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 421· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
Indirect rule was a system used mainly by
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Answer: A. the British
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Question 422· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
The Congo Free State was at first the personal property of
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Answer: A. King Leopold II of Belgium
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Question 423· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
Rules for the partition of Africa among European powers were agreed at the Berlin Conference of
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Answer: C. 1884-1885
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Question 424· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
The Portuguese policy of assimilados created
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Answer: B. a small class of 'civilised' Africans with some rights
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Question 425· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· JAMB
The French colonial policy of turning Africans into Frenchmen in culture was
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Answer: B. assimilation
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Question 426· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
Under French rule, the four communes of Senegal enjoyed
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Answer: A. French citizenship rights
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Question 427· Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa· WAEC
The principle of effective occupation required a European power to
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Answer: B. show real control of an area before claiming it
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Question 428· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The Brass raid on the Royal Niger Company at Akassa in 1895 was caused by
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Answer: D. the company's monopoly that excluded Brass traders
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Question 429· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Jaja of Opobo became famous as a
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Answer: D. trader and ruler who controlled the palm oil trade
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Question 430· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Abeokuta was founded in about 1830 by
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Answer: C. the Egba
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Question 431· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The Yoruba wars of the 19th century followed the
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Answer: A. collapse of the Old Oyo Empire
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Question 432· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Bonny's ruler William Dappa Pepple was
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Answer: C. deposed by the British consul in 1854
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Question 433· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Lagos was annexed as a British colony in
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Answer: B. 1861
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Question 434· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
In the 19th century, Ibadan rose as
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Answer: D. a powerful military state
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Question 435· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
King Kosoko of Lagos was deposed by the British in
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Answer: B. 1851
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Question 436· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The house system was a form of organisation in the
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Answer: D. city-states of the Niger Delta
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Question 437· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
New Oyo was founded by Alaafin
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Answer: A. Atiba
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Question 438· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The trade in palm oil and other produce that replaced the slave trade in the nineteenth century was called
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Answer: C. legitimate trade
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Question 439· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Nana Olomu, the powerful trader and 'Governor of the River', was a leader of the
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Answer: B. Itsekiri
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Question 440· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The British peace treaty of 1886 ending the Yoruba wars was largely arranged through
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Answer: D. the colonial government in Lagos with mission help
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JAMB and WAEC History questions

Indirect rule was a system used mainly by

The Congo Free State was at first the personal property of

Rules for the partition of Africa among European powers were agreed at the Berlin Conference of

The Portuguese policy of assimilados created

The French colonial policy of turning Africans into Frenchmen in culture was

Under French rule, the four communes of Senegal enjoyed

The principle of effective occupation required a European power to

The Brass raid on the Royal Niger Company at Akassa in 1895 was caused by

Jaja of Opobo became famous as a

Abeokuta was founded in about 1830 by

The Yoruba wars of the 19th century followed the

Bonny's ruler William Dappa Pepple was

Lagos was annexed as a British colony in

In the 19th century, Ibadan rose as

King Kosoko of Lagos was deposed by the British in

The house system was a form of organisation in the

New Oyo was founded by Alaafin

The trade in palm oil and other produce that replaced the slave trade in the nineteenth century was called

Nana Olomu, the powerful trader and 'Governor of the River', was a leader of the

The British peace treaty of 1886 ending the Yoruba wars was largely arranged through