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A poor settlement on the edge of a city is known as a?
A shanty town
B ghetto
C new town
D slum
Weber's theory of industrial location was based on?
A nearness to market
B nearness to raw materials
C nearness to source of power
D least transport cost
Birth and death rates are often stated as the number of cases per?
A 1 000 per year
B 1 000 000 per year
C 10 per year
D 100 per year
A major characteristic of an urban settlement is that it is?
A industrialized
B limited in function
C homogenous
D heterogeneous
Which of the following is likely to be found in an oasis in the Sahara Desert?
A Raffia palm
B Oil palm
C Date palm
D Dum palm
Which of the following is of great importance to the existence of plants?
A Metal scarps
B Industrial effluent
C Carbon (IV) oxide
D Carbon (II) oxide
A weather element controlled mainly by latitude is?
A temperature
B humidity
C rainfall
D cloud cover
The Sudan savannah vegetation is associated with the?
A tropical monsoon
B sub-tropical dry summer climate
C hot semi-desert
D tropical dry and wet climate
Soil conservation is achieved through?
A mulching, terrace farming and tree-felling
B sensible tillage, tree-felling and bush burning
C scientific farming, crop rotation and bush buring
D sensible tillage, crop rotation and mulching
The two primary causes of ocean currents are?
A differential algae development and sunlight penetration
B differential salinity and temperature variation
C variation in evaporation and coral development
D location of settlements and sea-level pressure
Soil texture is determined primarily by?
A profile horizons
B major components
C particle sizes
D nutrient status
A piece of evidence that confirms that the earth is spherical is the?
A standard time
B solar system
C earth's orbit
D moon's eclipse
The weight of water vapour contained in a given volume of air is referred to as?
A absolute humidity
B specific humidity
C relative humidity
D vapour pressure
The two potent human factors that destabilize ecosystems are?
A afforestation and logging
B monocropping and reforestation
C reforestation and mining
D monocropping and mining
A doline is associated with a?
A marine platform
B granitic upland
C Karst valley
D rocky desert
In the broadest sense, the two major types of ecosystems are?
A terrestrial and arboreal
B aquatic and vegetal
C terrestrial and aquatic
D aquatic and arboreal
The rock type whose principal constituents can be seen without magnification is?
A limestone
B basalt
C sandstone
D granite
An example of argillaceous rocks is?
A chalk
B coal
C grphite
D shale
The soil type that is predominant in the Niger-Benue trough is?
A sandy
B clayey
C alluvial
D loamy
The highlands of East Africa attract settlers because of their?
A agricultural potentials
B good transportation network
C educational potentials
D tourist potentials
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