CSS134 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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