- 1. 1. All the following are effects of Slave Trade except ____
A) Demographic impact
B) Nations growth
C) Cultural disruption
D) Economic consequences
- 2. 2. All the following are origin of Slave Trade except _____
A) Triangular trade
B) Portuguese exploration
C) European expansion
D) European's migration
- 3. 3. The major Atlantic trading nations in order of trade volume were all these except _____
A) Germany
B) Britain
C) Spain
D) Portugal
- 4. 4. The slaves transported to the Americas were sold to work on all the following except _____
A) Gold and silver mines
B) Oil milling
C) Tobacco
D) Cotton plantation
- 5. 5. The first group of European travelers to reach Benin were the ____
A) Portuguese
B) German
C) Scottish
D) British
- 6. 6. One of the following is an organization of the Niger Delta States
A) NDDC
B) NPC
C) NCNC
D) ANDP
- 7. 7. Jaja of opobo was originally a ______ slave
A) Hausa
B) Igala
C) Igbo
D) Ebira
- 8. 8. Jaja of opobo Was born on ____ and died on ____
A) 1931-1961
B) 1825-1898
C) 1821-1891
D) 1921-1981
- 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) Candle wax
B) Coffee
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) Central
D) State
- 11. 11. Who among the following was ordered by Olodumare to create the earth?
A) Obatala
B) Lamurudu
C) Bashorun
D) Oduduwa
- 12. 12. The present ruler of Ile-Ife is ______
A) Oba Adeyemi Ogunnusi
B) Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi
C) Oba Ogundele Ayinde
D) Oba Ademola Adeyinka
- 13. 13. Which of the following people were known for bronze sculpture?
A) The Binis
B) Ife people
C) Hausa people
D) Delta people
- 14. 14. The ________ in Nigeria is home to the Ijaws
A) Efik town
B) Calabar
C) Niger Delta
D) Benue
- 15. 15. According to the history, the ancient _____ people were the ancestors of Ijaw people
A) Orum
B) Oru
C) Ibom
D) Ikot
- 16. 16. In _______, households formerly consisted of a man, his several wives and their children
A) Creek
B) Calabar
C) Efik
D) Delta
- 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) Land formation
C) Structural development
D) State 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) Borno
C) Ngazargamu
D) Kanuri
- 20. 20. All the following are factors of expansion and emergence of centralised state except _____
A) Economic growth
B) Slavery
C) Heads of power clans
D) Religion
- 21. 21. The climate of the Kanuri is typical ______
A) Desert Savanna
B) Forest Savanna
C) Dense Savanna
D) Sub-Saharan 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) Fishers
B) Horticulturist
C) Builder
D) Agriculturist
- 24. 24. The Igbo people can be found in all the following States except _____
A) Abia
B) Anambra
C) Adamawa
D) Enugu
- 25. 25. Owu-Ife war was a bloody conflict that broke out between Owu and Ife between _______ & ______
A) 1831 & 1838
B) 1825 & 1830
C) 1830 & 1837
D) 1821 & 1828
- 26. 26. Owu-Ife war broke out barely ____ years after the collapse of Oyo empire
A) 5years
B) 4 years
C) 6years
D) 2years
- 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) Owu refugees
B) Ife refugees
C) Ibadan people
D) Oyo refugees
- 28. 28. Which of the following wars broke out in 1861?
A) Ekiti parapo war
B) Egba Dahomey
C) Ibadan-Ijaye war
D) Ijaye-Egba war
- 29. 29. Who opposed the idea of Atibas Son succeeding his father's throne?
A) Ibadan people
B) Kurumi of Ijaye
C) Bashorun of Old Oyo
D) Latisosa, Balogun of Ibadanland
- 30. 30. The Ekiti-parapo war was also know as _____ war
A) Oriji
B) Kuriji
C) Kiriji
D) Kibiri
- 31. 31. The Ekiti-parapo war lasted for _____ years
A) 12
B) 14
C) 16
D) 18
- 32. 32. The Ekiti-parapo war broke out between Ekiti people and ______ people
A) Ijebu
B) Old Oyo
C) Ibadan
D) Oyo Atiba
- 33. 33. The origin of the Oyo empire lies with _____
A) Obatala
B) Oduduwa
C) Bashorun
D) Oranyan
- 34. 34. Oranmiyan made an agreement with his brothers to launch a punitive raid on their ______ for _______
A) Northern neighbors for insulting their father, Odudua
B) The palace chiefs for disrespecting their father, oduduwa
C) The Kings makers for crowning the wrong person
D) Northern friends for entering the palace
- 35. 35. The third Alaafin to have ascended the throne twice was ____
A) Alaafia Ajaka
B) Alafin Oranyan
C) Alaafin Abiodun
D) Alaafin Sango
- 36. 36. All the following are past Alaafin of Oyo except ____
A) Alaafin obalokun
B) Alaafin Gbonjubola
C) Alaafin Ajaka
D) Alaafin Abiodun
- 37. 37. Under the early ____ rulers, the Kanem empire expanded it's influence through military conquest
A) Bilala
B) Dunama
C) Bornu
D) Duguwa
- 38. 38. One of the notable rulers of first kanem empire was _____
A) Ahmad Abdullahi
B) Mai Dunama
C) Idris Alooma
D) Shehu Malik
- 39. 39. 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
- 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) Scottish explorer
B) European explorer
C) Scottish traveler
D) American explorer
- 42. 42. Mungo park was born on ______
A) December 13, 1871
B) November 11, 1771
C) September 11, 1771
D) July 12, 1871
- 43. 43. In 1795, Mungo park was appointed as a ______
A) Dentist
B) Surgeon
C) Publisher
D) Explorer
- 44. 44. The objective of Mungo park was to _____
A) Discover how the Niger River flows
B) Discover the course and termination of Niger River
C) Discover the course and development of Niger River base
D) Discover the usefulness of the river
- 45. 45. Park published an account of his travels titled. ______
A) The interior Explores in Africa
B) Travels in the interior Districts of Africa
C) The explores for the termination of Niger River
D) Explores in the Districts of Niger River
- 46. 46. Lander brothers were born in _____
A) Truro, Cornwall, Germany
B) Selkirkshire, Cornwall, England
C) Freetown, Sierra Leone
D) Truro, Cornwall England
- 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) Ogbomoso, Oyo State
B) Osogbo, Osun State
C) Saki, Oyo State
D) Osogun, Oyo State
- 49. 49. Ajayi Crowther was captured with his family by ______
A) Hausa Herdsmen
B) Fulani Traders
C) Fulani Slave raiders
D) British
- 50. 50. Fourah Bay College is a public University in the neighborhood of _____
A) Mount Aurole, Angeles, California
B) Mount Aureole in Freetown, Sierra Leone
C) Durham, Freetown, Sierra Leone
D) Mount Vernon in Freetown, Senegal
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