JAMB Geography Past Questions & Answers - Page 354

1,766.

Markets is the rural areas play an important role in the domestic production process because they?

A.

enable people buy their needs

B.

make it necessary to build rural roads

C.

bring people together from far and near

D.

serve as collecting and distributing centers for rural products

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,767.

The waters off the east coast of Canada are rich in fish because?

A.

of the abundance of plankton

B.

they are pollution-free

C.

they are deep and warm

D.

they are rarely distributed by ocean-going vessels

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,768.

Pastoral nomadism was not native to the American continents or Australia because?

A.

pasture lands were sparse

B.

They were heavily infested by tsetse fly

C.

the natives were more interested in hunting

D.

the environments were unfavourable for animal rearing

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,769.

Commercial grain farming is practiced mainly in the?

A.

steppes and prairie lands of the middle latitudes

B.

savannah and grasslands of the low latitudes

C.

tundra and grassland of the high latitudes

D.

montane and grasslands of the high altitudes

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,770.

The world's first cities developed in areas noted for?

A.

mineral production

B.

fishing and hunting

C.

industrial development

D.

agriculture by irrigation

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.