Waec Geography 1988 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• WAEC 1988

(a) Name any two types of urban settlements
(b) Outline the characteristic features of each type
(c) Describe any four problems facing urban centres.

Question 47:

• WAEC 1988

(a) Describe three advantages and three limitations of water transportation
(b) Explain how the limitations identified in (a) above can be overcome

Question 48:

• WAEC 1988

Give reasons for the high volume of trade between Nigeria and Japan

Question 49:

• WAEC 1988

(a) Name three broad classes into which manufacturing industries can be grouped and one important area in the world where an example of each is located
(b) Describe three main characteristics of each class of industry named in (a) above.

Question 50:

• WAEC 1988

(a) On an outline map of Nigeria, locate and name
(i) the four climatic belts
(ii) one important town in each belt
(b) Describe the seasonal pattern of rainfall in either southern or northern Nigeria
(c) Explain the effects of the seasonal pattern of rainfall on farming activities in the area chosen in (b) above.