2012 E.

C AMECHO WATO SECONDARY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL FIRST

SEMESTER GEOGRAPHY FINAL EXAMINATION FOR GRADE 11.

Name ------------------------------------------------------------------Grade-------Section------R.no_------

INSTRUCTION I. Write True if the statement is correct and False if it is incorrect

--------------1. Geography shares a wide range of information with the social and natural sciences
--------------2. Studying of intervisibility of sites is not much more important.
--------------3. The Ethiopian rift valley is part of the world’s greatest rift valley system.
--------------4. Drainage system is the surface arrangement of Main River and its tributaries.
--------------5. The views of environmental determinism undermine humans’ ability.
--------------6. Contours are lines actually drawn on the ground to show relief.
--------------7. Climatology is a branch of geography that study about the anthroposphere.
--------------8. Evenly spaced contours show a cliff.
--------------9. Depression is a land form which is surrounded by higher ground in all directions.
-------------10. Two points separated by convex slope are intervisible.
INSTRUCTION II. Choose the correct answer for the following questions

11. Which of the following is the oldest known definition of geography?

A) The field of study which deals with the description of the earth
B) The field of study which explains the spatial variation of phenomena on earth’s surface
C) The study of relationship that exist between human kind and the natural environment
D) The systematic study of land forms, climate, water resources, vegetation and human activities
12. Which of the following became the most important features of geography in the 1950’s and
1960’s? A) The development of GIS B) the central place theory C) environmental determinism
D) the quantitative revolution
13. Which of the following best indicates the central concern of modern human geography?
A) Studying social and physical environment and preparing maps
B) Identification of various types of cultural and physical features
C) Studying the spatial organization of settlements and economic activities
D) Studying the relationship that human beings have with the physical environment
14. Which of the following field of geography is different from the other? A) population
geography B) soil geography C) cultural geography D) political geography
15. Which of the following branches of geography deals with the nature and determinants of the
production, spatial distribution, exchange and consumption of goods and services?
A) Biogeography B) political geography C) Economic geography D) Historical geography
16. Which of the following is an example of an inland drainage system? A) The Abay basin
B) The Ghanale basin C) The rift valley lakes region D) The Baro river valley
17. ------------is a method of showing a relief structure on a map by using different colors or
different intensities of colors? A) Form lines B) hachures C) layer tinting D) relief shading
18. The geographic information system has been used intensively over the past decades for all of
the following activities except in: A) regulating and monitoring traffic flow
B) Planning access to educational facilities C) mapping, analyzing and managing weather
condition D) analyzing the root causes of inter-tribal conflicts in the horn of Africa
19. --------- is the type of drainage pattern where rivers flow from surrounding high grounds
towards a central basin A) triangular drainage pattern B) rectangular drainage pattern
C) Circular drainage pattern D) centripetal drainage pattern
20. Which of the following features rightly characterizes a hill? A) is an area of high ground but
is lower than a mountain in elevation B) is formed by a ground with steep slopes in all direction
C) is shown on topographic map by contour lines forming concentric circles
D) A and C are the correct answers
INSTRUCTION III. Match the correct items under column ‘A’ with items under column ‘B’
‘A’ ‘B’
-------21.Tributaries join main river at acute angle A) Baro river
-------22.Tributeries join the main river at right angle B) Centripetal drainage pattern
-------23.Flow in all direction away from raised feature C) Dendritic drainage pattern
-------24.Most of the time occurred by a lake D) Trellis drainage pattern
-------25.Develops on granite rocks area E) Radial drainage pattern
-------26.Mostly used for transportation purpose F) Rectangular drainage pattern
-------27.The upper course of a river G) The middle course
-------28. The river’s valley gets wider and deeper H) presence of fast flowing rivers
-------29.Forms oxbow lakes as meanders I) Confluence
-------30. The points where tributaries join the main river J) The lower course
K) Delta
 GEO.ANSWER G 11
I
1.True, 2. False, 3. True 4. False 5. False 6. False 7. False 8. False 9.True 10. False
II
11. A 12. D 13.C 14. B 15.C 16.C 17. C 18.D 19. D 20.D 21. C 22. D 23.E 24. B 25.F
26. A 27. H 28. G 29. J 30. I
2012 E.C AMECHO WATO SECONDARY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL FIRST
SEMESTER GEOGRAPHY TEST  FOR GRADE 11

PART I. Write True if the statement is correct and False if it is incorrect

---------1. The most accurate and modern methods of showing relief on maps is by form lines.

---------2. We can see mountains physically on the surface of the earth.

PART II. Choose the correct answer for the following question

3. Issues related with environmental conservation can be best studied with: - A) Applied
geography B) Population geography C) political geography D) Historical geography

4. A very wide space between successive contours represents:- A) Steep slope B) gentle slope
C) convex slope D) plains

5. Contour lines intersect in the case of ------------ A) undulating plain B) water fall C) concave
slope D) convex slope

PART III. Fill the correct word or phrase in the blank spaces

6. The rate of change in altitude of a slope is said to be---(Gradient)----------------------------------

7. A non- descriptive approach of geography from 1950’s to 1960’s is called------------

(Quantitative approach)

8. Friedric Ratzel to determinism, L. Febure to--------(Possiblism)------------------------------------

9. Geography in modern sense is ---(study the spatial distribution of both physical and
manmade things and phenomena on the surface of the earth)------------------------------------

10.The second stage of geographic development give attention to—(Location)----------------------

2012 E.C AMECHO WATO SECONDARY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL FIRST
SEMESTER GEOGRAPHY TEST  FOR GRADE 12

Instruction I. Choose the correct answer for the following questions

1. In geographic research, it is not easy to take total population as a study unit. So, what
technique do you use to decide your study unit? A) sampling techniques B) use of qualitative
method C) changing the research topic D) dividing the study unit among many researchers
2. Which of the following is not among the general use of research in geography? A) being
able to predict about future B) solving social and environmental problems C) narrowing
down the broad area of knowledge D) improving one’s writing, reading and thinking skills
3.Which one of the following is a secondary source of data? A) questionnaires B) interview
C) personal observation D) newspapers
4. One of the following is incorrect about non probability sampling:- A) it involves use of
lottery system B) it is more appropriate for qualitative research C) the basis of such sampling is
personal decision by the researcher D) it involves a degree of sampling bias

5. Which of the following areas of Ethiopia is well known for its fossil rich sediments? A) The
chew Bahir rift B) The Afar triangle C) The upper Ghibe valley D) The low lands of Gambella

6.Map making involves distortion of all the following except:- A)Border B) Shape C) Distance
D) Direction

7.Which of the following combination of terms used in the preparation of isoplethic maps is not
correct A) Isohyte, rainfall B) Isobar, pressure C) Isotherm, temperature D) Isodapane, altitude

8. The astronomical location of a country is expressed by:- A) using lines of latitudes and
longitudes B) in relation to the location of water bodies C) with the reference to the location
of other land masses D) in relation to the location of other countries

9.According to Ethiopian traditional classification of agro ecological zones, the term ‘woina dega
refers to an area that have ---------climate:- A) temperate B) tropical C) sub- tropical D) desert

10.Topographic maps are described as scenery maps, because they :- A) are written in block
letters B) show detail information C) show the whole parts of the earth D) are true to scale