JAMB and WAEC History questions: Eastern and southern Africa

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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 1· Eastern and southern Africa· JAMB
The title 'Kabaka' belongs to the ruler of
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Question 2· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Great Zimbabwe ruins are famous for their
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Question 3· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
Zanzibar became an important nineteenth-century centre of
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Question 4· Eastern and southern Africa· JAMB
The Great Trek of the 1830s was the movement of
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Question 5· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
Apartheid in South Africa officially ended with the elections of
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Question 6· Eastern and southern Africa· JAMB
The Mfecane in southern Africa is associated mainly with the rise of the Zulu under
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Question 7· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Mau Mau uprising took place in
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Question 8· Eastern and southern Africa· JAMB
Moshoeshoe founded the kingdom of the
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Question 9· Eastern and southern Africa· JAMB
In the nineteenth century Zanzibar was a major centre of the trade in
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Question 10· Eastern and southern Africa· JAMB
The Mahdist state was established in
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Question 11· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Boer republics founded after the Great Trek included
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Question 12· Eastern and southern Africa· JAMB
The stone ruins of Great Zimbabwe are evidence of
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Question 13· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
Shaka founded the
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Question 14· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Swahili culture of East Africa developed from
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Question 15· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Zulu kingdom rose to power under
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Question 16· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
Great Zimbabwe is famous for its
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Question 17· Eastern and southern Africa· JAMB
The Battle of Omdurman in 1898 was fought in
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Question 18· Eastern and southern Africa· JAMB
The Ndebele kingdom was founded by
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Question 19· Eastern and southern Africa· WAEC
The Great Trek was the movement of
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Question 20· Eastern and southern Africa· JAMB
The Zulu defeated a British army in 1879 at the Battle of
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JAMB and WAEC History questions: Eastern and southern Africa

The title 'Kabaka' belongs to the ruler of

The Great Zimbabwe ruins are famous for their

Zanzibar became an important nineteenth-century centre of

The Great Trek of the 1830s was the movement of

Apartheid in South Africa officially ended with the elections of

The Mfecane in southern Africa is associated mainly with the rise of the Zulu under

The Mau Mau uprising took place in

Moshoeshoe founded the kingdom of the

In the nineteenth century Zanzibar was a major centre of the trade in

The Mahdist state was established in

The Boer republics founded after the Great Trek included

The stone ruins of Great Zimbabwe are evidence of

Shaka founded the

The Swahili culture of East Africa developed from

The Zulu kingdom rose to power under

Great Zimbabwe is famous for its

The Battle of Omdurman in 1898 was fought in

The Ndebele kingdom was founded by

The Great Trek was the movement of

The Zulu defeated a British army in 1879 at the Battle of