February 2025

Factors that affect the Spheres of influence

By |2025-02-12T09:03:29+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The city of Harare has the largest sphere of influence. Image credit

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements:Factors that affect  the Spheres of influence

  • The most important factor in determining the sphere of influence of a settlement is it’s size
  • Products and services can also be used to determine a settlement’s […]
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Causes of Mfecane/Difaqane

By |2025-02-12T09:16:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Zulu soldiers at a village kraal. Image credit MediaWiki

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Crisis in Nguniland: The Mfecane

  • Rapid population growth resulted on competition for land which was needed for agricultural, grazing and residential purposes
  • This led to over-cultivation of soils and later soil erosion
  • Bigger and powerful states like the […]
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Common Killer Diseases in the Tropics

By |2025-02-12T09:29:15+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A map showing the tropics. Image credit MediaWiki

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Population Studies:Common Killer Diseases in the Tropics

  • Zimbabwe lies in the Tropics
  • This is a geographic region found between 0° and 23º North and South of the equator
  • Zimbabwe is of course found on the South side of the equator

    • […]

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The Economic Organization of the Ndebele State

By |2025-02-12T09:43:16+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cattle were important in the Ndebele State’s economy. Image credit heifer.org

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Ndebele State:The Economic Organization of the Ndebele State

  • The main economic activity of the Ndebele state was raiding
  • Raiding was done by the army and they raided for cattle, grain and women
  • The raids were […]
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Factors influencing farming: Social and Political factors

By |2025-02-12T09:02:06+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Social factors also influence farming. Image credit wordpress.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Factors influencing farming: Social and Political factors

  • These can also include socio-cultural factors.
  • The social factors include issues of the traditions of people together with consumption behavior.
  • This may include capabilities of the farmer which are controlled by economic and […]
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Farm Inputs: Land size, Soil and Slope

By |2025-02-12T09:23:48+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Crops require the right soil. Image credit voanewsamerica.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farm Inputs: Land size, Soil and Slope

Land size

  • Size of the land is significant in farming because where land is short and farming land is small, traditional farmers have to practice intensive subsistence farming.
  • Subsistence farming is the growing of […]
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Farming types in Africa: Shifting Cultivation

By |2025-02-12T09:45:18+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Shifting Cultivation Land. Image credit geography.name

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming:Shifting Cultivation

Areas where practised in Africa

  • Central DRC,
  • Miombo Woodlands of Tanzania,
  • The Chitemene system by the Bemba and the Ushi in north-east Zambia,
  • The Chiinge system in the Chipinge area of Zimbabwe and
  • Central Guinea.

Characteristics

  • Shifting […]
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Wheat farming in Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:35:07+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Wheat field

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Wheat farming in Zimbabwe

Growing conditions and growing area

  • Very capital-intensive crop growth mainly by commercial farmers in Zimbabwe.
  • Capital required for seeds, irrigation equipment, fertilizers and machinery.
  • Being a temperate crop, it is grown in winter under irrigation.
  • Rainfall must be […]
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Power supply and Location of industries

By |2025-02-12T09:06:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Power is important in industry

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location:Power supply and Location of industries

  • Almost all modern industries use electricity in their industrial process.
  • This power can come from individual small stations of thermal, nuclear or hydro-origin in which case the industries must locate close to the […]
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Willowvale Mazda Industry

By |2025-02-12T09:30:11+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Willowvale Mazda Industry complex

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies:Willowvale Mazda Industry

  • Willowvale Mazda Industry is part of the assembly industries

Assembly Industries

  • These are industries which bring together parts from different other industries to make a new product.
  • Examples include car assembly, bicycle manufacture, radio and TV making and the production […]
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