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Question 1
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The Marshall Plan was aimed at:

 

Apreventing African independence
Brebuilding Europe after WWII
Csupporting Asian economies
Dstrengthening Latin America
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Question 2
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The Cold War officially ended with the fall of:

 

AEast Germany
BBerlin
CUSSR
DNATO
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Question 3
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The British annexed Lagos in:

 

A1881
B1841
C1861
D1871
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Question 4
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The major limitation of oral tradition is:

 

Alack of informants
Billiteracy
Chigh cost
Ddistortion over time
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Question 5
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The first president of Tanzania was:

 

AKenneth Kaunda
BJomo Kenyatta
CJulius Nyerere
DKwame Nkrumah
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Question 6
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NATO was formed in:

 

A1947
B1951
C1949
D1945
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Question 7
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The main sources of historical reconstruction are classified as:

 

Aexternal and internal sources
Bscientific and religious sources
Cpolitical and economic sources
Dprimary and secondary sources
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Question 8
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The critical study of old handwriting is called:

 

APhilology
BNumismatics
CLinguistics
DPalaeography
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Question 9
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Adolf Hitler authored:

 

AMein Kampf
B
CThe Communist Manifesto
DDas Kapital
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Question 10
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The Oyo Empire was renowned for its:

 

Alarge slave plantations
Bstanding army of archers
Cstrong naval force
Dpowerful cavalry
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Question 11
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The Queen Mother in Benin political system was known as:

 

AOmu
BErelu
CIyalode
DIyoba
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Question 12
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The apartheid regime in South Africa officially ended in:

 

A1996
B1992
C1994
D1990
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Question 13
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Samori Toure resisted French colonisation in:

 

ASierra Leone
BMali
CSenegal
DGuinea
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Question 14
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The study of ancient inscriptions is called:

 

APaleography
BNumismatics
CEpigraphy
DArchaeology
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Question 15
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The Lyttleton Constitution was introduced in:

 

A1957
B1960
C1954
D1951
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Question 16
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The Berlin Conference was hosted by:

 

ABritain
BGermany
CBelgium
DFrance
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Question 17
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The OAU Liberation Committee was based in:

 

AEthiopia
BTanzania
CAlgeria
DNigeria
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Question 18
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The Thirty Years' War ended with the Treaty of:

AUtrecht
BParis
CWestphalia
DVersailles
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Question 19
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Numismatics deals with:

 

Acoins and currencies
Bfossils
Cmanuscripts
Dbones
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Question 20
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The discipline that studies human fossils is:

 

APalaeontology
BLinguistics
CEthnography
DAnthropology
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