HOPE JUNIOR SCHOOL- LAMINADERA

P6 SST REVISION 3 TERM II

1. Write any one advantage of water transport over road transport.

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2. Give any two ways in which people can save lives during accidents on water

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3. What type of transport is best used for transporting fragile goods?

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4. How does water transport leads to water pollution?

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5. On which lake is port Kigoma situated.

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6. State any one value of ports to a given country.

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7. Name the type of transport suitable for transporting perishable goods.
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8.What are perishable goods?
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9. Name any one value of air to a country.
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10. Write any one advantage of air transport over transport.
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11. Name the international airport of Uganda.
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12. What the difference between cargo plane and passenger plane?
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13. Why is the distance by air transport appears shorter than road transport?

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 14. What is the major mean of railway transport?
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15. State the difference between passenger train and cargo train.
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16. Name the first railway line to be constructed in East Africa.
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17. Which colonialist constructed the above railway line.
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18.Write Tanzam in full.
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19. What was the major reason for the construction of Tazara railway line in East Africa?
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20. Draw a map symbol of railway line in the space below

21. Why was Kenya-Uganda railway called Uganda railway?

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22. Name the colonialist who built Uganda railway.

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23. In which town in East Africa did the construction of the Uganda railway start.?
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24. Name the first casual unskilled employee to construct the Uganda railway line.

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25. Name the group of people who completed the construction of Uganda railway.

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26. What was the main reason for the construction of the Uganda railway?

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27. Why were the Indian coolies brought to East Africa?

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28. What problem did the railway builders faced at Tsavo?

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29. How was the construction of Uganda railway help to stop slave trade?

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30. How the shortage of labour solved during the construction of Uganda railway?

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31. Why was Kenya-Uganda railway called Uganda railway?

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32. Name the colonialist who built Uganda railway.

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33. In which town in East Africa did the construction of the Uganda railway start.?
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34. Name the first casual unskilled employee to construct the Uganda railway line.

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35. Name the group of people who completed the construction of Uganda railway.

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36. What was the main reason for the construction of the Uganda railway?

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37. Why were the Indian coolies brought to East Africa?

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38. What problem did the railway builders faced at Tsavo?

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39. How was the construction of Uganda railway help to stop slave trade?

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40. How the shortage of labour solved during the construction of Uganda railway?
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41. State one road in Africa that crosses East Africa.

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42. How are feeder roads important to the people living in rural areas.

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43. Why do most people in Uganda prefer using read transport to other types of transport?

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44. section of police is responsible for controlling road accidents in a country?

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45. Give two reasons why road accidents are common in Uganda today.
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46. Mention the type of transport common in Uganda today.
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47. Give any one way in which road transport promotes development in a country.
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48. Which animal is commonly used as a mean of transport in hilly areas?
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49. What is a national language?
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50. Give any one way in which a national language is important to a country.
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51. Name the official language used in Uganda.
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52. Why is the above mentioned language used in Uganda?
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