JAMB UTME - History - 2008

The early missionaries abandoned their work in Benin mainly because of

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The earliest missionaries to come to Benin were the catholics and as a result of shift opposition from the people, they left.

Which of the following was referred to as 'Province of Freedom' in the 19th century?

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Anti-colonial movements in Nigeria before the World War II involved

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Those protests were mainly against the marginalization of the educated elite from participating in the colonial government.

The main cause of the decline of the Benin Kingdom in the 19th century was the

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Civil strife broke out among rival claimants to the Benin throne thus weakening her central authority.

The power that emerged after the First World War was

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Russia that was part of the Allied forces withdrew in 1917 while the USA joined the war that same year running the tide against Germany.

Which of the following groups belongs to the Jos Plateau?

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The Idoma and Tiv can be found in the Benue area, the Nupe in present Niger state and the Juleun in present Taraba State.

A major cause of depopulation in Nigeria in the 18th century was

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The Trans-Saharan Trade which had been on for many centuries included several articles of trade of which slaves were later added; human sacrifice was only carried on a very small scale; interethnic warfare took place majorly in the nineteenth century.

Transportation network in colonial Nigeria was established to

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The nationalist leaders who played prominent roles during Zimbabwe’s struggle for independence were

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Banda led his country Malawi to independence, Neto was at the forefront of Angola’s nationalism, Nujoma in Namibia; Muzorewa and Sithole and were protégés of the Colonial Administration in Zimbabwe.

The women who wielded political influence in Borno were

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The major feature of the War against Indiscipline were

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The other options are the effects of the selected answer.

French delay in occupying Algeria was attributed to

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Britain also had vested interest to protect in Algeria and was likely not to welcome the French invasion.

Politics in Nigeria’s First republic was characterized by

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By 1700, the Portuguese had been expelled from all their coastal strongholds in East Africa by the

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Arab traders from all the East African coastal states came together to expel the Portuguese who had become weak at that time.

One of the early Nigerian leaders who collaborated with British and later resisted was

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A factor responsible for the growth of large towns among the Yoruba was the

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Which of the following were former British colonies?

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The area later referred to as Cameroon was mandated toFrance and Britain

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A small strip of land in the North and West was given to Britain while the larger part was handed over the France.

In the Ekine society of the Niger Delta, promotion was based on

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In 1963, the Eastern region of Nigeria went to the supreme court over the

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The result of the census had shown that the population of the North was larger than the addition of the figures of both the East and the West.

In the 18th century, Zaria was under the influence of

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The emergence of states in Hausaland was mainly attributed to

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The rise of Shaka the Zulu was a result
of the

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Northern Rhodesia, on becoming a Crown Colony, was administered by the

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The women who wielded political influence in Borno were

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The Egba welcomed the British missionaries in the 19th century because 

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The reign of Sayyid said in East Africa was marked by

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A major cause of depopulation in Nigeria in the 18th century was

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The principal anti-apartheid party in South Africa was the

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The dissatisfaction of the Boer with British reforms at the Cape Colony made them to

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The collapse of Kanem under Dunama Debalemi was attributed to

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The Mahdiyya Movement in the sudan was principally a reaction against

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Khedwe Ismail of Egypt had attempted to suppress slave trade in Egypt and that would deal a devastating blow to the economy of the Sudan.

The Sokoto Jihad was

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The other Jihads wee offshoot of the Sokoto movement.

In colonial Nigeria, export crop production was dominated by

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Indigenous middlemen purchased the crops from the peasant farmers and sold them to European merchants.

The principal target of the Aba Women demonstrators of 1929 were the

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Which of the following pionnered Christian missionary activities in Calabar?

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Freeman pioneered Methodist missionary activity in Yorubaland; Baikie led the 1857 missionary expedition to the North; Skessor worked together to abolish some negative traditional practices in Calabar.

The policy of separation of the races in South Africa was first adopted in the Cape by the

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The Boer – led government introduced the policy of apartheid- a policy of racial segregation.

Sabon Gari settlement in most parts of colonial Nigeria harboured mostly

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Strangers whether muslims or otherwise in each settlement were settle in quarters called Sabon Gari.

The most powerful states that emerged after the fall of the Old Oyo were

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The other options are the effects of the selected answer.

Which of the following areas did Malam Alimi incorporate into the Sokoto Caliphate?

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Islam was introduced in Kano during the reign of

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The last European power to join the race for colonies in Africa was

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The major reason for Nigeria’s interest in the Liberian Civil War was to save herself from

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Nigeria was of the opinion that many of those displayed by the civil strife would stream to Nigeria as refuges and eventually overstretch her economy.

The Royal Niger Company was renamed

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The Native Authority system in Northern Nigerian was established to

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In 1805, Muhammad Ali became the Pasha of Egypt as a result of

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Nationalist’s resistance to colonialism in Africa was influenced by

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Leaders of Nationalist movements were educated elite who were charismatic and did not compromise their antagonism to colonialism.

The Richards Constitution of 1946 brought about

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It created three regions – the West, East and North.

The British policy of indirect rule sought to 

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