Part I. Choose the best alternative answer
1. A country that completely surrounds another country like Lesotho in the Republic of South Africa is referred to as
A. Elongated shape country
B. Perforated shape country
C. Protruded shape country
D. Fragmented shape country
2. It 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 alone
3. Which one of the following continent is not part of Gondwanaland?
A. North America
B. South America
C. Africa
D. Australia
E. All
4. Which of the following correctly expresses Ethiopia’s absolute location?
A. 3°S-15°N & 33°W-48°E
B. 3°N – 15°N & 33°S-48°E
C. 3°E-15°E & 33°N-48°N
D. 3°N – 15°N & 33°E – 48°E
E. None
5. Which one of the following is the correct order of geological time scale unit from the smallest to the Largest?
A. Period -> Epoch -> Era -> Eon
B. Epoch -> Period -> Era -> Eon
C. Eon -> Era -> Period -> Epoch
D. Epoch -> Period -> Eon -> Era
6. The location enabling Ethiopia to experience overhead sun twice a year is because of its ____
A. Latitude
B. altitude
C. geopolitics
D. Distance from the sea
7. Which one of the following doesn’t refer to the Mesozoic era?
A. Triassic Period
B. Jurassic Period
C. Quaternary Period
D. Cretaceous Period
8. Area(Km2) – boundary (KM) ratio of Ethiopia is:
A. 210.27
B. 1.41
C. 296.61
D. 395.4
9. Ethiopia is found in the Nile basin: This can be ascribed as its ____ location
A. Astronomical
B. Relative
C. Absolute
D. Mathematical
10. Compared with its neighbors, Ethiopia has
A. The least boundary length
B. The least area- circumference ratio
C. The least boundary- circumference ratio
D. None of the above
Part II. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE for incorrect statement
11. Human have always been on ceaseless interaction with their natural environment
12 Protrude shape countries have one portion that is much more elongated than the rest of the country
13. Absolute Dating method uses geological evidence to assign comparative ages of fossils
14. Ethiopia has been exposed for external invasions in a number of times: though the country resisted foreign intervention and remains free of external domination
Part III. Match items in column “A” with best corresponding alternative listed it column “B”
Column A
15. Precambrian Era
16. Paleozoic Era
17. Jurassic Period
18. Cretaceous Period
19. Quaternary Period
20. Triassic Period
Column B
A. Adigrat Sandstone
B. Crystalline basement complex rocks
C. Hintallo Limestone
D. Pluvial Rains
E. Peneplanation and denudation
F. Upper Sandstone
