February 2025

Animal Parasites and diseases

By |2025-02-12T09:30:38+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Science Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Ticks on bull. Image credit morningagclips.com Ticks on bull. Image credit morningagclips.com ZIMSEC O Level Combined Science Notes: Animal Parasites and diseases

  • Farmers in Zimbabwe typically raise goats, cattle, chickens and sheep.
  • Disease spread much more quickly where large numbers of the same type of livestock are kept close together when compared […]
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Reasons for the building of Great Zimbabwe Walls

By |2025-02-12T09:14:18+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Great Zimbabwe Walls. Image credit MediaWiki The Great Zimbabwe Walls. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:Great Zimbabwe: Reasons for the Building of the Great Zimbabwe Walls

  1. It was built as a trading center.
  2. It was a Religious center.
  3. It was a dwelling place (for the royal family).
  4. It was a symbol […]
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Portuguese attempts to colonise the Mutapa State

By |2025-02-12T09:43:13+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Early Portoguese Soldiers. Image credit twcenter.net Early Portuguese Soldiers. Image credit twcenter.net ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Portuguese in Zambezi Valley: Portuguese attempts to colonise the Mutapa State

  • Due to a decline in trade the Portuguese decided to send an emissary to the Mutapa State
  • He was tasked with tracing […]
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Roman Catholic Missionaries who came to Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:22:07+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

An early Jesuit Mission school in Zimbabwe. Image credit jesuitmission.de An early Jesuit Mission school in Zimbabwe. Image credit jesuitmission.de ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Missionaries:Roman Catholic Missionaries who came to Zimbabwe

The following Roman Catholic Missionaries (Jesuits) worked in Zimbabwe:

  • Father Bartholomew Kroot
  • Father Wehl
  • Father Laur
  • Father Depelchin
  • Brother de Sadeleer
  • Father Prestage

To access more […]

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Factors influencing the siting and location of settlements

By |2025-02-12T09:36:12+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A village of a hill image credit audleytravel.com A village of a hill image credit audleytravel.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Population and Settlement:Factors influencing the siting and location of settlements

  • Several factors influence the location of settlements
  • These can be divided into four:
  • historical factors
  • accessibility
  • availability of resources; and
  • human preferences and available technology

Historical […]

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Harris and Ullman’s Multi-nuclei model (1945)

By |2025-02-12T09:02:11+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Multi-nuclei model. Image credit MediaWiki The Multi-nuclei model. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements: Harris and Ullman’s Multi-nuclei model (1945)

They made their study well after the other two models had been published and thus had the benefit of hindsight and cities had since grown in size.

Findings

  • They […]
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Sole Trader Businesses

By |2025-02-12T09:19:13+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Sole Trader Businesses

Characteristics/Features

  • It is a form of business where there is only one owner who manages and controls the business.
  • The owner of a business is also known as a proprietor and hence the business is also known as a sole proprietorship which means the business has one owner.
  • A sole proprietorship […]
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