HUMAN ACTIVITIES—GEOGRAPHY FORM TWO----QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS.
---CONCEPT/ MEANING OF
HUMAN ACTIVITIES.
---MAJOR TYPES
OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES.
SECTION A: MULTIPLE
CHOICE QUESTIONS.
{1}.What do
you understand by
the term human
activities ?
A. Are geographical
zones occupied by
man.
B.Are different
cultural—social and economic
activities carried out
by man.
C.Are on
going activities all
over the country.
D. Are social—cultral activities
only.
{2}.The most common
and perhaps the
most important of
social—economic activities include :--
A. Pastoralism, Cultivation and
trading activities.
C.Arts, Crafts and
ceramics.
D.Recreation , initiation
and traditional healing.
{3}.The coastal
zone people are
involved in which
type of human
activities :-- A. Fishing , trading
and small scale
agriculture.
B. Lumbering ,trading and
handcrafts. C.Initiation ,
recreation and social
activities. D.Lumbering , mining
and small scale
agriculture.
{4}.Cultural practice
in economic activities
include the following activities :- A.
Initiation,art and ceramics.
B. Agriculture , fishing and lumbering. C. Crafts , folklore and
trading. D. Lumbering ,
initiation and ceramics.
{5}.The main
economic activity for
Makonde people is :--
A.Carving. B. Agricultural activities.
C. Lumbering. D. Fishing.
{6}.The dominant
human activity along
the coast is :--
A. Fishing. B. Mining. C. Industrial activities. D. Agriculture.
{7}.Which one
of the following
is not a
type of primary
activities ?
A. Fishing. B.
Mining. C. Education. D.Agriculture.
{8}. Which one
of the following
is a PRIMARY
ACTIVITY ?
A. Agriculture. B.
Transport. C. Communication.
D.Vehicle manufacture.
{9}.Human economic
activities normally depend
on :--
A. Climate and
Soils. B.Nature of
people and crops
grown.
C. Types of
zones and human
interest. D. Agriculture
and keeping animals.
{10}. Soil is
among factors which
determine economic activities
together with------ A.
Climate. B. Type
of zone. C. Nature of
people. D. Agricultural
activities.
{11}. Agricultural activity
is pre—dominant in
which zones :--
A. Southern highland.
B. Northern zone.
C. South—westrn zone
D. Coastal zone
{12}. Which one
of the following
does not fit
the definition of
human activities ? A.
What people do
for a purpose.
B. Workdone by
human beings to
achieve a certain
goal. C. Are activities
done by people
which use resources
to produce good
and services. D. These
are activities which
only affect human
beings.
{13}. Which one
of the following
sets contains secondary
activities only ? A. Beer
making , education , mining ,
pulping of coffee.
B. Paper making , vehicle manufacturing
and bread making.
C. Agriculture , mining
,communication and transport.
D. Decortation of
sisal , glass
making , and health.
SECTION B : SHORT
ANSWER QUESTIONS
{14}.Briefly explain the
meaning of human
activities,
ANSWER: Human
activities are tasks
or work done
by human beings
in order to
achieve a certain
goal or purpose.
Examples of human
activities include agriculture ,
mining , trade , industries , fishing etc.
{15}. Which specific examples
differentiate between the
following
terms :--{a}.PRIMARY ACTIVITIES---These are
human activities which
involve extracting raw
materials directly from
the earth. Examples
of Primary activities include
, fishing , agriculture ,
livestock keeping , forest exploitation
and mining industry.
{b}. SECONDARY ACTIVITIES:--These are
human activities which
involve manufacturing and
processing industries. Also
include electricity generation
and construction work .
Other examples of
secondary activities include
clothe making , glass
making , paper making ,
pulping of coffee , decortications of
sisal , vehicle manufacture ,
bread making , beer
making etc.
{c}. TERTIARY ACTIVITIES :--These
are activities which
involve provision of
services. Examples of
tertiary activities include ,
banking services ,clean water
and sewerage services ,
education , health ,tourism
,commerce , entertainment , transport , communication ,religious, clerical and
secretarial , legal and judicial
among other services.
This is the
group which deals
with services in
all aspect like
social , political and economiv
services.
{16}. What are the
importance of human
activities ?
ANSWER: Human activities are
important in various
ways as follows :-
{a}.
Human activities like
agriculture and fishing
lead to the
supply of food
in a country.
{b}.Activities like
construction of roads
construction of roads
contribute to the
development of transport
and communication network.
{c}.They facilitate
development of manufacturing
industries. Cultivation of cotton
can lead to
development of paper
making industries.
{d}.
Recreational activities like golf ,
football, shooting, netball, dancing music / traditional ngomas attract
tourists who in
turn bring foreign
currency. Recreational is connected
with activities that
people do for
enjoyment when they
are not working.
{e}.Human activities
help in creating
employment in the
country.People are employed
in Industries like
Managers , security guards ,
and engineers.
{17}.Briefly explain problems
caused by human
activities.
OR
Mention four environmental problems
that can be
caused by human
activities.
ANSWER: Apart
from having positive
impacts on the
development of the
country , human activities tend
to lead to
occurrence of various
environmental problems as
follows :--
{a}.SOIL EROSION: This takes
place easily on
the land that
has been left
bare due to
excessive cutting of
trees for lumbering , construction and
establishing extensive farms.
{b}.DEFORESTATION: This can take
place when trees
are excessively cutting
during preparation of
large farms ,lumbering ,
Overgrazing and development
of settlements.
{c}.AIR POLLUTION :--This
can be used
by industrial emissions, burning of
agricultural wastes and
grass when clearing
the land for
cultivation and mining.
{d}.WATER POLLUTION:-It
can be caused
by dumping of
untreated waste materials
into the water
bodies.Waste materials may
come from industries ,farmyards , and
tourist centres.
{e}.SOIL POLLUTION :
It can be
caused by dumping
of radioactive materials
into the ground, applying chemicals
in the farms , irrigation using
saline { salty} water and
acid rainfall in
industrial areas.
{18}. Suggest ways of
solving / avoiding environmental problems
caused by human
activities.
ANSWER:
{a}. Undertaking agricultural
activities using modern
methods such as crop rotation , intercropping , fallowing ,
strip cropping, contour ridging
and applying organic
fertilizers such as
kraal and compost
manure.
{b}.Planting trees
where the land
is bare and
restricting people from
cutting trees unnecessarily excessively.
{c}.Excessive use
of chemicals in
the control of
pests should also
be discouraged. Accumulation of
chemicals in the
soil can lead
to soil pollution
which in turn
can disrupt the
soil structure.
{d}.
Unnecessary dumping of
wastes in the
soil or water
should also be
discouraged. Dumping in soil
and water can
lead to devastation
of flora and
fauna and cause
loss of biodiversity.
{e}.The government
should formulate policies
that guide people
on how to
undertake various activities
in a sustainable
way.
{f}.Mass education
or awareness campaigns
should be organized
among people both in
urban and rural
areas to educate
them on various
ways of conserving
the environment.
{g}.
Population control should
be encouraged in
order that people
cannot excessively clear
vegetation for establishing
settlement and farms.
{h}. Also, Combustion systems
in the engines
of the machines
should be modernized
to attain effective
combustion of fuel
oil to reduce
emission of greenhouse
gases such as
carbon monoxide.
