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