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55 Cards in this Set
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Name all the lines of latitude and poles in the right order.
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1. North Pole
2. Arctic Circle 3. Tropic of Cancer 4. Equator 5. Tropic of Capricorn 6. Antarctic Circle 7. South Pole |
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3 types of climatic zone
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1. Tropical
2. Temperate 3. Polar |
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2 types of climate within tropical zone
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1. Equatorial
2. Savanna |
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Tropical grass vegetation is called
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Savanna Vegetation
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Tropical grasslands occur mainly in
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Africa, South America and Australia
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Tropical grassland areas consist of
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Grassland with some trees and shrubs
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Tropical grassland areas have
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Convection rain in summer, Dry winter season
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Convection rainfall is caused by
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Intense surface heating and uplift of air
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Deciduous trees
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Trees that lose their leaves during the dry winter season
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Process of shedding trees' leaves to prevent loss of water through the leaves
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Transpiration
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Reason of why acacia trees is common in African tropical grassland areas
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Can survive fires
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Reason why the climate make cattle ranching difficult in Kenya
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Hot weather condition, water shortage
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Solution to overcome the problem of drought in Kenya
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Developed sinking well for underground water
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Overgrazing definition
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too many cattle grazed an area with too little grass
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Reason for overgrazing
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Small area of land
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Other animals compete for grazing in the cattle ranching areas of Kenya
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Wildlife animals
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Solution to help the pastorals to market their cattle
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Through the Livestock Marketing section of the Ministry of Agriculture
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4 types of agriculture practised in East Africa
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1. Semi-Nomadic Cattle Herding
2. Subsistence farming 3. Estate farming 4. Cattle Ranching |
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People who lived in East Africa
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Masai
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Subsistence farming definition
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Growing food for themselves and their families
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Other name for 'Shifting Cultivation'
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citemene
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Masai village
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Boma
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Main food crop of Tanzania
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maize
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Reason for why the grain stores built on stilts
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To prevent rats and mice eating the grain
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Materials used to make traditional hut
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Framework of thin branches covered with woven grass and plastered with clay and dung
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Reason why the farmers have to move to a new clearing
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Soil losses its fertility
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Describe how the vegetation adopt to the environament
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Having deep roots to search for underground water
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Define Rural-urban migration
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People moving from rural to urban areas
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Define rural depopulation
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Country area losing its population
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Give 5 pull factors why people move from rural to urban areas
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1. Soil erosion
2. No work 3. Drought 4. Boredom 5. Famine |
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5 pull factors why people move from rural to urban areas
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1. Entertainment
2. Better housing 3. Good roads 4. Better education facilities 5. Work in a factory |
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4 problems for people living in Shanty Town
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1. No postal address
2. No drainage and sewage system 3. Diseases easily spread quickly 4. No public facilities |
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4 problems in rural areas
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1. Rural depopulation
2. Birth rate decrease 3. Old people, women and children worked on farm 4. Family split up |
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Define estate farming
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A large farm which only one crop is grown
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Irrigation system definition
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The distribution of water to the land by man-made methods
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2 problems faced by Kenyan cattle rancher
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1. Water shortage
2. Cattle disease |
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1 solution to the problems faces by Kenyan cattle rancher
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Use special breed of cattle
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Define game reserve
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Large area where the wild animals are protected
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2 advantages of game reserve
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1. People can take photos of real wildlife animals
2. Create job oppurtunities |
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2 disadvantage of game reserve
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1. Can harm local culture/custom and tradition
2. Increase crime rate |
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1 country in Africa that have game reserve
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Kenya
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A sandy desert with sand dunes
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Erg
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An extensive rock surface
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Hamada
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A desert valley
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Wadi
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A desert surface covered by stones
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Reg
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A rugged upland desert area
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Mountains
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Urbanisation caused by
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Increase in natural increase
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2 push factors that caused rural-urban migration
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1. Boredom
2. No electricity |
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2 problems arise to the migrants when moved to urban area
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1. No proper house to live in
2. Not enough money |
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2 reasons why African cities grown so fast
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1. Rural-urban migration
2. Increase in natural increase |
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2 pull factors that attract people to cities
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1. Better housing
2. Better educational facilities |
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Shanty town are built from
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waste materials
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3 problems faced by the people living in these shanty towns
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1. No drainage and sewage system
2. No postal address 3. No public facilities |
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Location of shanty towns
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Outskirts of many cities
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1 result of this rapid growth of cities
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Family split up
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