AIC SS 2 History Exam for 3rd Term 2022/23
  • 1. 1. _____ was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1832
A) John Lander
B) Clipperton
C) Richard Lander
D) Thomas Hobbes
  • 2. 2. Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that _____
A) The government should allow citizen participate in decision making
B) The British should extend their administration
C) The nation should be congruent with the state
D) The colonial master should educate Africans
  • 3. 3. The dispute that flared up as a rebel of Disagreement between 2 market women over 5 cowries was _____
A) Ibadan-Ijaye war
B) Owu-Ife war
C) Egba Dahomey war
D) Ekiti-parapo war
  • 4. 4. The Ibadan-Ijaye war broke out in ____
A) 1855
B) 1861
C) 1961
D) 1851
  • 5. 5. ____ was a Scottish explore who explored the Upper Niger River around 1796
A) Mungo Park
B) David Lemon
C) Richard Lander
D) Richardson
  • 6. 6. The capital city of Ghana empire was at ____
A) Kebbi Salem
B) Niger River
C) Koumbi Saleh
D) Cameroon
  • 7. 7. The main source of wealth for the Ghana empire was ______
A) Mining of gold and crafts
B) Mining of iron and gold
C) Beads and metal work
D) Sculpture and painting
  • 8. 8. The reason for Oranmiyan and his brothers raid on their northern neighbors was _____
A) They insulted their father Oduduwa
B) They capture their father Oduduwa
C) They insulted their father Obatala
D) They attack their empire
  • 9. 9. The fall of Oyo empire include the following except ____
A) Size of the empire
B) Death of the Alaafin
C) Restive vassal states
D) Weak leadership
  • 10. 10. Egba Dahomey war broke out between Egba and Dahomey over ____
A) How to make the old Oyo refugees slave
B) Government power
C) Territorial expansion
D) Who to crown as the King
  • 11. 11. The first set of christian missionary to find their way down to West Africa were the ______
A) Senegalese
B) German
C) Scottish
D) Portuguese
  • 12. 12. In 1845, _____ visited Benin with the purpose to ______
A) Joa Affonso D'Aveiro, to evangelize West Africa people about Christianity
B) John boa, to build Africas knowledge in technology
C) Roman Catholics, to educate Africa about their plans
D) John Aguero, to bring Nigeria government together
  • 13. 13. One of the following is the reason for the coming of the European missions to West Africa
A) To divide Africa into segments
B) The eradication of inhuman practices by Africans
C) To help Africa fights bad government
D) To employ Nigerian to their various organizations
  • 14. 14. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was born in the year _____
A) 1928
B) 1909
C) 1829
D) 1809
  • 15. 15. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was a Yoruba _____
A) Linguist, Clergyman
B) Professor and Linguist
C) Preacher and Educationist
D) Interpreter and Foreman
  • 16. 16. Crowther and his family were captured by ______ in ______ year
A) Fulani herdsmen in 1835
B) Fulani Slave raiders in 1821
C) Hausa Traders in 1831
D) Fulani Travelers in 1829
  • 17. 17. Fourah Bay College is a public University in the neighborhood of ______ in _____ country
A) Mount Aureole in Freetown, Sierra Leone
B) Mount Vernon in Freetown, Sierra Leone
C) South Carolina in United States
D) San Francisco in Los Angeles, Germany
  • 18. 18 was founded on ______
A) 18th April, 1827
B) 18th February, 1827
C) 17th April, 1829
D) 17th February, 1829
  • 19. 19. Fourah Bay College was supported by the governor of Sierra Leone in person of _____
A) Richard Davidson
B) David MacCarthy
C) Charles MacCarthy
D) Charles Dorathy
  • 20. 20. The first black principal of the University was ____
A) Bishop Edward John
B) Reverend Edward Jones
C) Elder David John
D) Reverend Joseph Jones
  • 21. 21. The Benin traded in the following tropical products
A) Ship, pepper and diamond
B) Ivory, beads and clothes
C) Bronze, palm oil and crude oil
D) Ivory, pepper and palm oil
  • 22. 22. Not long after the Benin contact with the British in 1553, the Oba of Benin started to suspect them of having larger motives, he therefore _____
A) They were all jailed and killed by the Oba
B) They were punished by the Oba
C) Shut down communication with them
D) Command the Benin forces to attack them
  • 23. 23. The slave trade existed from ____ to ____ centuries
A) 13th to 17th
B) 11th to 15th
C) 16th to 19th
D) 16th to 20th
  • 24. 24. The slaves transported to the Americas were sold to work on all the following except one
A) Cotton plantation
B) Oil milling
C) Gold and silver mines
D) Tobacco
  • 25. 25. All the following except one is not among the origin of Slave Trade
A) Portuguese exploration
B) European expansion
C) European's migration
D) Triangular trade
  • 26. 26. The full meaning of NDDC is ____
A) Niger Delta Development Commission
B) Niger Delta Development Council
C) Niger Delta Directorates Committee
D) Niger Delta District Council
  • 27. 27. An organization that represents the interests of various ethnic groups in the Niger Delta is _____
A) NDDC
B) WAN
C) MOSOP
D) PANDEF
  • 28. 28. The society in the Niger Delta was organized into various _____
A) Districts
B) Local government
C) Pressure groups
D) Ethnic groups
  • 29. 29. Before the arrival of Europeans, palm oil production and trade in the Niger Delta were primarily conducted by _____
A) Community chiefs
B) Local communities
C) Social communities
D) Government
  • 30. 30. After Jaja gained his freedom, he rose to become a successful ____
A) Businessman and leader
B) Writer and Publisher
C) Influential and great politician
D) Businessman and activist
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