Topic 5 of 7 · Grade 7
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.
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Farming
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.
Mining
Gold, platinum and chrome (Great Dyke), diamonds (Marange), coal (Hwange), lithium (Bikita and other places). Mining earns foreign currency and provides jobs, but can damage land and rivers.
Manufacturing and trade
Factories process raw materials (cotton into cloth, maize into mealie meal). Trade means buying and selling: local trade (shops, markets, vendors) and international trade (imports and exports).
Tourism
Attractions: Victoria Falls, Hwange National Park, Great Zimbabwe, Lake Kariba, the Eastern Highlands, Matobo Hills. Tourism brings money and jobs but must be managed to protect the environment.
Money and saving
Using money wisely, saving in banks or savings clubs, and mobile money.
Check yourself
- Where is coal mined in Zimbabwe?
- Give two cash crops grown in Zimbabwe.
- Give one benefit of tourism.
Show answers
- Hwange.
- Any two: tobacco, cotton, sugar cane, soya beans.
- Any one: foreign currency, jobs, development of roads and hotels.
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