JAMB History questions

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All topics British conquest of Nigeria · 20 Colonial administration in Nigeria · 18 Decolonisation and African unity · 21 Early centres of civilisation · 19 Eastern and southern Africa · 18 External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans · 20 Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states · 21 Nationalism and independence · 20 Nigeria since independence · 26 Oyo, Benin and the southern states · 23 Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa · 17 Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century · 18 The colonial economy · 19 The Nigeria area: land and early peoples · 19 The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate · 20 West Africa in the nineteenth century · 19

Question 101· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The Church Missionary Society established a station at Abeokuta in
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Question 102· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
Islam became the religion of the royal court of Kanem in the eleventh century under Mai
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Question 103· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
Britain abolished the slave trade in its empire by law in
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Question 104· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The Portuguese first reached Benin in about
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Question 105· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
Fourah Bay College, an important centre of education for West Africans, was in
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Question 106· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The Niger Expedition of 1841 aimed to
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Question 107· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The main export from West Africa across the Sahara in the medieval period was
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Question 108· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
Islam first spread into the Nigeria area mainly through
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Question 109· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The Church of Scotland Mission was established in
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Question 110· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
Hope Waddell Training Institution in Calabar was founded in 1895 by the
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Question 111· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
Goods carried southwards across the Sahara to West Africa in the trans-Saharan trade included
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Question 112· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The Methodist mission first arrived at Badagry in 1842 under
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Question 113· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The first Europeans to reach the coast of the Nigeria area in the fifteenth century were the
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Question 114· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
A major export carried north across the Sahara from West Africa was
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Question 115· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
Manillas were
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Question 116· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The Royal Niger Company's monopoly on the Niger was resented mainly by
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Question 117· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
The ruler of Kanem-Borno was known by the title
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Question 118· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
The title of the ruler of Borno after the Saifawa was
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Question 119· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
According to the Daura legend, the Hausa states were founded by the descendants of
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Question 120· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
Kukawa became the capital of Borno under
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The Church Missionary Society established a station at Abeokuta in

Islam became the religion of the royal court of Kanem in the eleventh century under Mai

Britain abolished the slave trade in its empire by law in

The Portuguese first reached Benin in about

Fourah Bay College, an important centre of education for West Africans, was in

The Niger Expedition of 1841 aimed to

The main export from West Africa across the Sahara in the medieval period was

Islam first spread into the Nigeria area mainly through

The Church of Scotland Mission was established in

Hope Waddell Training Institution in Calabar was founded in 1895 by the

Goods carried southwards across the Sahara to West Africa in the trans-Saharan trade included

The Methodist mission first arrived at Badagry in 1842 under

The first Europeans to reach the coast of the Nigeria area in the fifteenth century were the

A major export carried north across the Sahara from West Africa was

Manillas were

The Royal Niger Company's monopoly on the Niger was resented mainly by

The ruler of Kanem-Borno was known by the title

The title of the ruler of Borno after the Saifawa was

According to the Daura legend, the Hausa states were founded by the descendants of

Kukawa became the capital of Borno under