Other Geography Answers

Which one of the following elements is required on all maps?

(1) bright colours

(2) a scale

(3) names of co

According to the Guinness Book of Records, Dunedin in New Zealand has the steepest

street in the world. In this street, every 2 860 metres travelled horizontally means that the

altitude has risen by 1 kilometre. This is equivalent to a gradient of ... .

(1) 1:1

(2) 1:5.72

(3) 1:28.6

(4) 1:0.286

(5) 1:2.8

small scale is usually appropriate for a map of a relatively … of land and could have a

ratio comparable to … .

(1) small area; 1:100

(2) large area; 1:250 000

(3) small area; 1:250 000

(4) large area; 1:100

2Which one of the following statements regarding map projections is true?

(1) By using modern GIS technology, it is possible to draw a map that has no distortion.

(2) The Mercator projection is conformal implying that it preserves shapes of features.

(3) A projection that distorts shape is not associated with distortions in orientation as

well.

(4) Shapes of features are preserved on equivalent projections.

(5) The distortion in size associated with the Mercator projection decreases poleward.

characteristic of the spatial distribution pattern and use of fossil energy resources is that

... .

(1) world coal reserves are less abundant than for oil and natural gas

(2) fossil fuel reserves are unevenly distributed over the world

(3) renewable energy resources make a much bigger contribution to the world’s energy

supply than fossil fuels

(4) consumption of fossil fuels is evenly distributed over the world

(5) all existing known fossil fuel deposits will be exhausted by 2030

... .

Countries such as Algeria, Mauritania and Somalia are characterised by … and … .

(1) the dominance of subsistence agriculture; coniferous forest as primary biome

(2) a small area of farmland per tractor; oxisols as primary soil type

(3) the dominance of pastoral nomadism; desert and desert shrub as primary biome

(4) a large area of farmland per tractor; a humid tropical climate

(5) the dominance of commercial agriculture; a warm midlatitude climate

5. Developing countries are generally characterised by ... compared to developed countries.

(1) a higher share of tertiary sector workers

(2) a smaller share of primary and secondary sector workers

(3) people completing fewer years of school

(4) a higher expenditure on health care

(5) a longer life expectancy of peop

Pick one. Answer form. Question 1 and one answer form 2 chose

The correct one mqa

1).Which one of the following alternatives presents an aspect of sustainable agriculture?

(a) increased use of chemicals

(b) ridge tillage

(c) single-product (monoculture) farms

(d) elimination of all cattle farming

(e) large farms and many machines

2). In which one of the following regions is shifting cultivation a prominent form of

agriculture?

(a) South Asia

(b) East Asia

(c) Sub-Saharan Africa

(d) North Africa

(e) Central America

A rising salty water table is known as...

1.To and Iaai speaker, does it make any difference if another speaker says [u]and [u:]? why? justify your answer.

2.which of the following syllabic patterns is/ are allowed in Iaai:
• V
• C.V.  V.C.
•C.V.C

3. Are the Iaai numerals a decimal or quinary system? Justify your answer.

4. Are Iaai numerals like English numerals? Why justify your answer.

5. Do all language have the basic same word order? Give one example to justify your answer.

6. Iaai pronoun express some grammatical information.what are the distinction made by Iaai pronoun?
• person, including the exclusive/ inclusive 1st person distinction.(1mark)
• gender (1mark)
• number (1mark)
• animacy (human, animals and equivalent)/(objective and equivalent)(1mark

  

Compared with proto-oceanic, how different is the consonant inventory of Iaai? What do we learn about the evolution of Iaai consonant then?

15. Which one of the following statements regarding map projections is true? 

(1) By using modern GIS technology, it is possible to draw a map that has no distortion.

(2) The Mercator projection is conformal implying that it preserves shapes of features.

(3) A projection that distorts shape is not associated with distortions in orientation as 

well.

(4) Shapes of features are preserved on equivalent projections.

(5) The distortion in size associated with the Mercator projection decreases poleward.

(3) names of countries

(4) borders between countries

(5) names of cities and the streets in them

15. Which one of the following statements regarding map projections is true? 

(1) By using modern GIS technology, it is possible to draw a map that has no distortion.

(2) The Mercator projection is conformal implying that it preserves shapes of features.

(3) A projection that distorts shape is not associated with distortions in orientation as 

well.

(4) Shapes of features are preserved on equivalent projections.

(5) The distortion in size associated with the Mercator projection decreases poleward.