Most discovery in the Eastern and Western Era are usually within the …….. and ……..
- A. Zimbezi and and limpopo period
- B. Zambezi and Limpopo period
- C. limpopo and the period of the primitives
- D. the primitive period
Sierra Leone owes its name to the 15th century
- A. British
- B. France
- C. Portuguese
- D. Spanish
Murtala Muhammed created 19 states out of ______ in he year
- A. 1967
- B. 1986
- C. 1976
- D. 1987
One of these is a regional language of the Omani Empire?
- A. English
- B. Sweden
- C. Arabic
- D. Portuguese
The system the colonialists introduced in Nigeria to administer their function was regarded as?
- A. Indirect rule
- B. direct rule
- C. policy of assimilation
- D. policy of association
Which of the following formalized colonial penetration into Africa?
- A. Brussel Conference
- B. Paris Treaty
- C. Berlin conference
- D. Treaty of Versale
All of these except one are the motives of the Britain for colonizing Africa during the imperialism?
- A. political and military interest
- B. social interest
- C. humanitarian and religious goal
- D. economic interest
The office of the prime minsiter was first created by the
- A. London constitutional conference of 1957
- B. London constitutional conference of 1953
- C. London constitutional conference of 1958
- D. Ibadan constitutional conference of 1950
who was the greatest ruler in the Kanem Borno empire?
- A. Mai Njimi Balongo
- B. Mai Dunama Dibbalemi
- C. Mai Vincent Hiribarren
- D. Mai Gazargamo
By the issuing the declaration of Independence, the then continental congress was changed to _____
- A. France
- B. USA
- C. Germany
- D. Russia
Sierria Leone and Liberia were founded in what year _______ and _______ respectively
- A. 1787 and 1824
- B. 1824 and 1787
- C. 1856 and 1926
- D. 1926 and 1856
The Igbo’s active resistance to British colonial rule is particaularly because of the
- A. maladministration of the British indirect rule policy
- B. regressive taxation of their society
- C. egalitarian nature of their society
- D. impression that British officials favoured the Northers
The Nationalist organization formed in Nigeria in the late 1930s was the
- A. National Council of Nigeria and the Cameeroons
- B. Action Group
- C. Nigerian Youth Movement
- D. Nigeria National Democratic Party
The division of Sokoto caliphates into emirates is due to ________
- A. the autocratic rule of Dan Fodio
- B. economical factors
- C. geographical reason
- D. Jihad war
All of these are independent Hausa city states in Nigeria except
- A. Kano
- B. Daura
- C. Katsina
- D. Kebbi
The most important conquest of Umar was that they establish the __________
- A. Timbuktu
- B. Bambara
- C. Tijaniyah
- D. Djallon
The system of government in the Benin pre colonial system of government is __________
- A. Unitary
- B. Monarchy
- C. Parliamentary
- D. Presidential
The indirect rule system succeeded in Huasa/Fulani society because the
- A. society has only one region
- B. people were practicing anarchy
- C. people receive Islamic education
- D. existing administration favored the system.
Imperialism was adopted by Europeans to
- A. develop the economies of the colonies
- B. expand its economy and political base
- C. establish a democratic society similar to that of Europe
- D. end ethnic rivalry in the colonies
The Ogboni cult in the Yoruba pre colonial Adminstration played the role of
- A. The Judiciary
- B. The legislature
- C. The Executive
- D. Police
The method that was used by the Europeans to control the admininstration of the Southern Nigeria was
- A. Assimilation
- B. Divide and Rule
- C. Persuasion
- D. Trade concession