Geography Past Questions And Answers
Countries in the northern hemisphere experience shorter days and longer nights when the sun is overhead on the
- A. Equator
- B. Artic Circle
- C. Tropic of Cancer
- D. Tropic of Capricorn
(a) (i) Name two areas of copper mining in Zambia
(ii) Describe one method of copper mining in Zambia.
(b) Highlight four contributions of copper mining to the economic development of Zambia.
(c) What three problems face the mining of copper in Zambia?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2004 THEORYThe principle of similar triangle is commonly used in chain survey to?
- A. overcome obstacles on survey line
- B. estimate the angle of slope
- C. maintain a straight line between points
- D. estimate the size of the survey area
All the following are ways in which rivers are useful to man except the
- A. formation of political boundaries between countries
- B. provision of rich agricultural land
- C. generation of hydro-electricity
- D. relocation of settlement after flooding
Which of the following vegetation belts in Africa is usually associated with the tropical continental climate?
- A. Tropical desert
- B. Sudan Savanna
- C. Guinea Savanna
- D. Tropical rainforest
Which of the following population characteristics is the best related to African countries?
- A. Low birth rate and low death rate
- B. High birth rate and low death rate
- C. Low death rate and high death rate
- D. High death rate and high death rate
The major useful component of the atmosphere is
- A. neon
- B. air
- C. dust particles
- D. oxygen
Carnivores are important in the food chain because they
- A. depend on sunlight for energy
- B. feed on both plants and animals
- C. feed on animals only
- D. feed on plants only
The term overpopulation could best be described as a situation where
- A. there is high population density
- B. birth rate is equal to death rate
- C. the population exceeds the available resources
- D. there is an increasing birth rate and a decreasing infant mortality rate.
The longitude which almost bisects Africa into two equal halves, east and west, is longitude-----------
- A. 20°E
- B. 20°W
- C. 40°E
- D. 40°W