For which of the following pairs of economic activities is the Argentine Pampas famous?

Ranching and commercial grain farming

Subsistence agriculture and ranching

Four ways in which a river transports its load are?

saltation, solution, suspension and traction

corrasion, saltation, solution and suspension

attrition, saltation, solution and suspension

saltation, solution, suspension and traction

corrosion, solution, suspension and traction

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In which of the following countries is the South Chad Irrigation Project located?

Niger

Cameroons

Nigeria

Chad

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Vraag 2 Verslag

The largest areas of very sparse population in the world outside the desert are the?

mountainous areas, tropical and temerate forests

mountainous areas and interior grassland

deltaic areas and coastal swamps

tropical forests and mediterranean lands

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Vraag 3 Verslag

What is the main contribution of immigrants to the economy of The Gambia?

labour

food

employment

foreign excchange

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Vraag 4 Verslag

In which of the following groups of countries has heavy concentration of population been made possible by irrigation along fertile river valleys in an otherwise arid environment?

Egypt, Ethiopia, India

Egypt, Nambia , Somalia

Egypt, Iran, Iraq

Egypt, Chile,Australia

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Vraag 5 Verslag

The concept of environment balance can be taken to mean that an alteration in one of the components of the ecosystem may result in the?

acceleration of the processes within the system

disruption of the processes within the system

minimization of the processes within the system

stablization of the processes within the system

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Vraag 6 Verslag

in the southern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on

21st March

23rd September

22nd December

21st June

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The southern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on 23rd September.

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Vraag 7 Verslag

Which of the ports indicated on the map does NOT have a natural harbour?

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Vraag 8 Verslag

The best technique for illustrating population density is the?

dot map

pie chart

bar graph

choropleth

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Vraag 9 Verslag

Two major groups of immature and weekly developed soils in Nigeria are?

regosols and ferrisols

lithosols and ferrisols

ferrisols and ferrasols

regosols and lithosols

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Vraag 10 Verslag

The Ahaggar plateau is the shaded area marked

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Vraag 11 Verslag

The fishing industry in the Mediterranean Sea is BEST accounted for by the fact that?

it is a warm sea

it is shallow and rich plankton

the coastal dwellers are fishermen

fishing is an old industry in the basin

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Vraag 12 Verslag

The central landform in the area shown on the map can be described generally as a

Dissected broadsurfaced escarpment

Dissected massed inselberg lanscape

Broken block-fault mountain

Steep-sided tilted plateau

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Vraag 13 Verslag

The major export crop common to the countries shaded on the map is

cocoa

coffee

palm produce

sisal

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Vraag 14 Verslag

In which of the following regions is the high population density due to heavy concentration of manufacturing industries?

The Ganges Valley

The Nile Valley

The Rhur Valley

The Yantese Valley

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Vraag 15 Verslag

Which of the following contributes LEAST to the generation and movement of ocean surface currents?

wind friction

temperature differences

ocean salinity

earth rotation

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Vraag 16 Verslag

Which type of climate has the following characteristics? i. Both monthly and annual temperature average about 28°C. ii Annual rainfall commonly varies from about 1800mm to more than commonly 3000mm. iii Rainfall of at least 150mm occurring every month of the year.

Monsoon

Equatorial

Savannah

Mediterranean

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Vraag 17 Verslag

The textile industry is characteristically?

a high energy consumer

raw material-oriented

capital intensive

labour intensive

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Vraag 18 Verslag

Which of the following islands has rich volcanic soils supporting a well-organized plantaion agriculture and is one of the most densely populated areas in the world?

Cuba

Cyprus

Sumatra

Java

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Vraag 19 Verslag

Which vegetation type is found in regions with the following characteristics? i. Temperature generally over 20°C during the summer. ii Rainfall only during the winter months

Conifers

Chaparrels

Temperate grasses

Mosses and lichens

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Vraag 20 Verslag

The most efficient means of transporting crude petroleum over extensive land masses is by?

water

road

rail

pipe

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Vraag 21 Verslag

Which mineral production is common to the countries numbered 5 to 8?

coal

crude oil

natural gas

uranium

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Vraag 22 Verslag

Hydraulic action and abrasion are associated with

Aeolian erosion

Fluvial erosion

Karst erosion

Glacial erosion

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Vraag 23 Verslag

In order to improve road transportation in Nigeria, bridges have been built across the river Niger at Jebba, Koton Karfe, Onitsha and?

Idah

Ajaokuta

Patani

Baro

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Vraag 24 Verslag

The gradient of the slope X-Y is approximately

1:24

1:26

1:28

1:30

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Vraag 25 Verslag

The most suitable method for depicting the production figures of a given commodity in many countries over a given period of times is the?

pie graph

choropleth

multiple graph

bar graph

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Vraag 26 Verslag

Plants in the savannah are adapted mainly to alternating periods of high and low?

light intensities

water supply

temperatures

soil salinity

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Vraag 27 Verslag

The actual amount of water vapor held in the air at any particular time is called?

effective precipitation

effective pressure

relative humudity

absolute humidity

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Vraag 28 Verslag

Urban settlements in West Africa function mainly as?

market towns amd commercial centers

cultural and religious centers

industrial centers

administrative capitals

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Vraag 29 Verslag

Which group of people have the following characteristics? i. Adapted to living in a harsh environment. ii. The natural occupations are hunting, fishing and herding. iii. The food consists mainly of meat, milk, fish and berries. iv Lead a nomadic life.

The turaregs of the Sahara Desert

The lapps of Eurasia

The Eskimos of North America

The Masai of East Africa

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Vraag 30 Verslag

In which of the following is the soil matched with the wrong type of climate?

Podzol: Cool temperate

Chernozem: temperate desert

Brown soils : Warm temperate

Lateritic soils: tropical

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Vraag 31 Verslag

If the temperature at sea level in a particular place is 30°C, a place 350m above sea level in the same area will have a temperature of?

-5.00°C

7.25°C

18.33°C

19.50

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Vraag 32 Verslag

If the bearing of a point J, from another point K, is 228°, what is the bearing of K from J?

132°

96°

48°

42°

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Vraag 33 Verslag

An entrepot is a pot?

which acts as an intermediary center of trade between countries

at an entrance of a river

through which only certain goods are permitted to pass

wich also serves as the capital of a country

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Vraag 34 Verslag

The most important agent in the transformation of the natural vegetation of Nigeria is?

climate change

soil erosion

agricultural practices

industrial pollution

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Vraag 35 Verslag

All the following are important timber producing countries in Africa except

Ghana

Cote d?lvorie

Nigeria

Mauritania

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D is correct; Mauritania is a land locked country. It is not parts of the countries producing timber in Africa.

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Vraag 36 Verslag

If the distance between two points on a map with a scale 1:50 000 is 35mm, what is the distance between them on the ground?

1.50km

1.55km

1.75km

1.85km

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Vraag 37 Verslag

Inselbergs are formed on granite as a result of?

faulting and vulcanicity

faulting and mass wasting

deep weathering and erosion

deep weathering and faulting

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Vraag 38 Verslag

A line graph is best for showing geographical phenomena that?

vary continuously

are linear in shape

occupy areas

have well-defined boundaries

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Vraag 39 Verslag

The vegetation consists of small trees and shrubs many of which have the ability to store water in their stem. Their leaves are small and commonly covered with wax. This description fits the vegetation of?

coastal Tanzania

north-east Brazil

coastal British Columbia

north-east Queensland

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Vraag 40 Verslag

Which of the following irrigation farming projects is devoted mainly to sugarcane cultivation?

Bakolori

Badeggi

Lower Chad

Numan

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Vraag 41 Verslag

Coffee is an important cash crop in?

Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea and Sierra Leone

Senegal, Cote d Ivoire and Burkina faso

Guinea, Liberia and Mali

Guinea Bissau, Niger and Mauritania

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Vraag 42 Verslag

Which of the following coastal areas in Nigeria has the problem of severe gully erosion?

Okitipupa

Warri

Uyo

Dagema

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Vraag 43 Verslag

A mature soil with distinct horizons, occurring in a particular climatic zone, but influenced strongly by topography, is best described as?

zonal

intrazonal

azonal

alluvial

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Vraag 44 Verslag

Element	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	Year
Temp (Max)	31	33	33	33	31	30	28	28	29	30	32	31	31
Temp (Min)	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	23	22	22	22	24	23
Rainfall	32.5	52.5	132.5	235	270	370.5	386	256	427.5	427.5	110	50	2655

The temperature (oC) and rainfall (mm) data above are true of

Kano

Ibadan

Jos

Warri

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Vraag 45 Verslag

The Sennar Dam on the Nile river is that marked

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Vraag 46 Verslag

A soccer match which began at 1800 hours GMT at town Son longitude 90°W was telecast live to an audience in town T on longitude 15°E. The local times in towns S and T were respectively?

12 noon and 7 p.m

12 midnight and 7.a.m

12 midnight and 7.p.m

12 noon and 7 a.m

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Vraag 47 Verslag

U and V are two places along the same meridian on latitudes 20°N and 25°N respectively. The shortest between the two places is approximately?