GEOGRAPHY II ANSWER 1a) A settlement is a place which contains buildings in which people live. It may consist of a few houses or it may cover many square kilometers and contain not only houses but shops,schools,offices,factories,government bulidings,places of entertainment and other buildings 1b. i.Water supply – settlements need water, they often locate on wet point sites for this. Settlements built away from rivers and water supplies to avoid flooding are located at dry point sites. ii. Defence – building on high ground allowed people the chance to look out for enemies (e.g. Edinburgh castle) while surrounding a settlement with water also helped with deed defence e.g. Durham is built inside a meander. iii. Aspect and shelter – In the northern hemisphere south facing slopes receive more sunlight and are protected from cold Northerly winds. More settlements and agricultural land is therefore located on South facing slopes Communications – settlements often located next to rivers that could be easily crossed. These are called bridging points. Other favourable places included where at the junctions of valleys or in gaps through hills. These locations allowed maximum communication between different settlements and increased trade. E.g. Newcastle is built on the Tyne at a bridging point and could benefit with trade from the North and the South. 1c 1.Housing- lack of house and cant afford of proper housing. Development of squatter settlement. 2.Water supply- shortage of water supply due to the demand of water supply and poor piping system. 3.Transport- too many cars in major cities. Poor public transport system 4.Pollution- domestic and industrial waste contribute to land pollution in urban areas. (2a) (i)pipeline (ii)road transport (iii) railways transport (iv) postal transit (2c) (i) soil erosion: owing to heavy rainfall, the roads and railway tracks are often washed away. (ii)prensence of marshy areas: this also limits the devlopment of road and railways. this can only be overcome through the construction of fly overs (iii)poor visibility: this is a peculiar problem to air and ocean trnasportation due to formation of fog in the atmosphere. (2b) (i)movement of goods and services:transportaion ensures the movement of goods and services from point of origin to their destination point in urban and industrial area. e.g perishable goods, military equipment. (ii0specific purpose: air transport could be used for mineral prospecting and air surveyin g for map making. (iii)opening up new lands and areas: through various means of transportation, new areas are opened and even some inaccessible places are brought to limelight for proper recognition. (iv)increased production: transportation enables people to increase their production either in agricultural, mineral or industrial goods. (v)employment: all means of transportation obtain license from government and pay taxes which enable a coutry to get revenue. 4 a)i)DRAW THE MAP ii)SHOW THE KEY iii)town in each of the forest belt -Rain forest-ondo,oyo,oshogbo -High forest-port harcourt,warri iv)plank,log of wood 4b) i)some of the trees wither in dry season and sprout at the begining of raining season ii)plant species include acacia,date plam,silk cotton plants iii)it has many short grasses and scattered short decidious trees iv)some trees have thorns while others have thick barks 5 5a)i)climatic factor;-high rainfall and high relative humidity,including high temperature favours production of palm oil ii)Edaphic factor;-the humus soil west region favours palm oil production.the soil is slightly alkaline in nature iii)Versatility of palm kennel;-palm kennel is used for many products got from it which includes broom,oil,palm wine,etc iv)High market value;-the palm oil products are essential foreign exchange product bringing about its mass production v)socio economic factor;-the economic value of palm oil because of its source of vitamins in food makesit an essential raw material for agro allied industries 5b)-problem of pests and diseases -problem of inadequate capital -negligience of palm production for petroleum -problem of lack of farm mechnization -problem of inadequate storage facilities
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