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AIC History 1st Term Exam for SS 1
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  • 1. Binni____ was the capital of Bornu kingdom.
A) Garza
B) Ngazargamu
C) Kanem
D) Kebbi
  • 2. Jihad means____
A) fight for power
B) holy war
C) coup detat
D) conflict
  • 3. Who led the Fulani jihadist in Borno?
A) Ardo Lerima
B) Ibrahim Zaki
C) Rabiu Az-Zubayr
D) Usman Dàn Fodio
  • 4. These except ___ led to the fall of the Oyo empire
A) Weak leadership
B) Size of the empire
C) Slave trade
D) Constitutional crises
  • 5. The first king of the Oyo empire was___
A) Afonja
B) Lamurudu
C) Oranmiyan
D) Oduduwa
  • 6. One of these is a consequence of the fall of the Oyo empire
A) It led to conflicts among tribes
B) It made the people love themselves more
C) It led to the development of a new system of government
D) It produced more warriors
  • 7. ____was the first part of Nigeria to become a British colony
A) Lagos
B) Abuja
C) Imo
D) Oyo
  • 8. What happened when Europeans came to Nigeria?
A) They helped to develop Nigeria
B) They established slave trade.
C) They provided food for Nigerians
D) They employed Nigerian citizens
  • 9. During European exploration in Africa, Captain Lugard was appointed to conquer_____territory
A) Northern
B) Southern
C) Western
D) Eastern
  • 10. Niger Delta is in the____part of Nigeria?
A) Southern
B) Western
C) Northern
D) Eastern
  • 11. Why did the then Aare-ona Kakanfo,Afonja rebel against Oyo empire?
A) He was fighting for his rights.
B) Because he was sent away from the town when he lost at war.
C) He wanted to gain power
D) He promised to kill the Alaafin
  • 12. What was the Aare-ona Kakanfo expected to do if the army suffer any defeat?
A) He should go for more battles
B) He should become the king
C) He should kill a ram
D) He should commit suicide
  • 13. In the pre-colonial political system of Oyo empire,the Alaafin could only appear___times a year
A) 2
B) 1
C) 5
D) 3
  • 14. The Oyomesi were____
A) workers in the palace
B) the armed forces
C) the hereditary king makers
D) the group of friends
  • 15. ____was the leader of the Oyomesi?
A) Dogari
B) Afonja
C) Waziri
D) Bashorun
  • 16. The site where Oranmiyan stopped and dominated is called_____
A) Ile-Ife
B) Ajaka
C) Lamurudu
D) Bussa
  • 17. ____involved the transportation of enslaved Africans by slave traders, mainly to the Americas.
A) Slave raids
B) Human trafficking
C) Atlantic slave trade
D) War
  • 18. The vast majority of those who were enslaved and transported in the transatlantic slave trade were people from Central and______
A) North East
B) West Africa
C) North West
D) South western
  • 19. One of these is a consequence of the atlantic slave trade.
A) Millions of people died.
B) It fostered good relationship.
C) It brought about development.
D) It increased unity.
  • 20. African slaves and their future offsprings were referred to as the legal_____of their owners.
A) companies
B) liabilities
C) properties
D) human beings
  • 21. Lagos was said to be founded by____army.
A) Imo
B) Benin
C) Borno
D) Jos
  • 22. The documented history of Oyo empire began when____came from Ile-Ife.
A) Ladigbolu
B) Oranmiyan
C) Oduduwa
D) Lamurudu
  • 23. The Oyo empire was a powerful Yoruba empire of the_____Africa.
A) South
B) West
C) North
D) East
  • 24. The Aremo was the___of the ruling Alaafin.
A) eldest daughter
B) youngest son
C) eldest son
D) youngest daughter
  • 25. All except one are factors responsible for the collapse of the old Oyo empire.
A) Change of government
B) Constitutional crises
C) Slave trade
D) Size of the empire
  • 26. The first Oni of Ife was___
A) Oduduwa
B) Afonja
C) Lamurudu
D) Apinni
  • 27. The first king of the Oyo empire was____
A) Atoyebi
B) Lamurudu
C) Kanem
D) Oranmiyan
  • 28. The history of Yoruba people began in___
A) Ibadan
B) Ile-Ife
C) Owu
D) Lagos
  • 29. Who did the Edo people invite to become their king?
A) Kanem-Bornu
B) Usman Dan Fodio
C) Oranmiyan
D) Eware
  • 30. The first Africans kidnapped to the English colonies were classified as____
A) European masters
B) British citizens
C) Indentured servants
D) Independent bodies
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