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Question 21
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The Middle Passage refers to:

 

Ajourney from Europe to Asia
BSilk Road trade route
Cvoyage of slaves from Africa to the Americas
Dtrans-Saharan trade route
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Question 22
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The headquarters of ECOWAS is located in:

 

AAccra
BLome
CLagos
DAbuja
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Question 23
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Which international body replaced the League of Nations?

 

AAfrican Union
BWorld Bank
CUnited Nations
DECOWAS
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Question 24
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Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in:

 

A1933
B1930
C1931
D1934
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Question 25
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The policy of Apartheid was practised in:

 

ABotswana
BAngola
CZimbabwe
DSouth Africa
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Question 26
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The Clifford Constitution of 1922 introduced:

 

ARegional government
BState police
CElective principle
DFederalism
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Question 27
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Archaeology is best defined as the study of:

 

Ahuman behaviour
Bancient remains
Cwritten records
Dlegends
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Question 28
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Kwame Nkrumah declared Ghana's independence in:

 

A1958
B1956
C1955
D1957
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Question 29
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The Lusaka Manifesto focused on:

 

ANigeria's independence
BSouth African apartheid
CPan-Africanism
Ddecolonisation of Angola
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Question 30
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The Nigerian Civil War lasted for:

 

A3 years
B2 years
C1 year
D5 years
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Question 31
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Which factor mainly facilitated the spread of Islam in pre-colonial Northern Nigeria?

 

AChristian missionaries
BEuropean explorers
CMilitary conquest by Arabs
DTrans-Saharan trade
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Question 32
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The founder of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963 was:

 

ANkrumah
BSekou Toure
CHaile Selassie
DNyerere
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Question 33
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Mungo Park is remembered for exploring the:

 

ARiver Congo
BRiver Benue
CRiver Nile
DRiver Niger
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Question 34
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The Sokoto Caliphate was founded by:

 

ANana Asma'u
BMohammed Bello
CAl-Kanemi
DUthman dan Fodio
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Question 35
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Nigeria gained independence in:

 

A1960
B1957
C1963
D1959
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Question 36
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The Industrial Revolution started in:

 

 

ABritain
BUSA
CFrance
DGermany
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Question 37
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The Battle of Hastings occurred in:

 

A1215
B1588
C1066
D1492
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Question 38
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Oral tradition is most useful in the reconstruction of:

 

Arecent wars
Bchurch history
Ccolonial administration
Dpre-literate African societies
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Question 39
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The  leader of the American Civil Rights Movement was:


 

AMalcolm X
BMartin Luther King Jr
CAbraham Lincoln
DBarack Obama
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Question 40
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The main cause of the French Revolution was:

 

 

 

Acollapse of monarchy
Beconomic hardship and social inequality
Cforeign debt
Dforeign invasion
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