AIC SS 2 History 3rd CA for 2nd Term
  • 1. The greatest problem faced by the Old Oyo Empire in the early 19th century was the ______
A) Dominant influence of Bashorun Gaha
B) Weakening of the central authority
C) Incursion of the jihadists
D) British encroachment into Yorubaland
  • 2. The Egba welcomed the British missionaries in the 19th century because ______
A) They wanted to establish trade with the British
B) Of their quest for Western Education
C) They wanted British protection
D) Of their desire to accept Christianity
  • 3. The most powerful states that emerged after the fall of the old Oyo were __________
A) New Oyo and Ibadan
B) Ijaye and Ife
C) Ibadan and Ijaye
D) Owu and Abeokuta
  • 4. One feature of European diplomacy in the Scramble for Africa was _______
A) Negotiating with African leaders for territories
B) Holding Africans hostage for negotiations
C) Exchanging of ambassadors among them
D) Reconciling differences over territorial claims
  • 5. King Leopold's colonial ventures in the Congo were aimed at _________
A) Introducing Western Education to the people
B) Putting a stop to domestic slave trade in the area
C) Carving out an empire for himself
D) Making Belgium a great colonial power
  • 6. The Oyo Empire collapsed as a result of _________
A) Beacause Ajaka was sent to exile
B) Internal and External crises
C) The revolt of Afonja
D) British presence in Yorubaland
  • 7. In the Oyo traditional political system, the Alaafin of Oyo was elected or chosen by a group known as the ________
A) Obas
B) Oyomesi
C) Bashorun
D) Baales
  • 8. The head of the Oyomesi in the old Oyo Empire was _________
A) Are Ona kakanfo
B) Bashorun
C) Oba
D) Oluwo
  • 9. A significant effect of the Christian missionary activity in Nigeria was the ______
A) Training of nationalists
B) Abolition of the slave trade
C) Introduction of new crops
D) Introduction of formal education
  • 10. Gold Coast was the former name of
    which of these countries?
A) Mozambique
B) Namibia
C) Ghana
D) Nigeria
  • 11. The Berlin Conference of 1884 was
    convened at the instance of ____
A) Mussolini
B) Otto von Bismarck
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Winston Churchill
  • 12. One of the following is the negative significance of the owu-ife war
A) It led to the death of the Alaafin
B) It opened gate of tragedy for other wars in Yorubaland
C) It enhanced solidarity amongst the Yoruba people
D) It led to the construction of new Castle in Ife
  • 13. The documented history of Yoruba people began when ______
A) Lamurudu became Alaafin
B) Oranmiyan came to rule the Oyo empire
C) Alaafin died
D) The king was sent to exile
  • 14. The Ibadan-Ijaye war broke out in the year_____
A) 1961
B) 1861
C) 1865
D) 1985
  • 15. According to Balogun of Ibadan land, the Ibadan-Ijaye war was a feud among 3 brothers who are _____, _______ and ______
A) The new Oyo Atiba, Ibadan and Ijaye
B) The new Oyo Atiba, Owu and Ekiti
C) Ijaye, Egba and Ibadan
D) Ibadan, Ile-ife and Abeokuta
  • 16. Nationalism tends to promote ______
A) The interest of a particular nation
B) The wishes of the British
C) The slave trade system
D) The opinion of private organization
  • 17. Who was the father of Yorubaland?
A) Oduduwa
B) Obatala
C) Oranmiyan
D) Lamurudu
  • 18. The history of the Yoruba people began in____
A) Ilorin
B) Ibadan
C) Ile Ife
D) Oyo
  • 19. One of these educated elites did not struggle for the Nigeria Independence
A) Obafemi Awolowo
B) Nnamdi Azikwe
C) Sanni Abacha
D) Herbert Macaulay
  • 20. Who was the last king of Oyo Empire?
A) Alaafin Sango
B) Lamidi Adeyemi 111
C) Alaafin Ladigbolu
D) Alaafin Oluaso
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