Jamb Geography 1997 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• JAMB 1997

Rapid population growth is mainly the natural consequence of?

A. Low fertility and morality
B. Rapid economic development
C. High fertility with high morality
D. Low morality with high fertility

Question 22:

• JAMB 1997

The process by which population becomes largely concentrated at certain locations is called?

A. Migration
B. Urbanization
C. Nucleation
D. Agglomeration

Question 23:

• JAMB 1997

Which of the following is a nodal town?

A. Kumasi
B. Port Harcourt
C. Banjul
D. Monrovia

Question 24:

• JAMB 1997

The least geographical factor that determined town sites in the past was the?

A. Existence of fertile alluvial plains
B. Presence of indented coastlined sheltered from waves
C. Existence of communication networks
D. Presence of a river gorge

Question 25:

• JAMB 1997

Villages which lie along the foot of a chalk escarpment at head stream points are referred to as?

A. Fall-line settlements
B. Fault-line villages
C. Spring-line settlements
D. Scarp-line villages