EXCEL MINDS ACADEMIC GROUP

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY II (GRP 104)

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. __________ are resources that are found in the environment and developed without the
intervention of humans (a) Artificial (b) Natural (c) Nature
2. ______ resources exist without any actions of humankind (a) Artificial (b) Natural (c) Nature
3. Resource is not static is a _______ attribute of resources (a) Functional (b) Anthropogenic (c)
Dynamic
4. ________ is the potential value given to a particular level of science and arts of extraction and
utility (a) Phantom File (b) Resistances (c) Flow Resources
5. These are self renewable resources that could be continuously tapped (a) Flow Resources (b)
Fund Resources (c) Dynamic Resources
6. These resources are exhaustible because they could be depleted (a) Flow Resources (b) Fund
Resources (c) Dynamic Resources
7. The following are examples of fund resources except (a) Coal (b) Oil (c) Wind energy
8. ____ are obstacles that nature place along the path of those who want to exploit her bounty (a)
Flow (b) Blockage (c) Resistances
9. The following are classification of resources on the basis of origin except _____ (a) Biotic (b)
Potential (c) Abiotic
10. Potential resources are resources that can be classified under ______ classification (a) Basis of
origin (b)Basis of recovery rate (c) Stage of development
11. ______ is one of the source of biotic resources (a) animals (b) atmosphere (c) troposphere
12. All of these are examples of biotic resources except (a) Coal (b) Petroleum (c) Gold
13. These are resources that have been surveyed, but cannot be used due to lack of technology (a)
Potential (b) Actual (c) Stock
14. These resources have been kept for future purposes (a) Stock (b) Actual (c) Reserve
15. _____ is a type of resources on the basis of distribution (a) Ubiquitous (b) Functional (c)
Phantom
16. The tropical region is located between ________ (a) 30-60 degrees N/S (b) 5-35 degrees N/S (c)
60-90 degrees N/S
17. ________ is located around 60-90 degrees N/S (a) Tropical (b) Polar (c) Equatorial
18. The following countries can be found in the Equatorial region except (a) Malaysia (b) Sudan (c)
Brazil
19. The following areas can be found in the temperate region except (a) Tundra (b) Europe (c) Japan
20. India is in the ________ region (a) Tropical (b) Temperate (c) Polar
21. _______ refers to a mode of human development in which resource use aims to meet human needs
while preserving the environment (a) Globalization (b) Industrialization (c) Sustainable
Development
22. The following are examples of flow resources except _______ (a) Water (b) Solar Radiation (c)
Petroleum
23. The portion of the surface of the earth with a large amount is the ________ (a) Lithosphere (b)
Hydrosphere (c) Atmosphere
24. The most abundant gas in the atmosphere is ______ (a) Oxygen (b) Hydrogen (c) Nitrogen
25. ________ occurs due to the need for man to survive (a) Sustainable Development (b)
Environmental Problems (c) Mining
26. The portion that the circle between the 4 spheres overlaps is called the _______ a) Lithosphere (b)
Biosphere (c) Atmosphere
27. ______ is the totality of man (a) Religion (b) Nature (c) Culture
28. ________ is an example of a tertiary activity (a) Transportation (b) Industrialization (c)
Administration
29. The primary includes all but one of the following (a) Fishing (b) Dredging (c) Manufacturing
30. Industrialization can be found in ___ level of economic activity (a) Primary (b) Quaternary (c)
Secondary
31. All but one of the following are the types of space studied in human geography (a) Mutual (b)
Absolute (c) Relational
32. This refers to way in which space is socially produced (a) Historicity (b) Spatiality (c)
Earthnography
33. The Tropic of Cancer can be found on (a) Lat 23½S (b) Lat 23½N (c) Lat 66½S
34. The Antartic circle can be found on (a) Lat 23½S (b) Lat 23½N (c) Lat 66½S
35. The Tropic of Capricon can be found on (a) Lat 23½S (b) Lat 23½N (c) Lat 66½S
36. The following are objectives of Sustainable Development except _________ (a) Economic
Sustainability (b) Religious Sustainability (b) Environmental Sustainability
37. The Nigerian Railway started in the year _______ (a) 1892 (b) 1894 (c) 1895
38. The length of the first railway construction in Nigeria is ________ (a) 36 miles (b) 20 miles (c)
25 miles
39. The first railway line was constructed from (a) Iddo to Otta (b) Iddo to Abeokuta (c) Iddo to Ijebu
Ode
40. The rail line got to Ibadan in the year ______ (a) 1892 (b) 1901 (c) 1903
41. The Nigerian Railway Corporation was established in _________ (a) 1892 (b) 1963 (c) 1955
42. This mode of transport involves the use of animals (a) Animal Transportation (b) Human
Porterage (c) Beast of Burden
43. A major town in Nigeria that still practices Human Porterage is ________ (a) Suleja (b) Nyanya
(c) Dutse
44. The following are problems associated with the Nigerian railway except (a) Human resources (b)
Political consideration (c) Low patronage
45. The problems associated with Nigerian railway is better summarized by _________ (a) Lawal,
2006 (b) Asu, 2018 (c) Elechi, 1998
46. The first ship to carry a full cargo of oil across the Atlantic is _______ (a) Gluckauf (b) Elizabeth
Watt (c) Tyne
47. The Gluckauf was built in the year ________ (a) 1891 (b) 1895 (c) 1865
48. The first modern pipeline was built in the year _________ (a) 1891 (b) 1895 (c) 1865
49. The location where the first modern pipeline was built is ________ (a) Oklahoma (b)
Pennsylvania (c) Hong Kong
50. The country with the largest pipeline network in the world is ______ (a) USA (b) Russia (c)
China
51. The Nigerian Airways was established in ______ (a) January 1958 (b) October 1958 (c) May
1958
52. __________ argued that a spatial movement of labour between the rural and urban area is a
function of the difference in their income (a) Todaro Model (b) Raventein Theory (c) Stouffer
Theory
53. ________ is the hostile movement of people with inferior culture into a place where they rule over
people of superior culture (a) Conquest (b) Colonization (c) Bibarian Invasion
54. It is the organized movement of people from one country for the purpose of settling in another
country and ruling over them (a) Colonization (b) Conquest (c) Emigration
55. The following are push factors that influences the population of a country except (a) War (b)
Good medical facilities (c) Bad transportation
56. The following are reasons for the increase of population in the Mesopotamia except (a) Fertile
soil (b) Government policies (c) Presence of rivers
57. The estimated population of the world in 1972 was _______ (a) 37.32 million (b) 2 billion (c)
35.32 million
58. By 1999 the population of the world increased to _______ (a) 6 billion (b) 5 billion (c) 4 billion
59. Zimbabwe has an estimated population of ________ people (a) 14,862,000 (b) 15,876,890 (c)
15,786,780
60. The present population is about _______ people (a) 8 billion (b) 7.9 billion (c) 7.6 billion
61. The monsoon Asia consists of the following except _________ (a) China (b) Japan (c) Eastern
North America
62. A population theory that talks about the population and health conditions of the people is
________ (a) Malthusian Theory (b) Demographic Transition Theory (c) Todaro Model
63. In the Malthusian Theory, the following are positive checks brought forward by Malthus except
(a) War (b) Famine (c) Celibacy
64. One of these is an example of negative checks in the Malthusian theory (a) Famine (b) Birth
Control (c) Disease outbreak
65. The Malthusian theory was propounded in what year? (a) 1795 (b) 1796 (c) 1798
66. The Malthusian Theory was propounded by _________ (a) David Malthus (b) Thomas Malthus
(c) Bishop Malthus
67. The Demographic Transition Theory was prounded by ______ in the year _____ (a) Caldwell and
Caldwell, 2006 (b) David and Blake, 2005 (c) Caldwell and Blake, 2006
68. In the Demographic Transition Theory, Nigeria is in what stage? (a) Stage 1 (b) Stage 2 (b)
Stage 3
69. The third stage of the Demographic Transition Theory is characterized by ________ (a) High
birth rate, death and infant mortality (b) High birth rate, drop in death rate and infant mortality (c)
Decline in birth rate, increase in life expectancy and decrease in death rate.
 70. An example of a country in the fourth stage of the Demographic Transition Theory is __________
(a) Mexico (b) Sweden (c) Afghanistan

ANSWERS:

1. B
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. C
13. C
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. B
18. B
19. A
20. A
21. C
22. C
23. B
24. C
25. B
26. B
27. C
28. A
29. C
30. C
31. A
32. B
33. B
34. C
35. A
36. B
37. A
38. B
39. A
40. B
41. C
42. C
43. A
44. C
45. A
46. B
47. C
48. C
49. B
50. C
51. B
52. A
53. C
54. A
55. B
56. B
57. A
58. A
59. A
60. B
61. C
62. B
63. C
64. C
65. C
66. B
67. A
68. B
69. C
70. B