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Question: Tropical rainforest vegetation is dominated by varieties of tree species with the crowns arranged in how many distinct layers or storeys
Answer: Three
Question: Tropical rainforest vegetation is dominated by varieties of tree species with the crowns arranged in three distinct layers. These distinct layers are also known as......................
Answer: Storeys
Question: Tropical rainforest vegetation is dominated by varieties of tree species with the crowns arranged in distinct layers: First is ----------, second is the middle layer and third is the top layer.
Answer: Ground layer
Question: The domestic unit in pastoral organization simply refers to the _______________
Answer: Family
Question: The middle layer of the tropical rainforest vegetation is made up of trees which grow to heights of eighteen to ___________ meters
Answer: Twenty four
Question: The top layer of the tropical rainforest vegetation is made up of large trees, thirty to -------------- meters tall
Answer: Sixty
Question: Montana vegetation is the type of vegetation found on the Jos Plateau and on.........................
Answer: Eastern highlands
Question: GDP is an acronym for ____________
Answer: Gross Domestic Product
Question: In 1966, Nigeria was made up of how many regions?
Answer: Four
Answer: 4
Question: Today, Nigeria has how many number of local government areas?
Answer: Seven hundred and seventy four
Answer: 774
Question: Today, Nigeria is divided into how many states?
Answer: Thirty six
Answer: 36
Question: Anything which threatens the peace, law and order of a country, is threatening its _____________
Answer: Security
Question: Pirates are people who attack and rob ships at sea and their activities are called _____________
Answer: Piracy
Question: Nigeria has a total land area of ________ square kilometres
Answer: 923768
Question: Nigeria was broken down into nineteen states in the year _______________
Answer: 1976
Question: _______________ is a type of plant which attach themselves to other plants and derive their food from them
Answer: Parasitic plant
Question: The rivers Niger and Benue divide Nigeria into how many blocks?
Answer: 3
Answer: Three
Question: Oban hill is located north of Calabar. True or force?
Answer: True
Question: In the sub division of Nigerian upland areas there are two plateau: Jos and _________ Plateau
Answer: Biu
Question: The climate of Nigeria is due to the effects of two belts of high pressure on one hand and on the other, ____________ belt of low pressure
Answer: 1
Answer: One
Question: The high pressure belt over the Sahara produce __________ trade winds
Answer: North East
Question: Baganda Dam which burst in 1988 sweeping away villages and farmlands and killing many people and livestock was caused by ______________
Answer: Thunderstorm
Question: The country’s climate is controlled by two wind systems: the north east trade winds and __________
Answer: South west trade wind
Question: There are two main types of vegetation in Nigeria: forest and _____________
Answer: Savannah
Question: The plants which attach themselves to other plants and derive their food from them are called ______________ plants.
Answer: Parasitic
Question: Plants which attach themselves to dead plants and get their food from them are called ________________
Answer: Saprophytes
Question: Which vegetation belt of Nigeria can trees like acacia, baobab and dum palm be found?
Answer: Sudan savannah
Question: The biggest vegetation belt in Nigeria is _________________
Answer: Guinea savannah
Question: A special type of vegetation found on the Jos plateau and eastern highlands is ______________
Answer: Montana vegetation
Question: The removal of forest and other natural vegetation from an area without replacing it is _________________
Answer: Deforestation
Question: Area set aside and in which certain activities such as farming and timber exploitation are not allowed is __________________
Answer: Forest reserve
Question: About 20% of Nigeria is covered by forest of which there are three types: Tropical rainforest, _____________ and Mangrove swamp forest.
Answer: Freshwater swamp forest
Question: The 1991 census put the population of Nigeria at a total of___________
Answer: 88992220
Answer: 88,992,220
Question: ____________ is a type of population that describes a situation in which an area has the resources to support many more people than it actually does.
Answer: Under population
Question: ___________ is a type population which describe a situation in which there are too many people to live comfortably on the present system of land use.
Answer: Over population
Question: ____________ means the proportion of the population which is male and the proportion which is female.
Answer: Sex distribution
Answer: Gender distribution
Question: The base of the population pyramid of Nigeria can be described as _____________ base.
Answer: Broad
Question: _____________ means the movement of people from one place to another either permanently or temporarily
Answer: Population migration
Answer: Migration
Question: ___________ is a settlement in which there is a large concentration of buildings in one place.
Answer: Nucleated settlements
Question: The process by which a village grows into a town is called ____________
Answer: Urbanization
Question: Towns developed in Hausaland between 9th and 17th centuries were part of the great Sudanese empires of Ghana, Mali and ________
Answer: Songhai
Question: _____________ led a Jihad that resulted in the take-over of the rulership of the Hausa states by Fulani Emirs
Answer: Uthman Dan Fodio
Question: ____________is the man that estimated the population of Sokoto in 1825 – 1827 to be 120,000.
Answer: Richard Lander
Question: The town which is known as the cradle of Yoruba is ________________
Answer: Ile – Ife
Question: The mineral resources of Nigeria includes: Mineral fuels, Industrial minerals and _________________
Answer: Metallic minerals
Question: Limestone, marble, gypsum, sand and graphite are examples of which mineral resources in Nigeria?
Answer: Industrial mineral
Question: The production of crude oil in Nigeria started in the year _________________
Answer: 1958
Question: Which place is limestone quarried for use in cement factory in Enugu state?
Answer: Nkalagu
Question: In response to the problems in the oil-producing areas, government established NDDC which means _________________
Answer: Niger Delta Development Commission
Answer:
Question: ______________ is simply a body of water which contains fish suitable for human consumption.
Answer: Fishery
Question: The relief and drainage of the country present several economic advantages except….........
Answer: Seasonal flows of rivers
Question: ……....... conditions are the conditions of the atmosphere at a particular point in time
Answer: Weather
Question: Drought occurs in Nigeria but it is more frequent and more severe as we move ....… from the coast
Answer: Northwards
Question: …........ grow from the ground and climb their way up the trunks and branches of other plants.
Answer: Climbers
Question: .......…. which climb up other plants but have roots that dangle in the air.
Answer: Epiphytes
Question: ….......... is human activities that have not contributed to the disappearance of tropical rain forest.
Answer: Construction of aircraft
Question: Tannin and deges are important raw materials for ….. industries
Answer: Textile and leather
Question: Nigeria population is an asset because of all except …..........
Answer: a large population will have assets
Question: The National Population Commission has estimated that the population of Nigeria is now growing at about …........
Answer: 2.8% per annum
Question: One of the most striking features of the population of Nigeria is that it is very ……. distributed
Answer: Unevenly
Question: The …......... distribution of a country’s population is the proportion of the population lying within the age bracket
Answer: Age
Question: The middle belt is home to most of the.....….. ethnic groups of Nigeria
Answer: Smaller
Question: The Ebira have moved into Ondo and Edo states to grow food crops. This is a process known as
Answer: Ethnic migration
Question: Nigeria was divided into …...... states in 1967
Answer: 12
Question: In 1966, Nigeria was made up of four regions: Northern, Eastern, …… and ….
Answer: Western and Midwestern
Question: The decision of Federal Government to create a …........ FCT has led to the development of Abuja
Answer: Centrally-located
Question: In migration, the area from which people move in large numbers is …........ region
Answer: Source
Question: During the Colonial period the movement of population was encouraged and facilitated by .........… on the Jos Plateau
Answer: Tin mining
Question: In the post-independence population migration has been encouraged principally by
Answer: Creation of states
Question: ................... is a settlement in which housing units are separated from neighbours by large open spaces, bush or farmland
Answer: Dispersed settlement
Question: ……....... is a settlement in which the housing units are clustered
Answer: Nucleated settlement
Question: ……...... is a settlement in which the housing units are strung along a road or river
Answer: Linear settlement
Question: ……..... means the basic structures and facilities necessary for a country to function effectively
Answer: Infrastructure
Question: Inadequate provision of …........ Is one major reason living in rural areas is harsh and unattractive
Answer: Infrastructure
Question: Lack of …...... means that farmers cannot dispose their surplus products
Answer: Roads
Question: Lack of …........ in particular, in many rural areas makes cholera prevalent
Answer: Portable water
Question: Lack of ….......... in particular, makes rural industrialization impossible and renders life in rural areas dull
Answer: Electricity
Question: The earliest movement of Yoruba people led to the founding of …....... by Oduduwa
Answer: Ile-Ife
Question: From the town of ......….. Oduduwa’s children moved out to establish their own cities and Kingdom
Answer: Ile-Ife
Question: During the Colonial period …........ boosted urban development
Answer: The production of cash crops and minerals for export
Question: Since independence urbanization in Nigeria has been phenomenal because of these except...............
Answer: Government rural development bias
Question: According to the 1991 census, about .........… of the people of Nigeria live in urban settlements
Answer: 36%
Question: According to 1991 census, Lagos has the highest percentage of population living in urban areas, followed by …….. state
Answer: Oyo
Question: Inadequate housing lead to except...............
Answer: Improved rural areas
Question: A …........... is any natural concentration of material in the rocks of an area which is useful to man and may be extracted profitably
Answer: Mineral resource
Question: Mineral fuel includes the following except................
Answer: Tantalite
Question: Industrial mineral include the following except..............
Answer: Tar sands
Question: Tin ore is also called..............
Answer: Cassiterite
Question: Feldspar is an example of................
Answer: Industrial minerals
Question: Exploitation of the solid mineral deposits could make a substantial contribution to the country’s economy through the following except....................
Answer: Road planning
Question: The Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals development was established to promote.............
Answer: Mining of solid minerals
Question: Coal mining started near Enugu to supply fuel mainly to the
Answer: Nigerian Railway Corporation
Question: ............... is not in the family of cereal.
Answer: Citrus
Question: Anything that threatens the life or well-being of an individual is threatening his………..
Answer: Security
Question: Whenever a crime is committed, it’s a committed in a particular…….on the earth’s surface
Answer: Place
Question: ………is simply defined as the security of a country which occupies an area of the earth’s surface
Answer: National security
Question: ………….is a type of security that is concerned with the adequacy of food supplies for a country, a state, a city, etc.
Answer: Food security
Question: Criminology may be defined as the study of crime, its causes, how it as explained in a scientific way and ………………
Answer: How people react to it
Question: Criminology and security studies carried out in some of the states of the federation or in the oil producing areas of the Niger Delta are carried out at the level referred to as ……….. level
Answer: Regional
Question: Criminology and security studies carried out in a village or town or a neighbourhood within a town is said to be carried out at ………..level
Answer: Local