So you think you know the world around you? Challenge yourself and learn new things with these Geography questions and answers. This Test is ideal for fellows preparing for Geography exams or just for your general knowledge and fun.
The flow of a river at the lower course is slow because
thick vegetation cover affects free flow of water
of the increase in human activities
the gradient is greatly reduced
of the increase in the volume of water
Correct answer is C
Answer C is the gradient greatly reduced when water flow down from the upper course it flows with a high velocity downwards. An example is a waterfall.as the water enter the lower course the gradient( the rate of regular ascent or descent) is reduced because the slope of the bed is gentle and also, materials washed down from the upper course are deposited there. the vegetation cover does not determine water movement as rivers are not vegetative. tress can only cover the surrounding areas and not the river itself Human activities and water volume also does not determine the flow of river at the lower course. water either small or mass will always find its way
One of the following is the most correct in regards to desert erosional landforms
Yardang
Barchan
Loess
Self dunes
Correct answer is A
Yardang is a sharp irregular ridge of compact sand lying in the direction of the prevailing wind in exposed desert regions, formed by the wind erosion of adjacent material that is less resistant.
Barchan is a crescent - shaped shafting sand dunes, loess is an unstratified brown barry deposited by wind while self dunes are sand dunes in the form of a long narrow ridge
Yardang as to do with erosional land forms.
Balance of payment in international trade does not favour developing countries because
of their low bargaining power
most of their exports are raw materials
their currencies are very weak
of the low demand of their exports
Correct answer is B
The answer is B Most of their export are raw materials, Developing countries often depend on the developed countries to produce their raw material into finished product hence they tend to pay more when raw materials are processed and imported back. Bargaining power has little or no effect on international trade as most international deals with exchange of product. African countries most cases request for manufactured goods they needed rather than been paid
The export trade of Mali is based mainly on
groundnuts
cotton
cattle
cocoa
Correct answer is B
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
One of the reasons of rapid growth of world population is
improved social and medical facilities
stable government
rainfall and its reliability
agricultural system practised
Correct answer is A
The provision of modern and improved medical and social facilities to area tends to attract more population concentration to another.
Other options are wrong because the government being stable does not determine population growth, social amenities provided by the government is the only factor that can make the population growth low, either rainfall or not, people will migrate and reproduce.
The agricultural system practical in an area also does not determine rapid population growth. Either mono-cropping or mixed farming is practiced population will always grow.