Geography Mid Exam – Hawassa University
PART I. WRITE “TRUE” IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT AND “FALSE” FOR
INCORRECT STATEMENT
- REGION REFERS TO THE PHYSICAL AND HUMAN ASPECTS OF A GIVEN AREA
- CHRONOLOGICALLY, GEOLOGICAL EONS CLUMPED TOGETHER INTO LARGER UNITS
CALLED ERAS - ABSOLUTE DATING USES GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE TO ASSIGN RELATIVE AGES OF
FOSSILS AND ROCKS - DEPENDENCY RELATES TO HOW HUMANS MODIFY THEMSELVES, THEIR LIFESTYLES
AND THEIR BEHAVIOR - RELATIVE LOCATION TRIES TO SHOW THE LOCATION OF A PLACE USING LATITUDE
AND LONGITUDE VALUE
PART II. MATCH ITEMS IN COLUMN “A” WITH BEST CORRESPONDING ALTERNATIVE
LISTED IN COLUMN “B”
COLUMN “A” - GEOLOGICAL FOLDING
- CENOZOIC ERA
- MESOZOIC ERA
- PALEOZOIC ERA
- PRECAMBRIAN ERA
COLUMN “B”
A. EXOGENIC PROCESS
B. ADIGRAT SANDSTONE
C. FORMATION OF RIFT VALLEY
D. DENUDATION AND PENEPLANATION
E. BASEMENT COMPLEX ROCK
F. ENDOGENIC PROCESS
PART III. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE GIVEN ALTERNATIVES - ETHIOPIA IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECIPIENTS OF THE MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS
DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO THE MIDDLE EAST, WHICH WAS THE ORIGIN OF THESE
RELIGIONS. THIS STATEMENT REFERS TO
A. PLACE
B. LOCATION
C. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
D. REGION
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE - WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHAPE OF A COUNTRY IS EASIER FOR DEFENSE AND
SOCIOECONOMIC INTEGRATION?
A. ELONGATED SHAPE COUNTRIES
B. FRAGMENTED SHAPE COUNTRIES
C. PERFORATED SHAPE COUNTRIES|
D. PROTRUDE SHAPE COUNTRIES
E. COMPACT SHAPE COUNTRIES - WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A PRINCIPAL EVIDENCE OF ALFRED WEGENER’S
CONTINENTAL HYPOTHESIS
A. FIT OF THE CONTINENT
B. MATCH OF MOUNTAIN BELTS & ROCK TYPES
C. DISTRIBUTION OF FOSSILS
D. PALEOCLIMATES
E. ARRANGEMENT OF THE PLANETS - WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS CORRECT ABOUT GEOGRAPHY?
A. IT FOCUSES ON EARTH’S FORMATION
B. IT DEALS ON THE INNER PART OF THE EARTH
C. IT EXPLAINS ABOUT THE SPACE MATERIALS
D. IT DEALS ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH
E. IT FOCUSES ON THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF FEATURES - WHICH IS AN ESSENTIAL THEME OF GEOGRAPHY WHICH ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE
POSITION OF PLACES
A. LOCATION
B. MOVEMENT
C. REGION
D. HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
E. PLACE - __ IS THE WAY OF HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION THAT RELATES TO HOW
HUMANS ADJUST THEMSELVES, THEIR LIFESTYLES AND THEIR BEHAVIOR TO LIVE IN A
NEW ENVIRONMENT WITH NEW CHALLENGES
A. ADAPTATION
B. MODIFICATION
C. DEPENDENCY
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE - __ IS A TYPE OF REGION THAT IS DELINEATED BY COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF
PEOPLES
A. PERCEPTUAL REGION
B. FUNCTIONAL REGION
C. NONE OF THE ABOVE
D. FORMAL REGION - ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CAN BE ADVANTAGES OF LARGENESS OF THE COUNTRIES’
SIZE. EXCEPT?
A. POSSESSING LARGE AGRO-ECOLOGY
B. OWNING EXTENSIVE ARABLE LAND
C. SUITABILITY FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
D. SUPPORTING LARGE POPULATION - ALL ARE THE GEOLOGIC ACTIVITIES OF CENOZOIC ERA EXCEPT
A. PENEPLANATION OF THE SURFACE
B. VOLCANISM AND DEPOSITION
C. FORMATION OF THE RIFT VALLEY
D. UPLIFTING OF THE ARAB-ETHIOPIAN LANDMASS
E. NONE - WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CORRECTLY EXPRESSES ETHIOPIA’S ABSOLUTE
LOCATION?
A. 3°S – 15°N & 33°W – 48°E
B. 3°E – 15°E & 33°N – 48°N
C. 3°N – 15°N & 33°S – 48°E
D. 3°N – 15°N & 33°E – 48°E
E. NONE
