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WAEC History questions: Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states

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

  1. Question 1· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The legend of Bayajidda explains the origin of the

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  2. Question 2· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Queen Amina of Zazzau is remembered for

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  3. Question 3· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The Hausa Bakwai (original Hausa states) included

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  4. Question 4· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The ruling dynasty of Kanem-Borno for many centuries was the

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  5. Question 5· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Kanem-Borno's wealth came largely from its control of

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  6. Question 6· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    In Hausa legend, the founder of the Hausa states was

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  7. Question 7· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Mai Idris Alooma obtained firearms for his army from

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  8. Question 8· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    El-Kanemi rose to prominence in Borno by

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  9. Question 9· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The Saifawa dynasty ruled

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  10. Question 10· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Zazzau was famous for raiding for

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  11. Question 11· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Mai Idris Alooma of Borno is remembered for

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  12. Question 12· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Kano's prosperity in the pre-colonial period came largely from

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  13. Question 13· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Kano became a great commercial centre partly because of

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  14. Question 14· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The Hausa Bakwai were

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  15. Question 15· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi defended Borno against

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  16. Question 16· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The seven original Hausa states (Hausa Bakwai) include

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  17. Question 17· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Queen Amina is associated with

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  18. Question 18· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Kanem-Borno was located around

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  19. Question 19· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Muhammad Rumfa of Kano is remembered for

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  20. Question 20· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Mai Idris Alooma is remembered for

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