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FORM I
1. CONCEPT OF GEOGRAPHY- The Solar System
- The Sun
- The Planets
- Other bodies in the Solar system
- The Earth
- Earth movements
ii. Revolution seasons, and length of day and night
- Location of positions on the Earths surface
- Calculate time differences
- International Date Line
2. THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH
3. MAJOR FEATURES OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE
4. WEATHER AND CLIMATE
Definition of weather
Weather
i. Elements of Weather temperature, rainfall, wind, air pressure and humidity
ii. Weather station and instruments used for measuring the elements of weather
Climate
i. Temperature
Natural Regions
i. The Warm Temperature regions.
ii. Cool temperature (continental) regions. Sample duty
iii. Wheat farming in the prairies and sheep raising in the downs of Australia. iv. Mountain regions
5. MAP WORK
- Scale
- Symbol
- Distance
- Location of Position
FORM II
1. AGRICULTURE- Small scale agriculture
- Large scale agriculture
- Livestock keeping
ii. Sedentary livestock keeping
iii. Commercial Livestock keeping
2. WATER MANAGEMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Uses of Water
- Tapping water for Hydro Electric Power projects.
- River basin Development Projects.
- Land Reclamation.
- Tapping under ground water for irrigation in deserts and semi deserts.
- Exploiting other water resources.
- Water Conservation.
- Types of forestry resources.
- Forestry amenity for : Climate.
- Important areas for timber industry, products, transport and use.
- Problems associated with exploitation of Forestry resources.
- Types of mining Industry.
- Types of mineral.
- Distribution of Mining regions in the world per type of minerals.
- Method of exploitation Mining and processing of minerals.
- The effects of exploitation to the environment.
- Contribution of mining industry to the economy.
- Types of manufacturing Industry.
- Factors for the location of industries.
- Process of Production.
- Pollutants from manufacturing industries.
- Concept of Tourism.
- Important conditions for the development of tourism.
- Importance of tourism.
- Tourism policy.
- Major Sources of power.
- Case Study.
- Main types of transport.
- Major types of communication.
- Type of trade and commerce.
- Focus on trade within economic communities.
FORM III
1. STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH- The earth’s crust.
- The Mantle.
- The core.
- Types of rocks of the earth’s crust.
- Simplified Geological Time Scale.
- Causes of earth movements.
- Radial/vertical forces upwards and downward movements.
- Lateral or Horizontal forces.
- Vulcanicity.
- Earthquake.
- Mass movement
- Weathering
- Erosion and deposition
- Action of ice
- Wind action
- Sea action
4. SOILS
- Meaning of soils
- Factors of soil formation
- Importance of soil
- Soil composition properties
- Soil Characteristics
- Simple soil classification
- Soil Erosion.
- Major Climatic types and Natural regions of the world
- Global Climatic change
7.PHOTOGRAPH READING AND INTEPRETATION
- Skills on reading
- Types of photographs
- Things to read and interpret on a photograph
- Concept of statistics
- Types of data in Statistics
- Importance of Statistics
- Ways of presenting data
- Simple statistical measures
FORM IV
1. ELEMENTARY SURVEY AND MAP MAKING- Meaning of surveying
- Types of surveying
- Focus on chain survey and leveling
- Levelling
- Focus on application of these techniques
- Objectives of Research work
- Stages of research work
- Types of environmental problems in Tanzania
- Loss of biological diversity in plants and animals in the ecosystem
- Pollution and waste mismanagement
- Fast rate of population and urban growth
- Desertification
- Poverty level in the country
- Energy
- Climatic change as observed in Tanzania
- Environmental conservation
- Concept of population
- Factors for population distribution
- Population change
- Population data
- Presentation of population data
- Population problems
- Population policy
5. SETTLEMENT
- Types of settlements
- Factors for growth of settlement
- Category
- Functions of settlement
- Problems facing settlement