Geography & History Notes | KCSE, NECTA, ZIMSEC & GCSE

  What does it mean to be an environmentally friendly person? For many, this means recycling your trash, turning off the lights when you leave the room, or using an energy-efficient car. These are all great ways to make your mark on the environment, but at the end of the day, there’s only so much one person can do to mitigate pollution and destruction of the natural world around them. Fortunately, Canada has made strides in recent years to preserve its environment and protect its plant and animal species from destruction and extinction. Here are ten ways you can do your part to help preserve the environment in Canada. Reduce Your Carbon Footprint For as long as humans have been around, we’ve polluted and degraded our natural environment. Now is a great time to change that dynamic. Here are 10 ways you can reduce your carbon footprint and help clean up Mother Nature’s air.  Compost – Recycle – Reuse If you’re making a concerted effort to preserve the environment, it’s worth che...

  Population policy policy is the document prepared by government to modify the way the population is changing either by promoting large families or immigration to increase its size or by encouraging the birth control to reduce it.  POPULATION POLICY CAN BE EXPLICIT OR IMPLICIT EXPLICIT POPULATION POLICY , refer to the document or clear statement issued by the government department and its commission which is intended to control population growth and raise the standard of life of the people in the country. Explicit policies can also stem from the law, policy declaration by a party or directive issued by the President of the country. Explicit laws are well stipulated and strictly followed or reinforced. Such policies prevailed in China where the limit in the number of children was set and incentives were given to all those who could follow while penalties were given to those who did not follow. Other countries with explicit policy are Sweden and England. Hence the explicit poli...

  Beef cattle farming is an important industry in the United States and throughout the world. Since beef cattle can graze forages in the open range and pastureland, they serve a unique role in providing high quality protein for human consumption from byproducts and forage sources that humans do not consume. Considerable land in the U.S. and the world that will not support intensive crop production, can often times sustain grasses and forages that conserve the land, and produce feeds that cattle can utilize. Beef cattle production is dispersed throughout the U.S., but a significant amount of beef is produced on the rangelands of the Western U.S. The following are factors for the development of beef farming in USA; Good soil which has encouraged the growth of pastures The use of irrigation schemes to ensure constant supply of pastures The presence of good animals varietieties like Aberdeen Angus, Red Angus, polled Hereford and cross breed zebu Reliable transport and communication n...

  Radio is a channel that allows for the advertised messages to be conveyed through sound to the listeners, with some background music accompanying the message Advantages of Radio Different languages may be used to reach different people It is accessible even to the remote areas that is not covered by other media One can choose the time to advertise to reach the targeted group Able to serve many people at the same time It can be used for both literate and illiterate members of the group The advertisement can be repeated over and over again according to the advertisers needs The music accompaniment may attract many people to listen to the information Can reach even the blind as they are able to hear The message can be conveyed in different languages Disadvantages of Radio Their advertisement does not have any reference It may be more expensive than the print media Poor timing may make the message no to reach the targeted group It may interrupt some programmes to the annoyance of th...

Trans-African highways: African countries have proposed to construct highways across the continent. These highways are intended to improve the quality and volume of international road traffic in Africa. The principal axis is supposed to be from Gaborone to Cairo and from Mombasa to Dakar. International Railways: The presence of landlocked countries in Africa has made railway transport an attractive mode for transporting bulky raw materials to coastal seaports. Regional Economic Co-operation: The establishment of regional economic organizations has created conditions favourable to increasing the quality and quantity of transportation between neighbouring states. Regional economic groups in Africa include the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and PTA among others. Establishment of National Airways: Since the attainment of independence, every African country has established her own national carrier airline. Existing airports have been expanded e.g. Dar-es-Salaam, while in...