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AIC SS 2 History Revision Test for 3rd Term 2022/23
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  • 1. 1. _____ was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1832
A) John Lander
B) Richard Lander
C) Thomas Hobbes
D) Clipperton
  • 2. 2. According to Latisosa, the Ibadan-Ijaye war was a feud among _____
A) Ibadan, Ijaye and Egba
B) Ibadan, Ijaye and new Oyo Atiba
C) Ibadan, Ijaye and Old oyo
D) Ibadan, Ijaye and Ijebu
  • 3. 3. The Kanem-Bornu empire was ruled by the _____
A) Mai
B) Sultan
C) Oba
D) Sayf
  • 4. 4. Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that _____
A) The British should extend their administration
B) The nation should be congruent with the state
C) The government should allow citizen participate in decision making
D) The colonial master should educate Africans
  • 5. 5. The dispute that flared up as a rebel of Disagreement between 2 market women over 5 cowries was _____
A) Owu-Ife war
B) Ekiti-parapo war
C) Egba Dahomey war
D) Ibadan-Ijaye war
  • 6. 6. The documented history of Yoruba people began when ____
A) When the Alaafia died
B) When the Oyomesi dethroned Alaafin
C) When oranmiyan came to rule the Oyo empire
D) When Lamurudu became the King
  • 7. 7. The negative significance of the Owu-Ife war lies in the fact that it _____
A) Opened gate of tragedy for other wars in Yorubaland
B) Led to the construction of new palace
C) Eliminates hatred among the Yoruba people
D) Led to the death of Alaafin
  • 8. 8. The Ibadan-Ijaye war broke out in ____
A) 1861
B) 1855
C) 1851
D) 1961
  • 9. 9. The Ibadan-Ijaye war broke out between Ibadan and Ijaye over _____
A) Who to be the Oyomesi
B) Who to succeed the old Oyo empire
C) Who to crown the Alaafin
D) Who to succeed the new Oyo atiba
  • 10. 10. ____ was a Scottish explore who explored the Upper Niger River around 1796
A) Mungo Park
B) Richard Lander
C) David Lemon
D) Richardson
  • 11. 11. Ghana was founded by ____ people
A) Soninke
B) Sorunke
C) Dallama
D) Sayfawa
  • 12. 12. The capital city of Ghana empire was at ____
A) Cameroon
B) Kebbi Salem
C) Niger River
D) Koumbi Saleh
  • 13. 13. The main source of wealth for the Ghana empire was ______
A) Sculpture and painting
B) Mining of gold and crafts
C) Beads and metal work
D) Mining of iron and gold
  • 14. 14. The Ghana empire crumbled from what century?
A) 17th
B) 13th
C) 12th
D) 15th
  • 15. 15. All the following but one is not among the reasons for the fall of Ghana empire
A) Ghana was too weak to stop anyone from taking over
B) There was one war after another
C) The British took over the Ghana administration
D) The military was unorganized
  • 16. 16. The reason for Oranmiyan and his brothers raid on their northern neighbors was _____
A) They capture their father Oduduwa
B) They insulted their father Obatala
C) They insulted their father Oduduwa
D) They attack their empire
  • 17. 17. The first Alaafin to have ascended the throne twice was _____
A) Ajaka
B) Sango
C) Oranmiyan
D) Abiodun
  • 18. 18. The fall of Oyo rooms empire include the following except ____
A) Size of the empire
B) Death of the Alaafin
C) Weak leadership
D) Restive vassal states
  • 19. 19. Owu-Ife war broke out in the year____ and ended in the year ____
A) 1815-1831
B) 1821-1828
C) 1831-1830
D) 1920-1928
  • 20. 20. Egba Dahomey war broke out between Egba and Dahomey over ____
A) Government power
B) How to make the old Oyo refugees slave
C) Who to crown as the King
D) Territorial expansion
  • 21. 21. The first set of christian missionary to find their way down to West Africa were the ______
A) Scottish
B) Senegalese
C) Portuguese
D) German
  • 22. 22. In 1845, _____ visited Benin with the purpose to ______
A) Joa Affonso D'Aveiro, to evangelize West Africa people about Christianity
B) John Aguero, to bring Nigeria government together
C) Roman Catholics, to educate Africa about their plans
D) John boa, to build Africas knowledge in technology
  • 23. 23. Some of the missionary societies sent out to West Africa include all the following except ______
A) Baptist Mission
B) Apostolic Mission
C) The CMS Mission
D) Catholic Mission
  • 24. 24. One of the following is the reason for the coming of the European missions to West Africa
A) To help Africa fights bad government
B) The eradication of inhuman practices by Africans
C) To employ Nigerian to their various organizations
D) To divide Africa into segments
  • 25. 25. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was born in the year _____
A) 1909
B) 1809
C) 1829
D) 1928
  • 26. 26. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was a Yoruba _____
A) Preacher and Educationist
B) Professor and Linguist
C) Linguist, Clergyman
D) Interpreter and Foreman
  • 27. 27. Where was Ajayi Crowther born ____
A) Atiba, Oyo State
B) Osun, Osun State
C) Osogbo, Oyo State
D) Osogun, Oyo State
  • 28. 28. Crowther and his family were captured by ______ in ______ year
A) Hausa Traders in 1831
B) Fulani Slave raiders in 1821
C) Fulani herdsmen in 1835
D) Fulani Travelers in 1829
  • 29. 29. Crowther was freed from slavery at a coastal port by the _____
A) Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron
B) World Slave Trade Organization Squadron
C) Loyal Navy's West Africa Squadron
D) Royal Sailor's South Africa Squadron
  • 30. 30. Fourah Bay College is a public University in the neighborhood of ______ in _____ country
A) Mount Vernon in Freetown, Sierra Leone
B) Mount Aureole in Freetown, Sierra Leone
C) South Carolina in United States
D) San Francisco in Los Angeles, Germany
  • 31. 31. Fourah Bay College was founded on ______
A) 18th April, 1827
B) 18th February, 1827
C) 17th April, 1829
D) 17th February, 1829
  • 32. 32. Fourah Bay college was established by the ____
A) Christian Association of Nigeria
B) Anglican Missionary Society
C) Church Missionary Society
D) West Africa Missionary Society
  • 33. 33. Fourah Bay College was supported by the governor of Sierra Leone in person of _____
A) David MacCarthy
B) Charles MacCarthy
C) Richard Davidson
D) Charles Dorathy
  • 34. 34. The first black principal of the University was ____
A) Reverend Edward Jones
B) Elder David John
C) Reverend Joseph Jones
D) Bishop Edward John
  • 35. 35. The first group of European travelers to reach Benin first behaved as if they were only participants in the _____
A) Internal American Trade
B) External Portuguese Trade
C) Crossover Nigeria Slave Trade
D) Internal African Trade
  • 36. 36. The Benin traded in the following tropical products
A) Ivory, beads and clothes
B) Ivory, pepper and palm oil
C) Bronze, palm oil and crude oil
D) Ship, pepper and diamond
  • 37. 37. The Portuguese were importing all the following European products except _____
A) Brass
B) Manila
C) Copper
D) Ivory
  • 38. 38. Not long after the Benin contact with the British in 1553, the Oba of Benin started to suspect them of having larger motives, he therefore _____
A) They were all jailed and killed by the Oba
B) Shut down communication with them
C) They were punished by the Oba
D) Command the Benin forces to attack them
  • 39. 39. The slave trade regularly use the _____ trade route
A) Square
B) Triangular
C) Rectangular
D) Perimeter
  • 40. 40. The slave trade existed from ____ to ____ centuries
A) 13th to 17th
B) 11th to 15th
C) 16th to 20th
D) 16th to 19th
  • 41. 41. The slaves transported to the Americas were sold to work on all the following except one
A) Cotton plantation
B) Oil milling
C) Gold and silver mines
D) Tobacco
  • 42. 42. The major Atlantic Slave trading nations in order of trade volume were all these except ____
A) Spain
B) Portugal
C) Britain
D) Germany
  • 43. 43. The current estimation are that about _____ Africans were shipped across the Atlantic
A) 8 million to 14 million
B) 15 million to 18 million
C) 10 million to 12 million
D) 12 million to 12.8 million
  • 44. 44. All the following except one is not among the origin of Slave Trade
A) Portuguese exploration
B) Triangular trade
C) European expansion
D) European's migration
  • 45. 45. All the following except one is not an Effects of slave trade
A) Cultural disruption
B) Economic consequences
C) Nations growth
D) Demographic impact
  • 46. 46. The full meaning of NDDC is ____
A) Niger Delta Development Council
B) Niger Delta District Council
C) Niger Delta Directorates Committee
D) Niger Delta Development Commission
  • 47. 47. An organization that represents the interests of various ethnic groups in the Niger Delta is _____
A) PANDEF
B) NDDC
C) MOSOP
D) WAN
  • 48. 48. The society in the Niger Delta was organized into various _____
A) Pressure groups
B) Districts
C) Ethnic groups
D) Local government
  • 49. 49. Before the arrival of Europeans, palm oil production and trade in the Niger Delta were primarily conducted by _____
A) Government
B) Community chiefs
C) Social communities
D) Local communities
  • 50. 50. After Jaja gained his freedom, he rose to become a successful ____
A) Businessman and activist
B) Businessman and leader
C) Influential and great politician
D) Writer and Publisher
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