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Mid Term Geography Exam For Form Two Students January 2016

This document is a mid-term exam for Form two students in geography. It contains multiple choice and structured questions testing students' knowledge of key geography concepts relating to Somaliland. The exam has three parts - multiple choice questions, fill in the blank questions identifying different types of atlas maps, and structured questions about Somaliland's climate, environment, government structure, agriculture, and map features. It aims to evaluate students' understanding of Somaliland's physical geography, human geography, and map reading skills.

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Mid Term Geography Exam For Form Two Students January 2016

This document is a mid-term exam for Form two students in geography. It contains multiple choice and structured questions testing students' knowledge of key geography concepts relating to Somaliland. The exam has three parts - multiple choice questions, fill in the blank questions identifying different types of atlas maps, and structured questions about Somaliland's climate, environment, government structure, agriculture, and map features. It aims to evaluate students' understanding of Somaliland's physical geography, human geography, and map reading skills.

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Mid-term exam for Form two students

Total marks

Name: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class: ---- No: ----

Part One: Multiple Choice Questions (12 marks)


Circle the correct answer ONLY.

1. A map has a scale of 1cm to 0.5km. Therefore 4cm on the map is:
a. 2 km on the ground
b. 6 km on the ground
c. 3 km on the ground
d. 4 km on the ground

2. The hottest months in Somaliland when the sun is overhead are:


a. January and June.
b. December and January.
c. April and August.
d. July and December.

3. The total area of the Republic of Somaliland is 137, 600sqkms, and the population
of Somaliland is estimated 3.85 million in 2009, therefore the population density of
Somaliland is
a. 28 people/km2
b. 31 people/km2
c. 25 people/km2
d. 10 people/km2

4. To preserve your environment means to


a. Protect your natural resource from destruction, loss or wastage.
b. Make effective planning and control from the processes that can harm it.
c. Plant more trees
d. To over use the natural resource.

5. Somaliland is located ---------------------- of the equator.


a. North
b. South
c. East
d. West

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6. Which of the following is the principal port town of Somaliland
a. Hargeisa
b. Burco
c. Borama
d. Berbera
7. The topographical zone of Somaliland which has high temperature and low rainfall is
a. coastal plain
b. coastal range
c. plateau
d. mountainous regions1
8. Name the type of this scale 1: 500 000
a. statement scale
b. linear scale
c. representative fraction
d. small scale
9. All of the following are the physical environments EXCEPT.
a. soil
b. mineral
c. water
d. farms
10. The overage daily temperature in Somaliland is
a. 25℃ to 35 ℃
b. 30 ℃ to 70 C
c. 49 ℃ to 60 ℃
d. 30℃ to 40℃
11. The representation of a piece or whole of the earth’s surface on a flat surface like a
sheet of paper or a board.
a. Picture
b. Map
c. Area
d. Geoid

12. All of the following are the characteristics of a good sketch map EXCEPT.
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a. Title
b. Neatness and clarity

c. attraction
d. Compass direction

Part Two: Fill in the empty spaces. (10 marks)

Write the right type of atlas map in the blank spaces.

1. ----------------------------------------- concentrate on aspects of relief.

2. -------------------- shows the information on temperature, rainfall and atmosphere.

3. -------------------- show political divisions such countries, provinces and districts.

4. ----------------------------------- shows the distribution of human activities.

5. ---------------------- shows the distribution of the population on the earth’s surface.

Part Two: Structured Questions. (18 marks)


Answer all the following questions in the space provided.

1. Somalilanders recognize four seasons in the year. (4 marks)

Complete the following table with the months each season consists of

1. Spring

2. Summer

3. Autumn

4. Winter

2.

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a. What is an “Environment”? (1 marks)

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b. List two human environments that are found on the earth’s surface. (1 marks)

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3. Name the three branches that the administrative structure of Somaliland consists of?
(3 marks)
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4. What is the total annual rainfall of Somaliland? (1 marks)

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5. What is the difference between plan and a picture? (2 marks)

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6. State the three ways in which map scales are expressed. (3 marks)
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7. Name the official currency of Somaliland. (1 marks)

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8. List three cereal crops that are cultivated in Somaliland (2 marks)


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GOOD LUCK

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