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JAMB and WAEC Geography questions: Map reading: scale, direction and distance

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All topicsAgriculture, industry and trade · 42Environmental resources and hazards · 33Geography of Nigeria · 42Landforms, weathering and erosion · 52Latitude, longitude and time · 36Map reading: scale, direction and distance · 49Population · 37Relief, contours and gradient · 35Rocks and minerals · 36Settlement · 33The earth in the solar system · 36Transport and communication networks · 29Vegetation and soils · 36Weather and climate · 51West Africa and ECOWAS · 33World regional geography · 34

  1. Question 41· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· JAMB

    A representative fraction of 1:100,000 written as a statement scale is

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  2. Question 42· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· JAMB

    A map that shows a large area in little detail is drawn on a

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  3. Question 43· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    Bearings are measured

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  4. Question 44· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    On a map of scale 1:50,000, a road measures 6 cm. What is its length on the ground?

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  5. Question 45· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· JAMB

    A cross-section drawn from a contour map shows

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  6. Question 46· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    Conventional signs on topographical maps are used to

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  7. Question 47· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    Which of these map scales shows the most detail?

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  8. Question 48· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    The bearing of P from Q is 120°. What is the bearing of Q from P?

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  9. Question 49· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· JAMB

    Grid lines that run from north to south on a map are called

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