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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 401· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
Ethiopia defeated an Italian invasion at the Battle of
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Answer: C. Adwa (1896)
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Question 402· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 was called mainly to
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Answer: B. regulate the partition of Africa among European powers
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Question 403· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
The Maji Maji rising of 1905-1907 was a resistance against German rule in
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Answer: B. Tanganyika
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Question 404· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
The French policy that aimed to make Africans into French citizens was
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Answer: A. assimilation
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Question 405· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
The policy of association replaced assimilation because
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Answer: B. assimilation was too costly and difficult
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Question 406· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
The Berlin Conference was convened by
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Answer: B. Otto von Bismarck
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Question 407· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
Apartheid was a policy of
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Answer: A. racial segregation in South Africa
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Question 408· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
In Portuguese colonies, Africans who adopted Portuguese culture and became citizens were called
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Answer: B. assimilados
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Question 409· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
Assimilation was a colonial policy associated with
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Answer: A. France
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Question 410· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
The Belgian Congo under King Leopold II was notorious for
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Answer: A. brutal forced rubber collection
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Question 411· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
The Maji Maji rebellion (1905-07) was against
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Answer: D. German rule in Tanganyika
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Question 412· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
The Herero and Nama uprising (1904-08) was against
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Answer: D. German rule in South West Africa
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Question 413· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
Under French rule in West Africa, the indigénat was
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Answer: A. a system of summary punishments for Africans
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Question 414· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
The British policy of indirect rule was first developed in
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Answer: B. Northern Nigeria
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Question 415· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
The French term for educated, assimilated Africans was
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Answer: C. évolués
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Question 416· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
After the First World War, Germany's African colonies were placed under
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Answer: D. League of Nations mandates
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Question 417· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
Which African country was never colonised, apart from a brief Italian occupation?
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Answer: D. Ethiopia
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Question 418· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
The territory run as the personal possession of King Leopold II of Belgium was the
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Answer: C. Congo Free State
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Question 419· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
The Mau Mau uprising of the 1950s was a struggle against British rule in
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Answer: C. Kenya
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Question 420· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
The Herero and Nama rose against German rule in 1904 in
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Answer: D. South West Africa
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JAMB and WAEC History questions

Ethiopia defeated an Italian invasion at the Battle of

The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 was called mainly to

The Maji Maji rising of 1905-1907 was a resistance against German rule in

The French policy that aimed to make Africans into French citizens was

The policy of association replaced assimilation because

The Berlin Conference was convened by

Apartheid was a policy of

In Portuguese colonies, Africans who adopted Portuguese culture and became citizens were called

Assimilation was a colonial policy associated with

The Belgian Congo under King Leopold II was notorious for

The Maji Maji rebellion (1905-07) was against

The Herero and Nama uprising (1904-08) was against

Under French rule in West Africa, the indigénat was

The British policy of indirect rule was first developed in

The French term for educated, assimilated Africans was

After the First World War, Germany's African colonies were placed under

Which African country was never colonised, apart from a brief Italian occupation?

The territory run as the personal possession of King Leopold II of Belgium was the

The Mau Mau uprising of the 1950s was a struggle against British rule in

The Herero and Nama rose against German rule in 1904 in