WAEC History questions

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1. Question 241· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

   Radiocarbon dating is used by historians to

   • Aestimate the age of organic remains
   • Bread old manuscripts
   • Ctranslate languages
   • Ddraw maps

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2. Question 242· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

   A weakness of oral tradition as a source of history is that it

   • Ais always written down
   • Bmay be changed as it passes between generations
   • Ccannot be collected
   • Dis too exact

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3. Question 243· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

   The study of the past through material remains such as tools and pottery is

   • Aarchaeology
   • Banthropology
   • Cgeology
   • Dsociology

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4. Question 244· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

   A weakness of oral tradition as a historical source is that

   • Ait is always written
   • Bit can be distorted as it passes between generations
   • Cit covers only recent events
   • Dit is produced by archaeologists

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5. Question 245· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

   Linguistic evidence suggests that many peoples of southern Nigeria

   • Acame from Europe
   • Bshare common origins through related languages
   • Chave no relations
   • Darrived recently

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6. Question 246· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

   The Igbo-Ukwu bronzes were first discovered by

   • Amissionaries at Badagry
   • BBritish soldiers in 1897
   • CPortuguese traders
   • Da man digging a cistern in 1938

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7. Question 247· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

   The Niger-Benue confluence is historically important as

   • Aa meeting point of trade and peoples
   • Ba desert route
   • Ca coastal port
   • Da mountain pass

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8. Question 248· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

   Oral tradition as a source of history is weakened by

   • Aarchaeological proof
   • Bits written form
   • Ccarbon dating
   • Ddistortion and exaggeration over time

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9. Question 249· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

   Inter-group relations in pre-colonial Nigeria were promoted by

   • Arailways
   • Bcolonial rule
   • Ctrade, marriage and diplomacy
   • Dthe radio

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10. Question 250· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

    Which ethnic group lives mainly in the Niger Delta?

    • AIjaw
    • BKanuri
    • CTiv
    • DNupe

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11. Question 251· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

    The Nok culture is best known for its

    • Abronze heads
    • Bterracotta sculptures
    • Civory masks
    • Dstone monoliths

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12. Question 252· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

    The Nok culture is famous for its

    • Aivory masks
    • Bbronze heads
    • Cstone mosques
    • Dterracotta figures

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13. Question 253· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

    Igbo-Ukwu is famous for

    • Aterracotta heads
    • Bbronze objects made by the lost-wax method
    • Cstone pillars
    • Drock paintings

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14. Question 254· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

    Oral tradition as a source of history refers to

    • Anewspaper reports
    • Bwritten records in archives
    • Cradio broadcasts
    • Daccounts of the past passed down by word of mouth

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15. Question 255· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

    The famous Ife works of art are mainly

    • Airon weapons
    • Bbronze and terracotta heads
    • Cwoven cloth
    • Dwooden canoes

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16. Question 256· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

    Archaeology reconstructs the past mainly through

    • Afolk songs
    • Bexcavation of material remains
    • Cnewspapers
    • Doral poems

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17. Question 257· The Nigeria area: land and early peoples· WAEC

    The Tiv people live mainly in the

    • ABenue valley
    • BSokoto plains
    • CNiger Delta
    • DChad Basin

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18. Question 258· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    Usman dan Fodio's writings criticised the Hausa rulers for

    • Arefusing to trade with Europe
    • Bheavy taxes, injustice and mixing Islam with traditional practices
    • Cbuilding too many schools
    • Dsupporting Borno

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19. Question 259· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    The Sokoto Jihad was first directed against

    • AKanem-Borno
    • Bthe British
    • Cthe Oyo empire
    • Dthe Hausa ruler of Gobir

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20. Question 260· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    An effect of the Sokoto Jihad was

    • ABritish rule
    • Bthe end of Islam in Hausaland
    • Cthe spread of Islamic learning and emirate administration
    • Dthe rise of Oyo

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