a. Outline five characteristics of rural settlements in Tropical Africa
b. In what five ways does rural settlement depend on urban settlement?
a. Identify five problems affecting industrial growth in developing countries.
b. Suggest five measures that can promote the growth of industries in developing countries.
Volcanoes that have not erupted for a very long time but may erupt at future time are termed as
- A. extrusive
- B. dormant
- C. intrusive
- D. active
The instrument used to measure relative humidity is called
- A. hygrometer
- B. anemometer
- C. thermometer
- D. barometer
Which of the following is a feature of heavy industries?
- A. Small scale plants
- B. Low turn-over
- C. Consumer goods production
- D. Capital intensive
When weathering occurs on hillslopes, rock debris usually pile up at the bottom of the hill slope to form
- A. creep
- B. pebbles
- C. levee
- D. screes
Which of the following represents the correct sequence in which denudation occurs?
- A. Weathering →Deposition → Erosion
- B. Weathering → Erosion → Deposition
- C. Deposition → Weathering → Erosion
- D. Erosion → Weathering → Deposition
The type of energy that is most environmentally friendly is
- A. solar
- B. thermal
- C. hydroelectric
- D. nuclear
The sparse population in the middle belt of West Africa can be traced to all the following except
- A. concentration of industries
- B. inter-ethnic war
- C. tsetse fly infestation
- D. Arab slave trade in the north
A major function performed by rural settlement is
- A. agricultural
- B. industrial
- C. administrative
- D. commercial
Which of the following pairs of landforms can be found in the desert areas?
- A. Barchans and tombolos
- B. Yardangs and batholiths
- C. Sandbars and tombolos
- D. Zeugens and rock pedestals
Barchan dunes move
- A. at right angle to the prevailing wind
- B. in a circular direction
- C. against the prevailing wind
- D. in the same direction as the prevailing winds
Which of the following rocks is produced by the solidification of magma within the earth crust?
- A. Plutonic rock
- B. Metamorphic rock
- C. Sedimentary rock
- D. Extrusive rock
An isotherm is a line drawn on a map joining places of equal
- A. pressure
- B. cloud cover
- C. temperature
- D. rainfall
Buying and selling of goods and services within a country is termed as
- A. foreign trade
- B. international trade
- C. barter trade
- D. internal trade
The sun is vertically overhead at the tropic of Capricorn on
- A. June 21st
- B. September 23rd
- C. March 21st
- D. December 22nd
The part of the earth crust covered by water bodies is known as the
- A. sial
- B. stratosphere
- C. atmosphere
- D. hydrosphere
Great Britain and Germany are trading partners of West African countries from
- A. North America
- B. West Europe
- C. South America
- D. The Far East
A block mountain is formed as a result of
- A. fissure
- B. differential erosion
- C. vulcanicity
- D. faulting
What is the temperature around an aeroplane flying at an altitude of 4000 metres if the temperature on the earth surface is 40 oC?
- A. 26 oC
- B. 66 oC
- C. 14 oC
- D. 12 oC
Which of the following landforms is associated with parallel faulting?