MK junior Secondary

Geography

Pupil's Book Grade 3

Safari Sibo Augustine

Carol M. Serwanga

Margaret Nankya Serwanja

Ssekandi Godfrey

Musisi Silvester

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Table of Content I Part one: Geography of Rwanda

Agriculture in Rwanda

Economic Geography of Rwanda

Subsistence crop cultivation

Modern agriculture

Plantation agriculture

Types of crops

Swampy areas of Rwanda

Irrigation farming in Rwanda

Livestock farming

Forestry in Rwanda

Fishing and fish farming (pisciculture)

Quarrying and Mining in Rwanda

Power and energy in Rwanda

lr.dustrialisation in Rwanda

Trade, transport and communication

Rwanda's economy

Commercial activities in Rwanda

Transport and communication in Rwanda

Development of ICT sector

Air pollution in Rwanda

Water pollution in Rwanda

Soil pollution

Tourism in Rwanda

Rwanda Development strategies (vision 2020)

The pillars of VISION 2020

Major population dynamics

Urbinisation and settlement

Population and HIV/AIDS in Rwanda

The following are possible solutions that can be done

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:=-~:_ Igneous rocks 125 :: Sedimentary rocks 125

126 ~-:: Metamorphic rocks ::: Faulting 128

=_i Folding 130 ;; Warping 131 § 131

:-~::::~=.,:_--- Vulcanicity 136 ~ Earthquakes in Rwanda

Climate and weather 138

The vegetation of Rwanda 145

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Soil erosion in Rwanda 150

~ Drainage systems in Rwanda 153

I Part l : Development studies 158 Chapter I : America 158

Location, shape and size of America 159

General Presentation of America 159

Relief of America 162

Climate and weather of America 168

Natural vegetation of America 174

~ Drainage of America 181

-=;;= __ ====_-_- Population of America 185 _ Location, shape and size of USA 187

The United States of America 187

~=- Relief of USA 188 Climatic of United States of America 191 g

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~ Drainage of USA 194-1 Political boundaries of USA 197

--~=== USA melting pot 1199

88 Population of USA

--~=_=,.=__ Agriculture in the USA 20 I ~ Industrialisation in USA 234

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Location, size and shape 263 ~ Geography of Brazil 263 § Size 264

Administrative divisions 264

Agriculture in Brazil 265 Population density 271

Industry in Brazil 288

Brazil's Go.vernment Policy on the Development of the Interior States 299

Part 2 : Development studies 313 Chapter 2 : Asia 3 13

General Presentation of Asia 3 14 Location 3 I 5

Extent of Asia 3 16 ~ Size of Asia 321 ~ Population of Asia 321 ~ Relief of Asia 324 ~

Climate 328 ~ Climatic zones of Asia 330 ~ The vegetation of Asia 331 ~

Drainage of Asia 333 =

The Soils of Asia 334

Geography of Japan 335 Industrialisation in Japan 336

Fishing in Japan 341 Methods of fishing in Japan 341 Location and Land Area 347

Geography of China 347

Relief 350 Drainage 354 Climate 358

Soils of China 361 Natural Vegetation and Wildlife 363

Population of China 370 Population density and distribution 374

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Emigration and modernisation

One Child Policy in China

Agriculture in China

History Farming method improvements

Main agricultural areas

Irrigation farming in China

Crop distribution

Peri-urban Agriculture

Food crops

Livestock Pig farming in China

Integrated Farming in China

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International trade Industrial development in China

Industrialisation and urbanisation

Major industries of China

Industrial regions

Factors for industrial development

The problems and their possible solutions

Water pollution

Part Two: Development studies

Chapter 3 : Australia

=====_i==:- Location, size and shape -- Geography of Australia

Political Divisions

Geology of Australia

Relief

Water sources of Australia

Climate of Australia

Main Climate related hazards and disasters

Soils in Australia

Soil Degradation in Australia

Natural Vegetation and Wildlife of Australia

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Population distribution and density in Australia ::::

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The Issue of the Indigenous Australians

Agriculture in Australia

There are 3 main agricultural zones

Irrigation in Australia

Livestock Rearing

Industry in Australia

Mining in Australia

Forestry Industry in Australia

Map reading

Map work and Photographic Interpretation

The Scale of a map

Guidelines to map questions

Northings and eastings

Identifying places using grid references

Finding the length of a road, river, coastline, etc.

Finding the area of a forest, lake etc. on a map:

Finding the bearing of a point from another

Finding the bearing of a point x from point y

Finding the trend of a road, coastline, river, etc.

Finding the direction of a river

Identification of relief features on a map extract

Drainage features

Physiographic features

Settlement patterns

Sketch map drawing

Reducing of map extracts

Illustration

Enlargement of map extracts

Drawing of a cross section

Illustration

Relating relief and the various economic and human activities on a map extract

Relating drainage and the various human and economic activities on a map extract

Identification of human and economic activities on a map extract

Photographic interpretation

Types of Photographs

Identification of human and economic activities taking place in a photograph

Identification of relief features on a photograph

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