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Define transport?

Transport is the of moving, carrying and conveying items and people from place to another

What is communication?

Communication is the process of transferring information between individuals and groups

List factories affecting transport and communication facilities?

A) Demand and supply


B) Alternative sources


C) Politics

Define canal transport?

A canal transport is artificial waterway

Small canals in North America include

Soo canal and


welland canal

How many canals dose Africa has

Africa has two waterways are


1) jonglei canal 2) Suez canal

Suez in Egypt and jonglei located in south Sudan

Mention the six major sea routes in the world

1) The north Atlantic sea route


II) The Mediterranean-Eastern sea route


III) The European-Eastern South African


IV) The Panama sea route


5.) The Cape of Good Hope Sea route


Vi.) The north pacific sea route

What is road transport?

Road transport is the most universal mode of transport in terms of its spread and availability of space

What are ad vantages of road transport?

a) Short distanceb) Flexibilityc) Shared trafficd) Stepwise developmen

What are disadvantages of road transport?

Slackened traffic) (Pollution) (Accident) (Uneconomical)

What are ad'vantages of water transport?

(Resistance). (Infrastructure). (Economical)

What are disadvantages of water transport?

Interruption. Obstacles. Limited network

Interruption= مقطاع


Obstacles=عائق

What are ad'vantages of railway transport?

( Low cost of transport). ( Fast transportation). ( Economy of space). ( Minimal pollution)

Minimal=little

Define air transport?

Air transport comprises all air borne means of transport

What is telecommunication?

Telecommunication is the act of transferring information over a long distance using letters, telegraphs, telexes and facsimile machines

Ch7

Trade

Define trade?

Trade refers to the buying and selling of goods and services

Where barter trade was mainly restricted?

Barter trade was mainly restricted to short distances because of poor means of transport and obstacles such as forests and mountains

barter=مقايضة


What are types of trade?

Internal trade and external trade

Define internal trade?

This type of trade also known as domestic trade and involves the buying and selling of goods within country

What are types of traders involved in the home trade?

Wholesaler and retailer

retailer= بائع بالتجزئة

Define wholesaler?

Wholesaler usually purchase goods in bulk from producers and sell them to retailers

What are retailers?

Retailers are those traders who buy goods from the wholesaler and sell to individual consumers

What is external trade?

This type of trade also called international its trade carried out between a country and the rest of the world

What are the factors that influencing international trade?

1) Demand and supply2) Transport and communication3) Capital4) Taxation

Ch8

Population

What is population?

Population in its general use refers to all the inhabitants of a given place and may be plant or animals

inhabitants= ساكن مقيم

Define human population?

Human population refers to the total number of people found in or inhabiting a given area

What are sources of population data?

Primary source of population data and




secondary source of population data

List primary source of population data?

a) Registration b) Census c) Sample survey

Registration= تسجيل


Census= حصاء سكاني

List secondary source of population data?

Tally tapes b) Published reports. c) Unpublished report

Define census

The term census refers to the count of the entire population of an area and the compilation of demographic. Social and economic information of the population being enumerated at a given time and place

What are the two types of population growth?

a) Natural population growth.



b) Numerical population growth

Define natural population growth?

Natural population growth: is the natural increase or decrease in population

Define numerical population growth?

Numerical population growth: is the actual (absolute) increase of the number of people in an area within a given period

What are the factors influencing population growth?

a) Fertility b) Mortality c) Migration

Define fertility

Fertility refers to the ability of a woman to give birth to a live child

Define mortality

Mortality refers to the deaths among members of a population

Define migration?

Migration is the temporary or permanent change of residence of people as they move from one place to another

residence= مسكن

What are the causes of migration?

Pressure of land, better employment opportunities, warfare and calamites

What are the types of migration

Internal migration. International migration

State the types of internal migration?

1)Rural-urban migration


2) Rural-rural migration


3) Urban-rural migration


4)Urban-urban migration

Ch:9

settlement

What does human settlement mean?

Human settlement means the built-up environment. It means the villages. the infrastructure to town or any place where human activities take place.

What are the types of human settlements?

A) Rural and b) urban settlements

Define urbanization?

Urbanization means the growth and spread of towns and town life. The world urban comes from the Greek word (urbs)

What are the geographical factors influence location and settlement patterns?

A) Climate b) Landforms. c) Environmental disease


d) Soil fertility e) Presence of water bodies

patterns= أنماط

What are the main settlement patterns?

a) Nucleated settlement patternsb) Dispersed settlement patternsc) Linear settlement patterns

What are the two elements of climate which influence where people settle?

Rainfall and temperature

Ch:10

Environmental



management& conservation

conservation= حفظ

What is the meaning of environment?

The term environment means all the external surrounding conditions which influence behavior and survival of living things

survival=remaining

Tell types of environment?

1)The natural environment,


2)the geographical environment,


3)the physical environment,


4)the non-human environment and 5)cultural environment

Define environmental conservation?

This means the preservation from destruction. Waste or loss of natural resources by careful use and management

preservation= protect

Define environmental management?

Environmental management is the planning and implementing of the plan to ensure effective and proper utilization of the available resources in the environment, in order to achieve the set objectives

List the needs of environmental conservation and management?

1) Proper utilization of resource, 2) sustenance of human life,


3) economic value

Define environmental hazards?

Environmental hazards are the occurrences in the environment that causes disturbance of the equilibrium (balance) of an ecosystem.

hazards= خطر

State environmental hazards?

1) Tropical cyclones,


2) seismic disturbances,


3) drought and desertification

Define drought

Drought: is a condition where by an area experiences a rainfall deficient season followed by a long dry period.

Define desertification?

Desertification:) is a progressive process of land degradation of a once life supporting environment in the arid,


( semi arid) and ( dry sub-humid areas)