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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 Yoruba land
B) Head of Oyo atiba
C) Leaders of the Oyo refugees
D) Political head of Ibadan land and the vassal states
  • 2. 2. Owu-Ife war was a bloody conflict that broke out between Owu and Ife between _______ & ______
A) 1831 & 1838
B) 1825 & 1830
C) 1821 & 1828
D) 1830 & 1837
  • 3. 3. Owu-Ife war broke out barely ____ years after the collapse of Oyo empire
A) 5years
B) 4 years
C) 6years
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) Owu refugees
B) Oyo refugees
C) Ibadan people
D) Ife refugees
  • 5. 5. Which of the following wars broke out in 1861?
A) Egba Dahomey
B) Ijaye-Egba war
C) Ibadan-Ijaye war
D) Ekiti parapo war
  • 6. 6. Who opposed the idea of Atibas Son succeeding his father's throne?
A) Latisosa, Balogun of Ibadanland
B) Kurumi of Ijaye
C) Ibadan people
D) Bashorun of Old Oyo
  • 7. 7. The Ekiti-parapo war was also know as _____ war
A) Kiriji
B) Kuriji
C) Oriji
D) Kibiri
  • 8. 8. The Ekiti-parapo war lasted for _____ years
A) 18
B) 16
C) 12
D) 14
  • 9. 9. The Ekiti-parapo war broke out between Ekiti people and ______ people
A) Ibadan
B) Old Oyo
C) Oyo Atiba
D) Ijebu
  • 10. 10. The third Alaafin to have ascended the throne twice was ____
A) Alaafin Abiodun
B) Alafin Oranyan
C) Alaafin Sango
D) Alaafia Ajaka
  • 11. 11. All the following are past Alaafin of Oyo except ____
A) Alaafin Abiodun
B) Alaafin Ajaka
C) Alaafin Gbonjubola
D) Alaafin obalokun
  • 12. 12. Under the early ____ rulers, the Kanem empire expanded it's influence through military conquest
A) Dunama
B) Bornu
C) Bilala
D) Duguwa
  • 13. 13. One of the notable rulers of first kanem empire was _____
A) Ahmad Abdullahi
B) Shehu Malik
C) Idris Alooma
D) Mai Dunama
  • 14. 14. The Kanem empire reached it's height of power and influence in the _____&_____ centuries
A) 9th and 11th
B) 10th and 12th
C) 11th and 12th
D) 13th and 15th
  • 15. 15. The second Bornu empire was founded in the _____ century
A) 14th
B) 12th
C) 11th
D) 15th
  • 16. 16. Mungo park was born on ______
A) September 11, 1771
B) November 11, 1771
C) December 13, 1871
D) July 12, 1871
  • 17. 17. In 1795, Mungo park was appointed as a ______
A) Dentist
B) Surgeon
C) Publisher
D) Explorer
  • 18. 18. The objective of Mungo park was to _____
A) Discover the usefulness of the river
B) Discover the course and termination of Niger River
C) Discover how the Niger River flows
D) Discover the course and development of Niger River base
  • 19. 19. Park published an account of his travels titled. ______
A) Travels in the interior Districts of Africa
B) The explores for the termination of Niger River
C) Explores in the Districts of Niger River
D) The interior Explores in Africa
  • 20. 20. Lander brothers were born in _____
A) Truro, Cornwall England
B) Freetown, Sierra Leone
C) Selkirkshire, Cornwall, England
D) Truro, Cornwall, Germany
  • 21. 21. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was a Yoruba ______
A) Preacher, clergyman
B) Publisher, clergyman
C) Linguistic, Apostle
D) Linguistic, clergyman
  • 22. 22. Ajayi Crowther was born in _____
A) Osogbo, Osun State
B) Osogun, Oyo State
C) Saki, Oyo State
D) Ogbomoso, Oyo State
  • 23. 23. Ajayi Crowther was captured with his family by ______
A) Fulani Slave raiders
B) British
C) Fulani Traders
D) Hausa Herdsmen
  • 24. 24. 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
  • 25. 25. In the system of governance in kanem-borno, the Mai was responsible for making decisions regarding _____
A) How to defend the leaders
B) Foreign policy
C) Trade routes
D) Crowning of the king
  • 26. 26. The Mai's position was ______
A) Elected
B) Adopted
C) Initiated
D) Hereditary
  • 27. 27. Mungo park undertook his second expedition to Africa in the year ______
A) 1805
B) 1905
C) 1925
D) 1888
  • 28. 28. Park and most of his companions _______ while trying to escape by crossing the Niger river during expedition
A) Drowned
B) Summersaulted
C) Swam
D) Slipped
  • 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) Ibadan refugees
B) Ijebu people
C) Oyo refugees
D) Owu refugees
  • 30. 30. Owu-Ife war came to an end in the year ______
A) 1928
B) 1898
C) 1998
D) 1828
  • 31. 31. The fulani arrived during the intention of _____
A) Rearing of animals
B) Farming
C) Fishing
D) Trading
  • 32. 32. In 1886, the Ibadan forces captured the key Ekiti town of ______
A) Ikere
B) Ikire
C) Oye
D) Afon
  • 33. 33. Ekiti-parapo surrendered in the year _____
A) 1938
B) 1983
C) 1889
D) 1893
  • 34. 34. Fourah Bay College was formerly affiliated with _____
A) Beckham University
B) Delhi College
C) Durham University
D) Britain Institution
  • 35. 35. Who among the following people established islam in Kanem empire as the state religion?
A) Muhammad Dunama
B) Mai Dunama
C) Ibrahim Usman
D) Mai Umar
  • 36. 36. The capital of second Borno empire was located in the city of _____
A) Ngazargamu
B) Nassarawa
C) Maiduguri
D) Njimi
  • 37. 37. In 1795, Mungo Park was appointed as a ______
A) Dentist
B) Surgeon
C) Gynaecologist
D) Optician
  • 38. 38. Ajayi crowther was ordained as a minister in _____
A) Portugal
B) Britain
C) Germany
D) England
  • 39. 39. Who among the following were the first Europeans to reach the city of Timbuktu during their expedition?
A) Lander Brothers
B) Richard Lander
C) Hugh Clapperton
D) Mungo Park
  • 40. 40. The first black principal of the Fourah Bay College was _____
A) Reverend Edward Jones
B) Elder Joseph Edward
C) Reverend Francis Jones
D) Reverend Philip James
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