Regional Geography of Africa Questions

BA. Geography and Planning - GP

Semester: First Semester

Level: 200

Year: 2016

REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON The UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA

Peace - Work - Fatherland P.O. BOX 39 Bambili

School: ARTS Department: GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING

Lecturer(s): KIMENGSI & MR. NTOBAN

Course Code: GEOP 211 Course Title: Regional Geography of Africa

Date: Monday 04/04/2016 Hall: AMPHI 650 / PBA 03 Time: 11:30 – 2:30

Examination Instruction(s): ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS CHOOSING ATLEAST ONE FROM EACH

SECTION

SECTION A

1. a) What are resources? (5mks)

b) Using concrete examples, discuss Africa’s resources for the future. (15mks)

2. Examine how the issue of rapid population growth rate in Africa compromise development and

planning. (20mks)

3. Discuss the problems of resource management in Africa. (20mks)

SECTION B

4. a) Examine the challenges of urbanization in Africa (l0mks)

b) Discuss the various ways through which Africa’s urbanization problems can be solved

(10mks)

a) Define the following terms:

i) Migration (2mks)

ii) Refugees (2mks)

b) Examine the effect of “Push factors” and “Distance in terms of cost and perception of

places” on migration patterns in Africa. (16mks)

6. Locate the different climates of Africa and show how their characteristics act as major

constraints to agriculture (20mks)

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