne diseases like typhoid, respiratory diseases and amoebiasis Since the African continent is part of the world the air pollution in this part contribute to global warming Land infertility due to soil pollution Loss of biodiversity .   RELATED POSTS 9 CONDITIONS FAVOURING IRRIGA...