Geography Past Questions and Answers

(a) Highlight any four differences between urban and rural settlements.
(b) Outline any four favourable conditions for the growth of settlements.

(a) State three advantages and two disadvantages of air transportation.
(b) Highlight five roles of road transportation in the promotion economic development.

(a) Describe any three factors responsible for the dominance of light industries in developing countries.
(b) Highlight any four advantages of the concentration of industries in areas of developing countries.
(c) Outline any three disadvantages of concentration of industries.

(a) Draw a sketch map of Nigeria. On the map, show and name: (i) a delta (ii) a man-made lake;
(iii) a confluence town; (iv) the Jos Plateau.
(b) Outline any three physical factors that limit the use of rivers for transportation in Nigeria.
(c) Highlight three possible solutions to the limiting factors mentioned in (b) above.

(a) Draw an outline map of Nigeria. On the map, show and .name: (i) Abuja; (ii) three savanna vegetation belts.
(b) State four ways in which the forest vegetation of Nigeria contributes to her economy.
(c) Highlight any two problems that hinder the exploitation of forest vegetation in Nigeria.