Geography revision notes

WAEC and JAMB · SS2 and SS3 · 8 topics

Every topic below is written for the WAEC and JAMB syllabus: what you need to know, the key terms, a worked example with the steps shown, and the mistake that costs candidates the mark.

• Map Reading, Scale and Interpretation Map work is the compulsory first question in WAEC Geography Paper 2, and it is the easiest full marks on the…
• The Earth, Its Motions and Time This topic supplies the calculation questions in Geography Paper 1 and a steady structured question on…
• Rocks, Weathering and Landforms Examiners combine rock types with the processes that wear them down and the landforms that result, usually in…
• Weather, Climate and Vegetation Belts This is the most frequently examined physical geography topic in WAEC, and it links directly to agriculture…
• Population and Settlement Population is the easiest place in Paper 2 to pick up full marks because the answers are factual and the…
• Nigeria: Relief, Drainage and Resources This is a pure recall topic and it is free marks for anyone who has learned the map of Nigeria properly. WAEC…
• Economic Geography of Nigeria This topic rewards figures and named places. Examiners want you to explain why an activity is where it is…
• Statistical and Graphical Methods WAEC gives you a table of figures and asks you to draw the right diagram, and the biggest single mark loss is…