Ifa Boru Lege Debosecondary school, Geography final exam (Night program) for grade 9th first

semester 2016 E.C.Time allowed:40min

I. Write true if the statement is correct and false if it is incorrect on the answer sheet.
1. Geology studies the distribution of landforms and the forces that change them.
2. Vicinal location can be shows the location of a country in relation to neighboring countries.
3. During Cretaceous period, the landmass sank due to the internal forces.
4. Weather refers to the condition of atmosphere in terms of all elements of weather and
climate over a short period of time.
5. Ethiopia is a landlocked country that is surrounded by seven neighboring countries.
6. Ethiopia is found to the southeast of the Mediterranean Sea.
7. Ethiopia is the ninth largest country in Africa, with a total area of 1,106,000 km2.
8. Scope refers to the content (how broad or narrow) of the field of study of a given discipline
subjects.
9. Physical geography studies the distribution of the natural features of the world, such as
climate, landforms, soil &vegetation.
10. Climatology studies the factors that create the climate and examines the variation and
distribution of climate and related causes and effects.
11. Relative location refers to the position of a place in relation to the location of other
geographic features.
12. Strategic location is also called natural or global location.

II. Matching items in column ‘A’ with items of column ‘B’ (1.5 each).
A B
13. Phytogeography A.
14. Zoogeography B.
15. Soil Geography C.
16. Cultural Geography D.
17. Biogeography E.
18. Atmosphere F.
19. Geomorphology G.
20. Population Geography H.

III. Choose the best answer for the given alternatives.

21. What are the two main branches of geography?
A. Economic and political geography B.Cultural and physical geography
C. Meteorology and climatology D. Human and Physical geography
22. Who is considered the Father of Geography?

A. Hippocrates B. Euclid C.Socrates D.Eratosthenes

23. All are the advantages of Ethiopia’s large size in its boundary except one, which is?

A. possess a large amount of arable land B.Have a great variety of mineral resources
C.Be the home of diverse ethnic groups. D.Have a large army to protect its sovereignty
24. Which one of the following is not an element of weather and climate?
A. Humidity. B. Cloud cover. C. Sunshine. D. Latitude
25. The short term state of atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation and wind is?A.
Climate B. Cloud cover C. Rain fall D . Weather
Answer sheet
Name: ---------------------------------Grade & Section-------------------Roll No--------
TRUE/FALSE MATCHING CHOICE
1. 13. 21.
2. 14. 22.
3. 15. 23.
4. 16. 24.
5. 17. 25.
6. 18.
7. 19.
8. 20.
9. 21.
10.
11.
12.
Ifa Boru Lege Debo secondary school, Geography final exam(Night program) for grade 10 th first semester 2016
E.C.

I. Write true if the statement is correct and false if it is incorrect on the answer sheet.
1. Mountains and plateaus are widely distributed on the earth’s surface.
2. A Type of landform which is high ground but lower than a mountain is called plains.
3. The semi-arid grassland of the Sahel has a natural pasture with low-growing grass and tall
herbaceous perennials.
4. The Rift Valley of East Africa was formed by normal folding.
5. An island is a piece of ground that is completely surrounded by water bodies.
6. Tropical rainforest is mostly dominated by different types of flora and fauna.
7. There is very low angle of the sun in tropical zone.
8. Ancient Greek divides the earth in to three climatic region based on temperature and precipitation.
9. Temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
10. Tropical desert climate is characterized by high mean annual temperature and high daily range
temperature.
II. Matching items in column ‘A’ with items of column ‘B’ (1.5 each).
AB
11. PlateausA. The smallest Ocean
12. PlainB. The smallest Continent
13. Equatorial RainforestC. Flat lowland area
14. Kalahari DesertD. Higher ground but flat on top
15. Namib Desert E.A desert region which cover a part of Botswana
16. Asia F.A desert region which cover a part Namibia
17. Oceania G.Largest Continent
18. Arctic H.Dominated by Broadleaf evergreen trees
19. Elements of climate. I. Drought
20. Controls of climate. J. Altitude
21. Cause of climate change. K. Cloud cover
22. Consequences of climate change. L. Deforestation
III. Choose the best answer for the given alternatives.
23. In which of the major landforms of Africa are many of the national parks found?
A.Northern Africa B.Southern Africa C.Central Africa D. Western Africa
24. Which one of the following is a minor landforms of Africa? A.Mountain B.Hills C.Plains D.plateaus
25. Which one of the following is difference from the other?
A.Atlas Mountain B.Sahara C. Sahel D.Savanna

26. Which one of the following countries are not a part of Sahel region?
A.Chad B.Libya C.Egypt D.Angola
27. Hot desert region consists of the ___& ___ A. Sahara and NamibB. Kalahari andSahara C. Sahara
and Sahel D. All
28. All are the main characteristics of equatorial climatic region except? A. High temperature B.
Heavy cloud cover C. High humidityD. Dominated orographic type of rain fall
29. Which one of the following factors most affects the climate of East Africa?
A. Latitude. B. Altitude. C. Ocean current. D. Wind

V. Give short answer for the following questions

30. List at least five (5) major elements of climate and weather in Africa.
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Iv. Fill the blank space.
31. Temperature decrease with altitude at an average rate of 6.4°C per 1000m. This change is
called________________.
32. ____ climatic region fringes the desert areas and include the greater part of the land South
of the Zambezi.
33. Mediterranean climate type is located in the ___________and ______________ Africa.
V. Give short answer for
34. List at least five (5) major types and zones of climate in Africa.
35. Write the two system of climate classification of the world.
36. List and explain a factors that controls the climate of Africa.

Answer sheet
Name: ---------------------------------Grade & Section-------------------Roll No--------

I. TRUE/FALSE II. MATCHIN III. CHOICE IV. BLANK SPACE

G
1. 12. 23. 35.
2. 13. 24. 36.
3. 14. 25. 37.
4. 15. 26. V. short answer
5. 16. 27. 38.
6. 17. 28. a.
7. 18. 29. b.
8. 19. 30. c.
9. 20. 31. d.
10. 21. 32. e.
11. 22. 33. 39.
34. a.
b.

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Ifa Boru Lege Debo secondary school, Geography final exam for grade 11th first semester 2016 E.C.

I. Write true if the statement is correct and false if it is incorrect on the answer sheet.
1. The genetical climate classification system is a classification system that uses data input to
calculatethe climatic type based on specified class boundaries.
2. Dry semi-arid is a true arid climate dominated by xerophytes vegetation that covers 12% of
the earth’s land surface.
3. Wurch refers to an Alpine climate found at elevations greater than 3,300 meters above sea
level.
4. Koppen’s climate classification system has become the most extensively utilized system in
modern times.
5. Ethiopia’s local climate classification is based on height, temperature, and growingseasonal
length.
6. Tropical wet region is found along the equator between 60N and 60S.
II.Matching items in column ‘A’ with items of column ‘B’ (1.5 each).
AB
7. Tropical climate A.All months have an average temperature above 18o C
8. Dry Climate B. It has a deficient precipitation most of the year.
9. Polar Climate C. Extremely cold winters and summers.
10. Kolla D.located between 1500 -2300m a.m.s.l
11. Woina-DegaE.located between 2300 and 3300m a.m.s.l
12. Dega F.located between 500-1500m a.m.s.l
13. Meso-thermal G.The average temperature of the warmest month exceeds 500F
14. Micro-thermal H.The average temperature of the coldest month is below 640 F
15. Population growth rate in MDCs are higher than in LDCs.
16. Migration has direct impact on global population.
17. The denominator of GFR includes all number of population.
18. Population distribution in the world even at everywhere.

II. Choose the best answer for the given alternatives.

19. -------is an average of weather conditions in a place over a long period of time above 30 years or
more.
A.Weather B.Temperature C.Climate D.Wind
20. From the following, all are the main characteristics of Dry climate (B) except one which is?
A.lack of precipitation B.lack of temperature C.lack of rainfall D.located in trade wind
belts
21. --------- is located between 300-550both north and south latitudes respectively.
A. Mid-latitude desert (BWK) and Steppe (BSk) B.Mid-latitude wet region C.Mid-latitude
winter dry (Cw and Dw) D.Mid-latitude summer dry (Cs)
22. Which one the following are the main factors that control the climate of world?
A.Temperature B.latitude C.humidity D.air pressure
23. -------------is characterized by a land surface permanently covered with snow and ice.
A.polar ice cap (EF) B.polar tundra (ET) C.Polar Climate (E) D.Cw Climate
24. ---------refers to a tropical environment with year-round precipitation.
A.Tropical monsoon climate (Am) B. Equatorial rainforest climate (Af)
C.Tropical wet and dry D.Dry climate (B)
25. Which one of the following is unique? A. Migration. B. Mortality. C. Fertility.
D. Live birth
26. From the following countries, all are a highest number of populations except one?
A. India. B. DRC. C. Pakistan. D. German.
27. ________ refers to the size, composition, spatial distribution and changes of population
across time. A. Fertility. B. Geography. C. Population Geography. D.
Sociology

28. Which one is not the most measures of fertility?A. TFR B. CBR C. GRR
D. CBR
29. Which one of the following is not the factors of fertility distribution?
A. Age of marriage. B. Status of women. C. Sex preference. D. Political factors.
30. Which the following is not the main cause of high mortality?
 A. Standard of living B. Nutrition C. ersonal hygiene D. GDP
III. Fill the black space.
31. ________ refers to the movement of people from one place to another place.
32. ________ is the number of deaths of infants under the age of one year per 1000 live births in
a given year.
33. The actual occurrence of live births in a given population is called___________.

V. Work out.
34. The estimated mid-year population of a given country in 2006 was 300,000 of which women
in their reproductive age constituted 25% and a number of live birth was 15,000. Find
GFR.
35. If in 2016 the number of live births in population of 60,000,000 was 300,000. Calculate
CBR.
VI. Based on the table given below calculate TFR and GRR.
Age group 2022 births 2022 female population 2022 Female births
15-19 15,000 190,000 7,000
20-24 22,000 120,000 14,000
25-29 23,000 250,000 12,500
30-34 20,000 182,000 9,800
35-39 12,000 195,000 7,000
40-44 6,500 250,000 3,600
45-49 3500 170,000 1,700
Total
A.TFR:
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B.GRR:
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sheet
Name: ---------------------------------Grade & Section-------------------Roll No--------
TRUE/FALSE MATCHING CHOICE BLANK SPACE
1. 12. 24. 31.
2. 13. 25. 32.
3. 14. 26. 33.
4. 15. 27. 34.
5. 16. 28. 35.
6. 17. 29.
7. 18. 30.
8. 19.
9. 20.
10. 21.
11. 22.
23.