- 1. 1. All the following are effects of Slave Trade except ____
A) Cultural disruption
B) Economic consequences
C) Nations growth
D) Demographic impact
- 2. 2. All the following are origin of Slave Trade except _____
A) European expansion
B) Triangular trade
C) Portuguese exploration
D) European's migration
- 3. 3. The major Atlantic trading nations in order of trade volume were all these except _____
A) Spain
B) Britain
C) Portugal
D) Germany
- 4. 4. The slaves transported to the Americas were sold to work on all the following except _____
A) Cotton plantation
B) Gold and silver mines
C) Oil milling
D) Tobacco
- 5. 5. The first group of European travelers to reach Benin were the ____
A) German
B) Scottish
C) Portuguese
D) British
- 6. 6. One of the following is an organization of the Niger Delta States
A) ANDP
B) NPC
C) NCNC
D) NDDC
- 7. 7. Jaja of opobo was originally a ______ slave
A) Ebira
B) Igbo
C) Igala
D) Hausa
- 8. 8. Jaja of opobo Was born on ____ and died on ____
A) 1821-1891
B) 1921-1981
C) 1825-1898
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) 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) Local
B) State
C) Federal
D) Central
- 11. 11. Who among the following was ordered by Olodumare to create the earth?
A) Lamurudu
B) Obatala
C) Bashorun
D) Oduduwa
- 12. 12. The present ruler of Ile-Ife is ______
A) Oba Ogundele Ayinde
B) Oba Ademola Adeyinka
C) Oba Adeyemi Ogunnusi
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) 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) Ikot
B) Orum
C) Oru
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) Efik town
B) Duke town
C) Creek 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) State formation
B) Land 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) Ngazargamu
D) Borno
- 20. 20. All the following are factors of expansion and emergence of centralised state except _____
A) Slavery
B) Heads of power clans
C) Religion
D) Economic growth
- 21. 21. The climate of the Kanuri is typical ______
A) Dense Savanna
B) Forest Savanna
C) Sub-Saharan Savanna
D) Desert Savanna
- 22. 22. Following the climatic condition of Kanuri, the weather is always cool from _______ to ______
A) Early April to Mid August
B) Mid-December to Mid-March
C) Mid January to Mid June
D) Mid September to Early December
- 23. 23. The Kanuri are sedentary _____
A) Fishers
B) Builder
C) Horticulturist
D) Agriculturist
- 24. 24. The Igbo people can be found in all the following States except _____
A) Abia
B) Adamawa
C) Anambra
D) Enugu
- 25. 25. Owu-Ife war was a bloody conflict that broke out between Owu and Ife between _______ & ______
A) 1825 & 1830
B) 1821 & 1828
C) 1831 & 1838
D) 1830 & 1837
- 26. 26. Owu-Ife war broke out barely ____ years after the collapse of Oyo empire
A) 4 years
B) 5years
C) 2years
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) Ibadan people
C) Owu refugees
D) Ife refugees
- 28. 28. Which of the following wars broke out in 1861?
A) Ijaye-Egba war
B) Egba Dahomey
C) Ibadan-Ijaye war
D) Ekiti parapo war
- 29. 29. Who opposed the idea of Atibas Son succeeding his father's throne?
A) Latisosa, Balogun of Ibadanland
B) Bashorun of Old Oyo
C) Ibadan people
D) Kurumi of Ijaye
- 30. 30. The Ekiti-parapo war was also know as _____ war
A) Oriji
B) Kiriji
C) Kuriji
D) Kibiri
- 31. 31. The Ekiti-parapo war lasted for _____ years
A) 12
B) 18
C) 16
D) 14
- 32. 32. The Ekiti-parapo war broke out between Ekiti people and ______ people
A) Oyo Atiba
B) Ijebu
C) Ibadan
D) Old Oyo
- 33. 33. The origin of the Oyo empire lies with _____
A) Oranyan
B) Bashorun
C) Oduduwa
D) Obatala
- 34. 34. Oranmiyan made an agreement with his brothers to launch a punitive raid on their ______ for _______
A) Northern friends for entering the palace
B) The Kings makers for crowning the wrong person
C) The palace chiefs for disrespecting their father, oduduwa
D) Northern neighbors for insulting their father, Odudua
- 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 obalokun
C) Alaafin Gbonjubola
D) Alaafin Abiodun
- 37. 37. Under the early ____ rulers, the Kanem empire expanded it's influence through military conquest
A) Duguwa
B) Bornu
C) Bilala
D) Dunama
- 38. 38. One of the notable rulers of first kanem empire was _____
A) Idris Alooma
B) Shehu Malik
C) Ahmad Abdullahi
D) Mai Dunama
- 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) 15th
B) 12th
C) 11th
D) 14th
- 41. 41. Mungo park was a _____
A) Scottish explorer
B) Scottish traveler
C) European explorer
D) American explorer
- 42. 42. Mungo park was born on ______
A) November 11, 1771
B) July 12, 1871
C) December 13, 1871
D) September 11, 1771
- 43. 43. In 1795, Mungo park was appointed as a ______
A) Dentist
B) Explorer
C) Surgeon
D) Publisher
- 44. 44. The objective of Mungo park was to _____
A) Discover the usefulness of the river
B) Discover how the Niger River flows
C) Discover the course and development of Niger River base
D) Discover the course and termination of Niger River
- 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) Truro, Cornwall England
B) Truro, Cornwall, Germany
C) Freetown, Sierra Leone
D) Selkirkshire, Cornwall, England
- 47. 47. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was a Yoruba ______
A) Publisher, clergyman
B) Preacher, clergyman
C) Linguistic, 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) British
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) Durham, Freetown, Sierra Leone
D) Mount Aurole, Angeles, California
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