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JAMB History questions: Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa

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  1. Question 1· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    Forced labour in French colonies was known as

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  2. Question 2· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    Germany's African colonies included

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  3. Question 3· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    The Scramble for Africa was driven mainly by

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  4. Question 4· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    Settler colonies in Africa included

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  5. Question 5· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    Ethiopia defeated an Italian invasion at the Battle of

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  6. Question 6· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    The Maji Maji rising of 1905-1907 was a resistance against German rule in

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  7. Question 7· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    The Berlin Conference was convened by

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  8. Question 8· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    In Portuguese colonies, Africans who adopted Portuguese culture and became citizens were called

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  9. Question 9· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    The Herero and Nama uprising (1904-08) was against

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  10. Question 10· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    Under French rule in West Africa, the indigénat was

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  11. Question 11· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    The French term for educated, assimilated Africans was

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  12. Question 12· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    After the First World War, Germany's African colonies were placed under

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  13. Question 13· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    The territory run as the personal possession of King Leopold II of Belgium was the

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  14. Question 14· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    The Mau Mau uprising of the 1950s was a struggle against British rule in

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  15. Question 15· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    The Herero and Nama rose against German rule in 1904 in

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  16. Question 16· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    Rules for the partition of Africa among European powers were agreed at the Berlin Conference of

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  17. Question 17· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB

    The French colonial policy of turning Africans into Frenchmen in culture was

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