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SS 2 History 1st Term Exam
  • 1. 1. Ibadan Ijaye war broke out between Ijaye and Ibadan over who to be made _____
A) Leaders of the Oyo refugees
B) Head of Oyo atiba
C) Political head of Ibadan land and the vassal states
D) Political head of Yoruba land
  • 2. 2. Owu-Ife war was a bloody conflict that broke out between Owu and Ife between _______ & ______
A) 1830 & 1837
B) 1821 & 1828
C) 1831 & 1838
D) 1825 & 1830
  • 3. 3. Owu-Ife war broke out barely ____ years after the collapse of Oyo empire
A) 2years
B) 5years
C) 6years
D) 4 years
  • 4. 4. 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) Ife refugees
B) Ibadan people
C) Owu refugees
D) Oyo refugees
  • 5. 5. Which of the following wars broke out in 1861?
A) Egba Dahomey
B) Ekiti parapo war
C) Ibadan-Ijaye war
D) Ijaye-Egba war
  • 6. 6. Who opposed the idea of Atibas Son succeeding his father's throne?
A) Latisosa, Balogun of Ibadanland
B) Bashorun of Old Oyo
C) Kurumi of Ijaye
D) Ibadan people
  • 7. 7. The Ekiti-parapo war was also know as _____ war
A) Kibiri
B) Kiriji
C) Kuriji
D) Oriji
  • 8. 8. The Ekiti-parapo war lasted for _____ years
A) 12
B) 14
C) 18
D) 16
  • 9. 9. The Ekiti-parapo war broke out between Ekiti people and ______ people
A) Oyo Atiba
B) Ijebu
C) Ibadan
D) Old Oyo
  • 10. 10. The third Alaafin to have ascended the throne twice was ____
A) Alafin Oranyan
B) Alaafia Ajaka
C) Alaafin Sango
D) Alaafin Abiodun
  • 11. 11. All the following are past Alaafin of Oyo except ____
A) Alaafin obalokun
B) Alaafin Ajaka
C) Alaafin Gbonjubola
D) Alaafin Abiodun
  • 12. 12. Under the early ____ rulers, the Kanem empire expanded it's influence through military conquest
A) Bornu
B) Duguwa
C) Bilala
D) Dunama
  • 13. 13. One of the notable rulers of first kanem empire was _____
A) Shehu Malik
B) Ahmad Abdullahi
C) Idris Alooma
D) Mai Dunama
  • 14. 14. The Kanem empire reached it's height of power and influence in the _____&_____ centuries
A) 11th and 12th
B) 9th and 11th
C) 13th and 15th
D) 10th and 12th
  • 15. 15. The second Bornu empire was founded in the _____ century
A) 12th
B) 15th
C) 11th
D) 14th
  • 16. 16. Mungo park was born on ______
A) July 12, 1871
B) September 11, 1771
C) November 11, 1771
D) December 13, 1871
  • 17. 17. In 1795, Mungo park was appointed as a ______
A) Publisher
B) Explorer
C) Surgeon
D) Dentist
  • 18. 18. The objective of Mungo park was to _____
A) Discover the course and development of Niger River base
B) Discover the usefulness of the river
C) Discover how the Niger River flows
D) Discover the course and termination of Niger River
  • 19. 19. 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 interior Explores in Africa
D) The explores for the termination of Niger River
  • 20. 20. Lander brothers were born in _____
A) Freetown, Sierra Leone
B) Truro, Cornwall, Germany
C) Selkirkshire, Cornwall, England
D) Truro, Cornwall England
  • 21. 21. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was a Yoruba ______
A) Linguistic, Apostle
B) Preacher, clergyman
C) Publisher, clergyman
D) Linguistic, clergyman
  • 22. 22. Ajayi Crowther was born in _____
A) Saki, Oyo State
B) Osogun, Oyo State
C) Osogbo, Osun State
D) Ogbomoso, Oyo State
  • 23. 23. Ajayi Crowther was captured with his family by ______
A) Hausa Herdsmen
B) Fulani Slave raiders
C) British
D) Fulani Traders
  • 24. 24. Fourah Bay College is a public University in the neighborhood of _____
A) Mount Vernon in Freetown, Senegal
B) Durham, Freetown, Sierra Leone
C) Mount Aurole, Angeles, California
D) Mount Aureole in Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • 25. 25. In the system of governance in kanem-borno, the Mai was responsible for making decisions regarding _____
A) How to defend the leaders
B) Foreign policy
C) Trade routes
D) Crowning of the king
  • 26. 26. The Mai's position was ______
A) Initiated
B) Adopted
C) Hereditary
D) Elected
  • 27. 27. Mungo park undertook his second expedition to Africa in the year ______
A) 1888
B) 1905
C) 1805
D) 1925
  • 28. 28. Park and most of his companions _______ while trying to escape by crossing the Niger river during expedition
A) Drowned
B) Swam
C) Summersaulted
D) Slipped
  • 29. 29. The main reason for Owu-Ife war was the hatred which Ife people had created over the years for Owu people over the usage of ______ for forced labour
A) Owu refugees
B) Oyo refugees
C) Ibadan refugees
D) Ijebu people
  • 30. 30. Owu-Ife war came to an end in the year ______
A) 1928
B) 1998
C) 1898
D) 1828
  • 31. 31. The fulani arrived during the intention of _____
A) Rearing of animals
B) Trading
C) Farming
D) Fishing
  • 32. 32. In 1886, the Ibadan forces captured the key Ekiti town of ______
A) Afon
B) Ikere
C) Oye
D) Ikire
  • 33. 33. Ekiti-parapo surrendered in the year _____
A) 1938
B) 1889
C) 1893
D) 1983
  • 34. 34. Fourah Bay College was formerly affiliated with _____
A) Beckham University
B) Durham University
C) Britain Institution
D) Delhi College
  • 35. 35. Who among the following people established islam in Kanem empire as the state religion?
A) Mai Umar
B) Ibrahim Usman
C) Mai Dunama
D) Muhammad Dunama
  • 36. 36. The capital of second Borno empire was located in the city of _____
A) Ngazargamu
B) Maiduguri
C) Nassarawa
D) Njimi
  • 37. 37. In 1795, Mungo Park was appointed as a ______
A) Optician
B) Dentist
C) Surgeon
D) Gynaecologist
  • 38. 38. Ajayi crowther was ordained as a minister in _____
A) England
B) Portugal
C) Britain
D) Germany
  • 39. 39. Who among the following were the first Europeans to reach the city of Timbuktu during their expedition?
A) Richard Lander
B) Lander Brothers
C) Mungo Park
D) Hugh Clapperton
  • 40. 40. The first black principal of the Fourah Bay College was _____
A) Elder Joseph Edward
B) Reverend Philip James
C) Reverend Edward Jones
D) Reverend Francis Jones
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