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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 361· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC
In Old Oyo, the Bashorun was the head of the
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Answer: C. Oyo Mesi
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Question 362· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC
The title of the ruler of Benin is
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Answer: A. Oba
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Question 363· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
The ruler of Old Oyo was known as the
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Answer: D. Alaafin
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Question 364· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
Old Oyo's decline in the early 19th century was partly due to
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Answer: A. internal conflict between the Alaafin and chiefs
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Question 365· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
The military strength of the Old Oyo Empire rested largely on its
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Answer: C. cavalry
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Question 366· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
Itsekiri kingdom's ruler is the
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Answer: D. Olu of Warri
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Question 367· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC
Benin expanded greatly under Oba
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Answer: B. Ewuare
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Question 368· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC
Jaja founded Opobo in 1869 after breaking away from
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Answer: B. Bonny
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Question 369· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
Tradition links Oranmiyan with the founding of the ruling dynasties of
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Answer: A. both Oyo and Benin
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Question 370· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC
The Uzama in Benin were
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Answer: B. hereditary kingmakers
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Question 371· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
In Old Calabar, the Ekpe society
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Answer: D. made and enforced laws and recovered debts
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Question 372· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
The ruler of Benin before the Oba dynasty was the
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Answer: C. Ogiso
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Question 373· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
Oba Ewuare the Great of Benin is remembered for
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Answer: B. expanding the kingdom and rebuilding Benin City
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Question 374· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
In most pre-colonial Igbo communities, political authority rested mainly on
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Answer: D. councils of elders, age grades and title societies
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Question 375· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
Oyo's military strength rested largely on its
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Answer: C. cavalry
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Question 376· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
The council of state in Old Oyo, the Oyo Mesi, was headed by the
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Answer: A. Bashorun
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Question 377· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· JAMB
In Old Oyo, the Ogboni society
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Answer: B. acted as a check on the Oyo Mesi
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Question 378· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC
Ile-Ife is regarded in Yoruba tradition as the
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Answer: B. cradle of the Yoruba people
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Question 379· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC
In the Oyo empire, the council that could ask the Alaafin to commit suicide was the
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Answer: D. Oyo Mesi
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Question 380· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC
The military strength of the Oyo Empire rested mainly on its
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Answer: A. cavalry
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JAMB and WAEC History questions

In Old Oyo, the Bashorun was the head of the

The title of the ruler of Benin is

The ruler of Old Oyo was known as the

Old Oyo's decline in the early 19th century was partly due to

The military strength of the Old Oyo Empire rested largely on its

Itsekiri kingdom's ruler is the

Benin expanded greatly under Oba

Jaja founded Opobo in 1869 after breaking away from

Tradition links Oranmiyan with the founding of the ruling dynasties of

The Uzama in Benin were

In Old Calabar, the Ekpe society

The ruler of Benin before the Oba dynasty was the

Oba Ewuare the Great of Benin is remembered for

In most pre-colonial Igbo communities, political authority rested mainly on

Oyo's military strength rested largely on its

The council of state in Old Oyo, the Oyo Mesi, was headed by the

In Old Oyo, the Ogboni society

Ile-Ife is regarded in Yoruba tradition as the

In the Oyo empire, the council that could ask the Alaafin to commit suicide was the

The military strength of the Oyo Empire rested mainly on its