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MODULE 3: RURAL DEVELOPMENT CLASS EXERCISES

 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (b) Describe three negative aspects of rural life

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1 (a) What is rural development?

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(b) Describe three positive aspects of rural life

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4 (a) What is subsistence farming?

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(b) Describe three disadvantages of subsistence farming.

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5 (a) What is commercial farming?

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(b) Describe three benefits of commercial farming.

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(c) State three positive effects of colonialism on the traditional African societies. MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

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1 (a) What is meant by arable farming?
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(b) State three problems faced by arable farmers.
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(d) Suggest three reasons for land dispossession in Africa by colonialists.
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2 (a) What is meant by pastoral farming? 4 (a) What is meant by land dispossession?

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(b) Give three problems faced by arable farmers. (b) Give three reasons for land dispossession in Africa during the colonial period.

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3 (a) What is colonialism?

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(b) Describe three ways by which a country may benefit economically from being (b) Describe three social causes of rural poverty in Botswana.
colonised.
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(c) Explain two ways how a cooperative bank can help farmers
6. Study the fig.6 below and answer the questions that follow

A Farmers’ Cooperative System

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Purchase of products from _________________________________________________________________________
Sale of inputs to farmers
farmers
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Cooperative
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Bank
Tractor & other (d) Explain the importance of any three types of infrastructure to industry
implements Farmers’ Veterinary Service _________________________________________________________________________
Cooperatives
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Storage Depot
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farmers Transport _________________________________________________________________________
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(a) State one input that farmers may get from a cooperative for their crops
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(b) Give two advantages to farmers of selling their produce through a cooperative
(e) Describe two way in which investment in rural areas can be encouraged.
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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL 2 (a) Define poverty.

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Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
(b) Describe three problems associated with rural poverty.
Module 3: Rural Development
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1 (a) Define the term family. _________________________________________________________________________

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(b) Suggest three ways by which duties of family members in rural areas have changed as a ______________________________________________________________________ [3]
result of the development process.

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4 (a) Define infrastructure. MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

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Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
(b) Describe three infrastructural changes that have taken place in many rural areas in Module 3: Rural Development
Botswana.
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1 (a) Define rural poverty.
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(b) Describe three ways by which the government of Botswana can assist people in rural
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5 (a)What are rural credit scheme?
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(b)Give three reasons why rural development scheme often fail in Botswana _________________________________________________________________________

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2 (a) Define colonialism. 4 (a) What is meant by extension services?

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(b) Describe three problems has colonialism caused for people who live in the rural areas
(b) Describe three services provided by cooperatives.
in countries in Southern Africa? (Negative impacts / effects of colonialism)
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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (ii) Describe the major impacts of poverty on people and the natural environment in rural
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1 Study Fig.1 and use it to answer question 18(a)(i) and (ii) below
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(b)(i) Explain how women contribute to rural development in Botswana.

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(ii) How is the government attempting to solve the problems of rural poverty in Botswana? MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

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1(a) What is rural development?
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(b) Describe three negative effects of colonialism on women. (b) Describe three ways in which modernising farming can help to promote development in
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3 (a) What is meant by labour migration? _________________________________________________________________________
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(b) Give three problems caused by labour migration on rural areas development in _________________________________________________________________________
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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (b) Describe three obstacles to rural areas in Botswana.

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1(a) What is a family?
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(b) Describe three changing family roles in rural areas. ______________________________________________________________________ [3]

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4(a) What is meant by water resource management? MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
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(b) Describe three challenges that the government of Botswana faces when trying to Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
provide safe water in rural areas.
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1. Study Fig. 1, which shows the ‘Scramble for Africa’ by European nations which
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5(a) What is meant by rural development projects?
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(a)(i) Give reasons why European nations colonised Africa. (b)(i) Describe the factors which force people to move from rural to urban areas in
developing countries.
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(ii) Describe the negative effects of colonialism on people in rural areas in African (ii) Describe the negative effects of rural-urban migration to towns and cities in developing
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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (a)(i) Describe each element of integrated rural development shown in Fig. 3.
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1. Study Fig. 1, which shows element of integrated rural development. _________________________________________________________________________

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 (b)(i) Explain the challenges that the government of Botswana faces when trying to MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
provide safe water in rural areas.
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1. Study Fig. 1, which is an extract on rural development.
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Since Botswana’s independence in 1966, the major challenges facing the country has been
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poverty alleviation. In an effort to achieve rapid social and economic development, as well
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as promote social justice, various policies, programmes and strategies have been formulated
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(ii) Suggest ways by which Non-Governmental Organisations can help people in rural areas Fig.1
to improve their standard of living.
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(ii)Explain the importance of any three rural development projects in Botswana. (ii)Suggest ways by which duties of family members in rural areas have changed as a
result of the development process.
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(b)(i) Describe challenges which result from development in rural areas. _________________________________________________________________________
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(ii) Describe the main feature of commercial crop farming.
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1(a)(i) Describe the main features of subsistence crop farming. _________________________________________________________________________

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(b)(i) What problems are faced by commercial farmers in Botswana? (ii) Explain how government schemes help solve problems faced by commercial crop
farmers in Botswana.
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