JAMB Geography questions: Settlement

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1. Question 1· Settlement· JAMB

   Urban sprawl means

   • Athe uncontrolled spread of a city into surrounding countryside
   • Bthe decline of cities
   • Crural depopulation only
   • Dplanned new towns

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2. Question 2· Settlement· JAMB

   Kano developed historically as

   • Aa seaport
   • Ba trans-Saharan trade and craft centre
   • Can oil city
   • Da mining camp

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3. Question 3· Settlement· JAMB

   A settlement whose houses are grouped closely around a centre is described as

   • Alinear
   • Bdispersed
   • Cnucleated
   • Disolated

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4. Question 4· Settlement· JAMB

   The growth of slums in large cities is mainly a result of

   • Agood town planning
   • Ba low birth rate
   • Crapid rural-urban migration and a shortage of housing
   • Dthe decline of rural areas only

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5. Question 5· Settlement· JAMB

   A nucleated settlement is one in which

   • Ahouses line a road
   • Bbuildings are scattered
   • Cbuildings are clustered together
   • Dthere are no buildings

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6. Question 6· Settlement· JAMB

   Port Harcourt developed mainly as

   • Aa religious centre
   • Ba tin mining town
   • Ca port and oil industry centre
   • Da fishing hamlet only

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7. Question 7· Settlement· JAMB

   The central business district of a city is characterised by

   • Afew shops
   • Bfarms
   • Chigh land values and tall buildings
   • Dlow traffic

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8. Question 8· Settlement· JAMB

   Settlements that stretch out along a road, railway or river are described as

   • Alinear
   • Bdispersed
   • Cnucleated
   • Disolated

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9. Question 9· Settlement· JAMB

   A settlement in which homesteads are scattered far apart over farmland is

   • Anucleated
   • Blinear
   • Cdispersed
   • Dconurbation

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10. Question 10· Settlement· JAMB

    The site of a settlement refers to

    • Athe actual land on which it is built
    • Bits relationship with other places
    • Cits population
    • Dits age

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11. Question 11· Settlement· JAMB

    A hierarchy of settlements ranks them according to

    • Arainfall
    • Bcolour of buildings
    • Csize and range of services
    • Dsoil type

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12. Question 12· Settlement· JAMB

    A bridging-point settlement grows where

    • Aa mountain is highest
    • Ba river can be crossed
    • Csoil is poorest
    • Drain is heaviest

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13. Question 13· Settlement· JAMB

    Central place theory was developed by

    • AAlfred Weber
    • BWalter Christaller
    • CJohann von Thünen
    • DThomas Malthus

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14. Question 14· Settlement· JAMB

    The situation of a settlement means

    • Aits functions
    • Bthe land it is built on
    • Cits population
    • Dits position in relation to surrounding features

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15. Question 15· Settlement· JAMB

    One function of a market town is to

    • Adefend the national border
    • Bmine minerals
    • Cgenerate electricity
    • Dserve as a centre for buying and selling produce from the surrounding area

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16. Question 16· Settlement· JAMB

    A dispersed settlement pattern is common where

    • Athere is a single water point
    • Bland is scarce
    • Cfarmers live on their own farms
    • Ddefence is needed

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