JAMB and WAEC History questions

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All topics British conquest of Nigeria · 38 Colonial administration in Nigeria · 36 Decolonisation and African unity · 40 Early centres of civilisation · 37 Eastern and southern Africa · 35 External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans · 38 Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states · 41 Nationalism and independence · 40 Nigeria since independence · 44 Oyo, Benin and the southern states · 44 Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa · 34 Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century · 36 The colonial economy · 37 The Nigeria area: land and early peoples · 36 The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate · 38 West Africa in the nineteenth century · 36

Question 201· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
Britain abolished the slave trade in its empire by law in
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Question 202· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The Portuguese first reached Benin in about
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Question 203· 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 204· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC
The Church Missionary Society (CMS) first established itself in Nigeria at
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Question 205· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC
The first Europeans to reach the coast of Nigeria were the
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Question 206· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The Niger Expedition of 1841 aimed to
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Question 207· 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 208· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC
Britain abolished its slave trade in
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Question 209· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
Islam first spread into the Nigeria area mainly through
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Question 210· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC
Christianity was reintroduced into Nigeria in 1842 at
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Question 211· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The Church of Scotland Mission was established in
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Question 212· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC
The CMS mission first settled in Nigeria at
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Question 213· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC
Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther was
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Question 214· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
Hope Waddell Training Institution in Calabar was founded in 1895 by the
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Question 215· 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 216· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC
After the abolition of the slave trade, 'legitimate trade' from Nigeria was mainly in
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Question 217· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
The Methodist mission first arrived at Badagry in 1842 under
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Question 218· 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 219· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB
A major export carried north across the Sahara from West Africa was
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Question 220· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC
The trans-Saharan trade linked West Africa with
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JAMB and WAEC History questions

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 Church Missionary Society (CMS) first established itself in Nigeria at

The first Europeans to reach the coast of Nigeria were the

The Niger Expedition of 1841 aimed to

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

Britain abolished its slave trade in

Islam first spread into the Nigeria area mainly through

Christianity was reintroduced into Nigeria in 1842 at

The Church of Scotland Mission was established in

The CMS mission first settled in Nigeria at

Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther was

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

After the abolition of the slave trade, 'legitimate trade' from Nigeria was mainly in

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

The trans-Saharan trade linked West Africa with