AIC SS 2 History Exam for 3rd Term 2022/23
  • 1. 1. _____ was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1832
A) Clipperton
B) Thomas Hobbes
C) Richard Lander
D) John Lander
  • 2. 2. Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that _____
A) The British should extend their administration
B) The government should allow citizen participate in decision making
C) The nation should be congruent with the state
D) The colonial master should educate Africans
  • 3. 3. 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
  • 4. 4. The Ibadan-Ijaye war broke out in ____
A) 1861
B) 1961
C) 1851
D) 1855
  • 5. 5. ____ was a Scottish explore who explored the Upper Niger River around 1796
A) Richardson
B) David Lemon
C) Mungo Park
D) Richard Lander
  • 6. 6. The capital city of Ghana empire was at ____
A) Koumbi Saleh
B) Kebbi Salem
C) Niger River
D) Cameroon
  • 7. 7. The main source of wealth for the Ghana empire was ______
A) Sculpture and painting
B) Beads and metal work
C) Mining of gold and crafts
D) Mining of iron and gold
  • 8. 8. The reason for Oranmiyan and his brothers raid on their northern neighbors was _____
A) They insulted their father Oduduwa
B) They attack their empire
C) They insulted their father Obatala
D) They capture their father Oduduwa
  • 9. 9. The fall of Oyo empire include the following except ____
A) Restive vassal states
B) Weak leadership
C) Death of the Alaafin
D) Size of the empire
  • 10. 10. Egba Dahomey war broke out between Egba and Dahomey over ____
A) Government power
B) Who to crown as the King
C) Territorial expansion
D) How to make the old Oyo refugees slave
  • 11. 11. The first set of christian missionary to find their way down to West Africa were the ______
A) Scottish
B) Senegalese
C) Portuguese
D) German
  • 12. 12. In 1845, _____ visited Benin with the purpose to ______
A) Roman Catholics, to educate Africa about their plans
B) John boa, to build Africas knowledge in technology
C) Joa Affonso D'Aveiro, to evangelize West Africa people about Christianity
D) John Aguero, to bring Nigeria government together
  • 13. 13. One of the following is the reason for the coming of the European missions to West Africa
A) To divide Africa into segments
B) To help Africa fights bad government
C) The eradication of inhuman practices by Africans
D) To employ Nigerian to their various organizations
  • 14. 14. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was born in the year _____
A) 1809
B) 1928
C) 1829
D) 1909
  • 15. 15. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was a Yoruba _____
A) Professor and Linguist
B) Preacher and Educationist
C) Linguist, Clergyman
D) Interpreter and Foreman
  • 16. 16. Crowther and his family were captured by ______ in ______ year
A) Fulani Travelers in 1829
B) Fulani Slave raiders in 1821
C) Hausa Traders in 1831
D) Fulani herdsmen in 1835
  • 17. 17. 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
  • 18. 18 was founded on ______
A) 17th April, 1829
B) 18th April, 1827
C) 18th February, 1827
D) 17th February, 1829
  • 19. 19. Fourah Bay College was supported by the governor of Sierra Leone in person of _____
A) Richard Davidson
B) Charles MacCarthy
C) Charles Dorathy
D) David MacCarthy
  • 20. 20. The first black principal of the University was ____
A) Reverend Joseph Jones
B) Elder David John
C) Reverend Edward Jones
D) Bishop Edward John
  • 21. 21. The Benin traded in the following tropical products
A) Ship, pepper and diamond
B) Ivory, pepper and palm oil
C) Bronze, palm oil and crude oil
D) Ivory, beads and clothes
  • 22. 22. 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
  • 23. 23. The slave trade existed from ____ to ____ centuries
A) 16th to 20th
B) 11th to 15th
C) 13th to 17th
D) 16th to 19th
  • 24. 24. The slaves transported to the Americas were sold to work on all the following except one
A) Cotton plantation
B) Tobacco
C) Gold and silver mines
D) Oil milling
  • 25. 25. All the following except one is not among the origin of Slave Trade
A) European's migration
B) Triangular trade
C) European expansion
D) Portuguese exploration
  • 26. 26. The full meaning of NDDC is ____
A) Niger Delta District Council
B) Niger Delta Development Commission
C) Niger Delta Directorates Committee
D) Niger Delta Development Council
  • 27. 27. An organization that represents the interests of various ethnic groups in the Niger Delta is _____
A) WAN
B) NDDC
C) MOSOP
D) PANDEF
  • 28. 28. The society in the Niger Delta was organized into various _____
A) Districts
B) Pressure groups
C) Ethnic groups
D) Local government
  • 29. 29. Before the arrival of Europeans, palm oil production and trade in the Niger Delta were primarily conducted by _____
A) Community chiefs
B) Social communities
C) Government
D) Local communities
  • 30. 30. After Jaja gained his freedom, he rose to become a successful ____
A) Influential and great politician
B) Businessman and activist
C) Writer and Publisher
D) Businessman and leader
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