- 1. 1. All the following are effects of Slave Trade except ____
A) Cultural disruption
B) Nations growth
C) Demographic impact
D) Economic consequences
- 2. 2. All the following are origin of Slave Trade except _____
A) European expansion
B) European's migration
C) Triangular trade
D) Portuguese exploration
- 3. 3. The major Atlantic trading nations in order of trade volume were all these except _____
A) Britain
B) Portugal
C) Germany
D) Spain
- 4. 4. The slaves transported to the Americas were sold to work on all the following except _____
A) Tobacco
B) Gold and silver mines
C) Cotton plantation
D) Oil milling
- 5. 5. The first group of European travelers to reach Benin were the ____
A) German
B) Portuguese
C) Scottish
D) British
- 6. 6. One of the following is an organization of the Niger Delta States
A) NPC
B) NCNC
C) NDDC
D) ANDP
- 7. 7. Jaja of opobo was originally a ______ slave
A) Igala
B) Ebira
C) Hausa
D) Igbo
- 8. 8. Jaja of opobo Was born on ____ and died on ____
A) 1921-1981
B) 1825-1898
C) 1821-1891
D) 1931-1961
- 9. 9. Niger Delta region has historically been known for its thriving palm oil trade, the palm oil is used in many ways which include all but one
A) Coffee
B) Candle wax
C) Lubricant
D) Soap making
- 10. 10. Prior to the arrival of Europeans colonial power, palm oil production and trade in the Niger Delta were primarily conducted by _______ communities
A) Local
B) Federal
C) State
D) Central
- 11. 11. Who among the following was ordered by Olodumare to create the earth?
A) Bashorun
B) Lamurudu
C) Obatala
D) Oduduwa
- 12. 12. The present ruler of Ile-Ife is ______
A) Oba Ogundele Ayinde
B) Oba Adeyemi Ogunnusi
C) Oba Ademola Adeyinka
D) Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi
- 13. 13. Which of the following people were known for bronze sculpture?
A) Hausa people
B) Delta people
C) The Binis
D) Ife people
- 14. 14. The ________ in Nigeria is home to the Ijaws
A) Niger Delta
B) Efik town
C) Benue
D) Calabar
- 15. 15. According to the history, the ancient _____ people were the ancestors of Ijaw people
A) Orum
B) Ikot
C) Ibom
D) Oru
- 16. 16. In _______, households formerly consisted of a man, his several wives and their children
A) Calabar
B) Efik
C) Delta
D) Creek
- 17. 17. Which of the following is located in Odukpani near Calabar?
A) Henshaw town
B) Duke town
C) Efik town
D) Creek town
- 18. 18. The process of the development of a centralized government structure in a situation which one did not exist is ______
A) Geographical formation
B) State formation
C) Structural development
D) Land formation
- 19. 19. At the end of the 14th Century, the ______ empire was greatly weakened by civil strives and attacks from the Sao and Bulala people
A) Kanem
B) Kanuri
C) Ngazargamu
D) Borno
- 20. 20. All the following are factors of expansion and emergence of centralised state except _____
A) Slavery
B) Economic growth
C) Heads of power clans
D) Religion
- 21. 21. The climate of the Kanuri is typical ______
A) Sub-Saharan Savanna
B) Desert Savanna
C) Forest Savanna
D) Dense Savanna
- 22. 22. Following the climatic condition of Kanuri, the weather is always cool from _______ to ______
A) Mid-December to Mid-March
B) Early April to Mid August
C) Mid September to Early December
D) Mid January to Mid June
- 23. 23. The Kanuri are sedentary _____
A) Builder
B) Horticulturist
C) Fishers
D) Agriculturist
- 24. 24. The Igbo people can be found in all the following States except _____
A) Abia
B) Anambra
C) Enugu
D) Adamawa
- 25. 25. Owu-Ife war was a bloody conflict that broke out between Owu and Ife between _______ & ______
A) 1825 & 1830
B) 1821 & 1828
C) 1830 & 1837
D) 1831 & 1838
- 26. 26. Owu-Ife war broke out barely ____ years after the collapse of Oyo empire
A) 4 years
B) 6years
C) 2years
D) 5years
- 27. 27. The main reason for the conflict was the hatred which the Ife people had created over the years for Owu people over latter's policy of using _______ for forced labour and selling them off as slaves
A) Oyo refugees
B) Owu refugees
C) Ife refugees
D) Ibadan people
- 28. 28. Which of the following wars broke out in 1861?
A) Ijaye-Egba war
B) Egba Dahomey
C) Ekiti parapo war
D) Ibadan-Ijaye war
- 29. 29. Who opposed the idea of Atibas Son succeeding his father's throne?
A) Ibadan people
B) Bashorun of Old Oyo
C) Kurumi of Ijaye
D) Latisosa, Balogun of Ibadanland
- 30. 30. The Ekiti-parapo war was also know as _____ war
A) Kiriji
B) Oriji
C) Kibiri
D) Kuriji
- 31. 31. The Ekiti-parapo war lasted for _____ years
A) 18
B) 16
C) 12
D) 14
- 32. 32. The Ekiti-parapo war broke out between Ekiti people and ______ people
A) Ijebu
B) Old Oyo
C) Oyo Atiba
D) Ibadan
- 33. 33. The origin of the Oyo empire lies with _____
A) Bashorun
B) Oduduwa
C) Oranyan
D) Obatala
- 34. 34. Oranmiyan made an agreement with his brothers to launch a punitive raid on their ______ for _______
A) The palace chiefs for disrespecting their father, oduduwa
B) The Kings makers for crowning the wrong person
C) Northern neighbors for insulting their father, Odudua
D) Northern friends for entering the palace
- 35. 35. The third Alaafin to have ascended the throne twice was ____
A) Alaafin Abiodun
B) Alaafin Sango
C) Alaafia Ajaka
D) Alafin Oranyan
- 36. 36. All the following are past Alaafin of Oyo except ____
A) Alaafin Ajaka
B) Alaafin Abiodun
C) Alaafin Gbonjubola
D) Alaafin obalokun
- 37. 37. Under the early ____ rulers, the Kanem empire expanded it's influence through military conquest
A) Duguwa
B) Bilala
C) Dunama
D) Bornu
- 38. 38. One of the notable rulers of first kanem empire was _____
A) Idris Alooma
B) Mai Dunama
C) Shehu Malik
D) Ahmad Abdullahi
- 39. 39. The Kanem empire reached it's height of power and influence in the _____&_____ centuries
A) 10th and 12th
B) 13th and 15th
C) 9th and 11th
D) 11th and 12th
- 40. 40. The second Bornu empire was founded in the _____ century
A) 14th
B) 12th
C) 11th
D) 15th
- 41. 41. Mungo park was a _____
A) European explorer
B) American explorer
C) Scottish explorer
D) Scottish traveler
- 42. 42. Mungo park was born on ______
A) December 13, 1871
B) July 12, 1871
C) November 11, 1771
D) September 11, 1771
- 43. 43. In 1795, Mungo park was appointed as a ______
A) Explorer
B) Dentist
C) Surgeon
D) Publisher
- 44. 44. The objective of Mungo park was to _____
A) Discover the course and termination of Niger River
B) Discover the usefulness of the river
C) Discover how the Niger River flows
D) Discover the course and development of Niger River base
- 45. 45. Park published an account of his travels titled. ______
A) Travels in the interior Districts of Africa
B) Explores in the Districts of Niger River
C) The explores for the termination of Niger River
D) The interior Explores in Africa
- 46. 46. Lander brothers were born in _____
A) Selkirkshire, Cornwall, England
B) Truro, Cornwall England
C) Freetown, Sierra Leone
D) Truro, Cornwall, Germany
- 47. 47. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was a Yoruba ______
A) Linguistic, clergyman
B) Preacher, clergyman
C) Publisher, clergyman
D) Linguistic, Apostle
- 48. 48. Ajayi Crowther was born in _____
A) Saki, Oyo State
B) Ogbomoso, Oyo State
C) Osogun, Oyo State
D) Osogbo, Osun State
- 49. 49. Ajayi Crowther was captured with his family by ______
A) Hausa Herdsmen
B) British
C) Fulani Traders
D) Fulani Slave raiders
- 50. 50. Fourah Bay College is a public University in the neighborhood of _____
A) Mount Vernon in Freetown, Senegal
B) Mount Aureole in Freetown, Sierra Leone
C) Mount Aurole, Angeles, California
D) Durham, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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