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NECO GCE 2013/2014 Geography Paper II Essay (Human and Regional Geography) Questions And Answers

(2)
(a)transportation is defined as the movement of people, goods and commodities from one place to another either by land,water or air.
(2b)
(i)railway is the most convenient means of transporting bulky goods to and from industrial areas
(ii)
it is very cheap in the transportation of people and goods, from one place to place
(iii)
it has the advantage of transportation of people and goods from one place to another.
(iv)
it helps to open up new land which is potentially good for minerals and agricultural crops
(v) Underground railway provides the most convenient means of carrying passengers in urban areas.

(2c)
(i)rail transport is too slow
(ii)it has a very low patronage and high competition with other forms of transport
(iii) lack of spare parts, narrow guages with single tracks
(iv) lack of technical know how and poor maintenance

(2c)
(i)rail transport is too slow
(ii)it has a very low patronage and high competition with other forms of transport
(iii) lack of spare parts, narrow guages with single tracks
(iv) lack of technical know how and poor maintenance

(4b)
-plateau serves as climatic barrier
-sources of water
-sources of mineral resources
-sources of rivers;example is river niger from the Guinea higlands
-relief rain:mountains encourages relief rain formation e.g Jos and cameroon mountains

(4c)
-it leads to bad road network
-it leads to reduction in the yield of the crop
-it affects human habitation

(5b)
-lack of finance or credit facilities
-poor transportation network
-lack of storage facilities
-inadequate land due to land tenure system
-problem of pest and diseases

(5c)
-rubber serves as employment to people who are involved in lumbering related activities
-it provides raw materials like timber for timber processing industries(saw mill industries)
-it provides planks and plywoods which are used in the construction firms
-timber is used for the construction of canoe and boats
-timber serves as a sources of income to government by way of licences and permits given to the timber contractors.

(8b)
-the presence of dense tropical rainforest provides ready sources of valuable timber
-presence of many economic trees
-presence of large market for timber products within the countries
-high demand for timberas fuel
-effiecient sawmill industries to process the raw timber

(9b)
(i). undeground method
(ii). shaft method

(9c).
- Employment : the mining of gold provides jobs for many people.
- revenue generation : taxes paid by mining companies including export and import duties on the mineral are sources of revenue to the government.
- raw materials for industries : Gold provides raw materials for indstries
- improvement of standard of living : Money earned from gold is used to provide social and basic amenties which improve the standard of livingof the people.

(9d)
- inadequate capital to exploit thev minerals
- Environmental pollution
- high rate of sabotage by unpatriotic people in the mining area.
- poor management.

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