Zambia Grade 11 Geography Syllabus

This syllabus focuses on the interaction between human activities and the environment. Learners are expected to demonstrate how humans manipulate the physical environment for livelihood on a global scale. The main topics covered are:

• Farming:
• Identifying different types of farming globally.
• Describing factors that influence farming practices (physical, economic, social/cultural, and political).
• Describing major farming types (shifting cultivation, semi-permanent cultivation, mixed farming, intensive and extensive farming, livestock farming, and plantation agriculture).
• Fuel and Energy:
• Explaining different sources of fuel and energy (coal, oil, natural gas, hydro-electric power, solar energy, uranium, biogas, and wind power).
• Distinguishing methods of fuel and energy transportation (water, land).
• Describing the uses of different forms of fuel and energy (domestic and industrial fuels, synthetic products).
• World Population:
• Locating areas of high, medium, and low population densities on a world map.
• Describing major factors influencing world population distribution and density (relief, climate, biotic, economic, historical, and political factors).
• Explaining factors influencing population change and structure (births, deaths, migration).
• Explaining factors contributing to rapid population growth (increased food production, improved medical facilities, early marriages, lack of family planning, high illiteracy rates, industrialization).
• Describing consequences of increased world population (food scarcity, unemployment, overcrowding, traffic congestion, disease outbreaks, shortage of social services, high crime rate, creation of shanties, shortage of accommodation).
• Describing possible solutions to overpopulation (improved social services, economic development, birth control, improved literacy).
• Explaining reasons and implications for migrations (economic factors, political conflicts, famine, drought, religious and personal reasons).
• Describing human survival strategies in relation to resource availability and utilization (carrying capacity, sustainability, resource conservation).