ZIMSEC · Grade 7
Social Science
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- Family, community and Unhu/Ubuntu Roles: parents provide food, shelter, love, education and guidance; children respect elders, help with chores and study hard.
- Our country: provinces, maps and physical features Zimbabwe has ten provinces: Bulawayo, Harare, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South and Midlands. Harare is the capital city.
- Heritage and national symbols Great Zimbabwe (ancient stone city near Masvingo), Khami ruins (near Bulawayo), Victoria Falls, the Matobo Hills (with rock paintings), National Heroes' Acre (Harare). Great Zimbabwe, Khami, Victoria Falls, Mana Pools and the Matobo Hills are World Heritage Sites.
- Governance and citizenship The government makes and carries out laws and provides services. It has three arms:
- Economic activities: farming, mining, trade and tourism Crops (maize, wheat, tobacco, cotton, sugar cane, soya beans, sorghum, groundnuts) and livestock (cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, poultry). Types: communal/subsistence farming and commercial farming. Natural regions I–V: rainfall is highest in Region I (Eastern Highlands) and lowest in Region V.
- Transport and communication Road safety: use pedestrian crossings, look right and left before crossing, wear seatbelts, and do not play on roads.
- Zimbabwe and its neighbours Zimbabwe is a landlocked country bordered by Zambia (north), Mozambique (east), South Africa (south) and Botswana (south-west). It almost touches Namibia at Kazungula.