Geography Past Questions And Answers
Plateaux formed together with fold mountains are best described as
- A. dissected
- B. tactonic
- C. intermoutau
- D. piedmout
(a) Draw a sketch map of Nigeria. On the map, show and name:
(i) two areas important for cattle rearing; (ii) one town in any of the areas shown in (a) (i) above.
(b) Explain four factors which encourage cattle rearing in Northern Nigeria.
(c) Highlight three reasons why cattle rearing is less important in Southern Nigeria.
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Which of the following best explains the high rate of population growth in West Africa?
- A. Birth control polices
- B. High birth rate and low death rate
- C. Low birth rate and high death rate
- D. High rate of immigration
The mass of air whose isobars form a circular shape, with low pressure in the centre and increasing towards the outside, is known as?
- A. hurricane
- B. typhoon
- C. harmathan
- D. cyclone
Birth and death rates are often stated as the number of cases per?
- A. 1 000 per year
- B. 1 000 000 per year
- C. 10 per year
- D. 100 per year
If the distance between two places on a map is 2cm while the distance on land is 4km, the scale of the map is?
- A. 1: 50 000
- B. 1: 100 000
- C. 1: 150 000
- D. 1; 200 000
Study the map on a scale of 1:50,000 and answer the following questions
(a) In your answer book, draw an outline of the map to the scale of 1:150,000 and insert:
(i) the full length of River Oshin
(ii) a named watershed northeast of River Oshin
(iii) the settlement of Marafa
(iv) the ridge east of the main road.
(b) Calculate the distance in kilometres along the main road from Onikoko to Alade (show all workings clearly).
(c) (i) State with a reason, one likely occupation of the inhabitants of the area on the map
(ii) If your class were to go on an excursion along the mein road from Woru to the south western edge of the map, state three physical and two human features you are likely to see along the road.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2002 THEORYA mineral that is essential in cement production is?
- A. talc
- B. coal
- C. gypsum
- D. quartzite
Industrialization mostly helps developing countries to?
- A. diversify their economy
- B. acquire greatness
- C. put their resources together
- D. develop infrastructure
(a) With the aid of annotated diagram, describe the various stages of a river course
(b) Mention four ways in w rivers are of importance to man
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