THE INITIATIVE OF JOSEPH ADU BOBI(JAB)

MIDSEM TRIAL QUESTIONS ON HUMAN AND REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

JOSEPH ADU BOBI FOR GEOSA

PRESIDENT ‘19
“your success is my chief priority”

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ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

SECTION A
Q1. August Maitzen distinguished between rural settlement into what he called …………………………
and……………………………………………………

ANS: Einzenholf and Haufendoulf

Q2. Seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and livestock areas is known
as……………………………………….?

ANS: Transhumance

Q3.Von Thunen model was first proposed in ……………………………………in a book titled………………………?

ANS: 1826 ,the Isolated state

Q4.What is Watling …………………………………………………………………………………………………?

ANS : Is a basket making technique that is applied to the house building process
Q5. Provide the models develop by the following scholars;

a)Gordon Childe …………………………………………………….. ANS: urban revolution model

b)Robert Redfield …………………………………………………ANS: folk urban continuous model

6. What was the view of A.J Toynbee regarding evolution of towns…………………………………………?

ANS: He hypothesized that cities develop because of particular favorable physical condition existing in
the middle latitude.

7. Differentiate between drubble and wailer

ANS: drubble could be a rural settlement with 5-10 houses whilst a weiller could have the
characteristics of a villa.

8. When was the first nuclear powered ship launched ………………………..?

ANS: 1958

9. The first space flight however took place on ………………………by a Russian cosmonaut called….

ANS: April 12, 1961 by Yuri Gagarin with the vestok 1

10. Why is the distance to the market a crucial factor?

ANS: because, each crop has a unique transportation cost

11. Why is it difficult to know how the earliest shelters and camps looked like……………?

ANS: because, they were made up of perishable materials

12. The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowlands areas is known as………….?

ANS: transhumance

13. The earliest form of plant cultivation was……………………………………?

ANS: Vegetative planting

14. Agriculture originated from WHEN humans …………………………….and ……………………………?

ANS: domesticated plants and animals

15. Plant cultivation apparently evolved from ………………………and……………………………

18. What is automation?

SECTION B
16. What is market gardening?

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17. Why were paddle wheel confined to river travel?

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18. Why were historians unable to determine when the first vessel was set afloat on a water body?

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19. Briefly explain the notion of concept of complementarity in relation to transportation

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20. Explain briefly the concept of intervening opportunities in relation to transportation development

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GOOD LUCK

JOSEPH ADU BOBI(JAB) FOR GEOSA PRESIDENT ‘19

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT