Geography Past Questions and Answers

(a) Highlight any three characteristics of manufacturing industries in Tropical Africa
(b) State four ways by which manufacturing industries contribute to the economic development of Tropical Africa
(c) Outline four problems facing industrial development in the region

(a) Describe five factors responsible for the low volumes of trade between Nigeria and the other African countries
(b) Suggest five ways of increasing the volume of trade between Nigeria and the other countries in Africa

Differentiate between the practice of agriculture in the sorest and savanna regions of Nigeria under the following headings:
(a) Favourable factors
(b) Products
(c) Economic importance

(a) Draw a map of Nigeria and on it, show the
(i) Rivers Kaduna, Cross and Ogun
(ii) Source area of each river in (a) (i) above
(b) Describe any four characteristics of rivers in Nigeria
(c) In what four ways are rivers useful to the economy of Nigeria?

(a) State five ways in which highlands promote economic development in the North Central Highlands
(b) What five characteristics of highlands hinder the development of the region?