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JAMB History questions: The Nigeria area: land and early peoples

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

  1. Question 1· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    The Jukun kingdom of Kwararafa was centred in the

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  2. Question 2· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    Before colonial rule, the Tiv were organised politically in

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  3. Question 3· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    In pre-colonial times, salt was produced at

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  4. Question 4· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    The Nupe kingdom lay around the

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  5. Question 5· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    The rock shelter at Iwo Eleru near Akure is important because it provides evidence of

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  6. Question 6· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    Evidence of iron smelting at Nok sites shows that its people

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  7. Question 7· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    In the Nigeria area, the horse could be used widely in warfare mainly in the

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  8. Question 8· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    The Efik city-state of Old Calabar grew rich mainly through

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  9. Question 9· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    At Lokoja the River Niger is joined by the River

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  10. Question 10· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    Written Arabic sources on early Nigerian history include accounts by

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  11. Question 11· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    The Tiv people of the Benue valley were traditionally organised

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  12. Question 12· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    The Kanuri people live mainly in

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  13. Question 13· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    Kola nuts from the forest zone were carried north mainly by

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  14. Question 14· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    The Nupe kingdom had its later capital at

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  15. Question 15· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    The Efik people are found mainly around

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  16. Question 16· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    Forest kingdoms such as Benin developed mainly in the

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  17. Question 17· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    Relations among the peoples of the Nigeria area before colonial rule were carried on mainly through

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  18. Question 18· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    The Igala kingdom had its capital at

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  19. Question 19· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· JAMB

    The Nok culture of central Nigeria is best known for its

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