1. Study the table below showing the percentage of food output for selected African countries (2002) and answer the questions that follow:

 Country  

Land Area

(‘000 km2 )
Crops  (% 

Maize
 of    total

Cassava

 output)
Bananas
 Ghana  228
 8.4  75.4  16.2
Democ.Republic of Congo (Zaire)
 2,267  7.0 89.8  3.2
 Tanzania  884  30.7  69.3  00
 Gabon
 258  5.0 43.7  51.3 


Adapted: 2003 African Development Indicators; World Bank, Washington, DC. (pp.5; 222 – 225 ).

(a)Explain the contribution of the agricultural sector to the development of any one country given in the table.

(b)Outline the merits and demerits of using the method in (a) above.
(c)(i) Identify the dominant crop grown in the countries given in the table.
(ii)Account for the dominance of the crop identified in (c) (i) above.
(d)Draw a compound divided rectangle to portray the information given in the table.

SECTION B
2.Assess the impact of the mining industry on the environment in either Germany or the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).
3.Account for the development of the forestry in either Brazil or Sweden.
4.To what extent were physical factors responsible for the development of either New York or Mombasa into a port?
5.Account for the development of the tourism industry in either Switzerland or Egypt.

6.(a)Explain the problems faced by the agricultural sector in South-East Asia.
(b)Outline the steps being taken to solve the problems in (a) above.

7.Explain the implications of a large population size on the development of either Nigeria or China.

8.To what extent have physical factors contributed to the development of the fishing industry in either Namibia or Japan?


9.Examine the causes and effects of desertification in the Sahel region of Africa.
10.Account for the changing patterns of industrial growth in the New England region of USA.

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