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