UI Geography 2017/2018 Past Questions

The time difference between new Orleans on longitude 90°W and Cairo on longitude 30°E is

The vegetation belt associated with valuable hardwood is the

The wind system that brings the harmattan to West Africa is called

What do the Canaries and Guinea currents have in common?

What is an estuary?

Lakes formed as a result of landslides, screes or avalanches are known as

Mountains formed as a result of compressional forces in the earth's crust are

Plant growth normally ceases, when the temperature falls below

Rainfall caused by the movement of air over a mountain is called

Rotation of the earth is

A map drawn to a scale of 1:180 000 is reduced three times. What is the scale of the new map?

A map with a scale of 1:60,000 was reduced by 1/2, the scale of the new map will be?

Closed (circular) contours with increasing height inwards indicate a

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?

Lines joining places of equal sunshine hours on a map are called

Which of the following best explains the increasing importation of food to West African countries?

Three land-locked countries in West Africa are

A country well known for the production of copper in Africa is

Tropical Africa is slow in industrial development because of

A city may be differentiated from a rural settlement by considering its

What is the length of the equatorial diameter of the earth?

What is the most accurate description of the shape of the earth?

What is the most important element of climate?

What is the point of origin of an earthquake called?

What is the scale of measurement of earthquake based on the amount of energy released during earthquake?