Geography Past Questions and Answers

(a) Draw an outline map of Nigeria. On it show and name one area important for the mining of:
(i) coal; (ii) limestone; (iii) crude oil; (iv) tin; (v) one important town in (a)(i) to (a)(iii) above.
(b) Describe three problems associated with the exploration of minerals in Nigeria.
(c) Highlight three contributions of minerals to the economic development of Nigeria.

(a) (i) What is internal trade?
(ii) Name four commodities involved in internal trade in Nigeria.
(b) Highlight four factors that encourage internal trade in Nigeria.
(c) Outline three problems limiting internal trade in Nigeria.

(a) Draw a sketch map of Nigeria. On it show and name the:
(i) cocoa belt;
(ii) groundnut belt;
(iii) one town in the groundnut belt.
(b) Outline three physical conditions for the production of groundnut in Nigeria.
(c) In what four ways has groundnut production contributed to the economy of Nigeria?

(a) Draw an outline map of Africa. On it show and name the following:
(i) the Equatorial rain forest;
(ii) the Tropical grassland;
(iii) one town in each of the areas in (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above.
(b) Outline three characteristics of the Equatorial rainforest vegetation.
(c) In what three ways is the Tropical rainforest of economic importance?

(a) Name any four irrigation areas in the Nile Valley.
(b) Describe the perennial method of irrigation in the Nile Valley.
(c) Explain any four problems created by irrigation in the Nile Valley.