WAEC Geography 1998 Past Questions

(a) What is the shape of the earth?

(b) With the aid of appropriate diagrams, give four proofs to support your answer in (a) above 
 

With the aid of diagrams describe the characteristics and mode of formation of any two of the following

(a) Yardang (b) Crater (c) Block mountain 
 

(a) Calculate the
(i) annual temperature range
( i) mean month y temperature
(ii) total annual rainfall

(b) (i) Suggest the climatic region where the station could be found
(ii) Give two reasons to support your answer b(i) above

(c) In which hemisphere is the station located?
 

Write explanatory notes on any two of the following; 

(a) Flood plain (b) Hydrological cycle (c) River erosion
 

(a) Explain any four processes of soil formation

(b) In what four ways is soil important? 

 (a) Explain the term atmospheric resources

(b) With specific examples, outline any six uses of atmospheric resource 
 

Describe population distribution in India under the following headings:

(a) Factors responsible (ii) Advantages (c) Problems 
 

(a) Identify, with examples, any four ways in which urban settlements differ from one another

(b) In which four ways are rural settlements dependent on urban settlements? 
 

(a) In what four ways is air transportation different from water transportation?

(b) Highlight three major contributions of transportation to national development

(c) State any three problems of water transportation in Tropical Africa
 

 (a) Highlight any three characteristics of manufacturing industries in Tropical Africa

(b) State four ways by which manufacturing industries contribute to the economic development of Tropical Africa

(c) Outline four problems facing industrial development in the region

(a) Describe five factors responsible for the low volumes of trade between Nigeria and the other African countries

(b) Suggest five ways of increasing the volume of trade between Nigeria and the other countries in Africa
 

Differentiate between the practice of agriculture in the sorest and savanna regions of Nigeria under the following headings:

(a) Favourable factors

(b) Products

(c) Economic importance 
 

(a) Draw a map of Nigeria and on it, show the
(i) Rivers Kaduna, Cross and Ogun
(ii) Source area of each river in (a) (i) above

(b) Describe any four characteristics of rivers in Nigeria

(c) In what four ways are rivers useful to the economy of Nigeria? 
 

(a) State five ways in which highlands promote economic development in the North Central Highlands

(b) What five characteristics of highlands hinder the development of the region?
 

(a) Draw a map of Nigeria and on it, locate and name
(i) three solid-mineral-mining towns and the solid mineral foi in each
(ii) three refinery towns

(b) Outline any four contributions of solid minerals to the economy of Nigeria

(c) State any three problems which face the mining of solid minerals in Nigeria
 

(a) Outline any three factors which favour lumbering in Nigeria

(b) Highlight any four contributions of lumbering to economy of Nigeria

(c) State any five problems facing lumbering in Nigeria 
 

(a) Name any four ocean currents along the coast of Africa

(b) Highlight the effects of any two different types of currents on the climate of Africa 

(a) Give any three reasons why irrigation agriculture is more important in the Nile Basin than in the Niger Basin

(b)(i) Outline four other uses of the River Nile
(ii) State any four characteristics of the river which limit its usefulness
 

(a) On an outline map of Africa, locate and name:
(ii) the Rivers Nile, Volta and Niger
(ii) one inland and one coal delta
(iii) the Akosombo Dam

(b) Describe any four uses of the Akosombo Dam

(c) State three problems facinc hydro-electric power generation in Africa 

Write a geographical account of bush fallowing in West Africa under the following heading:

(a) Land preparation (b) Crops (c) Advantages (d) Disadvantages 
 

(a) On an outline map of Africa, locate and name:
(i) the Veldt (ii) a Mediterranean forest belt (iii) the tropical grassland belt (iv) a major town in each of (a)(i) - (iii) above

(b) Highlight the characteristics of the natural vegetal in any one of the belts shown on your map

(c) Describe the importance of the vegetation chosen in (b) above to man