WAEC 2016/17 GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Geo-Ans
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2a)
i) Road transport
ii) Water transport
iii) Air transport
iv) Rail transport

2b)
i) Presence of water fall and cataracts limits the use of rivers

ii) Presence of floating vegetation e.g water weed

iii) Seasonality of most rivers is a problem

iv) Water transport by inland navigation is too slow for people with perishable goods

2c)
i) Rivers should be dredged regularly
ii) construction of canals to bye pass water falls and cataracts
iii) Water weed should be equipped refrigerated holds

1ai)
Population density is the number of person per unit area of land or per square kilometre of land.

1aii)
Birth rate is the rate at which children are being given birth to in a country.

1aiii)
optimum population is the number of people that can be supported by by the available resources in an area, so as to achieve the highest possible standard of living.

1b)
i) Increased birth rate
ii) Prevention of rural to  urban migration
iii) Improved health service provision
iv) Industrialisation

3ai) Conurbations may be broadly seen as having
the following features:
(i) A conurbation is a continuously built-up
area but it does not include ribbon
development. It also does not necessarily
exclude a built-up area separated by a
narrow rural land from the main built-up
area to which it is well-attached.
(ii) A conurbation shows high population
density; its population is much greater than
that of the nearby towns.
(iii) A conurbation has various
miscellaneous industries operating in it
which rely on the reserves of labour,
excellent transport, etc. in the conurbation....

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