Geography Past Questions And Answers
1791
They are headquarters of governments and are usually capital cities. This best describes
- A. market towns
- B. administrative towns
- C. educational towns
- D. mining towns
1792
Urban centres are best distinguished from rural, settlements by their?
- A. morphology and location
- B. population and function
- C. site and function
- D. morphology and demography
1793
The vegetation that is characterized by tall trees climbing plants and creepers in the Amazon is called
- A. pampas
- B. veldt
- C. selvas
- D. steppes
1794
An example of a climatic hazard is?
- A. volcanic eruption
- B. earthquake
- C. hurricane
- D. coastal erosion
1795
Market gardening refers to the growing of vegetables
- A. near a swampy area
- B. in a small village
- C. in a highland area
- D. around large towns
1796
The scientist who prepounded the theory of continental drift was
- A. Alfred Wegener
- B. William Davis
- C. Arthur Holmes
- D. Francis Bacon
1797
The ocean current that affects the climate of the Atlantic coast from South Africa to Southern Angola is the?
- A. Mozambique
- B. Benguela
- C. Canary
- D. South Equatorial
1798
The climate of Nigeria is characterized by
- A. continuous seasons
- B. two seasons
- C. three seasons
- D. four seasons
1799
The coral deposits marked M are called
- A. barrier lakes
- B. barrier reefs
- C. barrier shelves
- D. barrier islands
1800
Loess is an example of
- A. clayey soil
- B. loamy soil
- C. wind deposited soil
- D. montane soil