How did the establishment of missionary schools during the colonial era affect the Nigerian economy?

• A. It led to increased government spending on education.
• B. It hindered economic development due to religious conflicts.
• C. It improved the literacy rate and provided a skilled workforce.
• D. It favored British education over traditional Nigerian education.

King Jaja of Opobo was forcibly removed for ...

• A. conspiracy against the British colonialists
• B. his obstruction of commerce
• C. the attempt to declare the freedom of his people from colonial rule
• D. his resistance to slave trading

The Bayajidda tradition suggests that

• A. Hausa ancestors came from Arabia
• B. women exercised political power in pre-Islamic Hausaland
• C. the introduction of Islam led to the formation of the Hausa city states
• D. The Queen of Daura was the first to embrace Islam.

Khedive Ismail appointed British officers in Sudan in order to

• A. obtain recognition for his government
• B. introduce heavy taxation
• C. rebuild the Sudanese territories
• D. fight against lucrative slave trade

Which Islamic reform movement aimed to purify the practice of Islam from local customs and traditions in West Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries?

• A. Wahhabi Movement
• B. Mahdist Movement
• C. Sufi Brotherhoods
• D. Qadiriyya Movement

The Nigerian Second Republic adopted a/an ... system of governance

• A. West-Minister
• B. British-styled Presidential
• C. American-styled Presidential
• D. Confederal

Portuguese speaking countries in Africa who were formerly colonized by Portugal are generally refer to as____________

• A. Busophone
• B. Anglophone
• C. Francophone
• D. Spaniards

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

• A. his leadership qualities
• B. the deposition of the sultan
• C. his military background
• D. the voluntary retirement of the sultan.

Which of the following was one of the demands of the National Congress of British West Africa?

• A. Establishment of a university in each of the colonies.
• B. Expulsion of all Syrians and Lebanese from the colonies.
• C. Election of Africans into each colony
• D. Restriction of the activities of Christian missionaries in the colonies.

Apartheid in South Africa was a system that institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination. What year did it officially begin?

• A. 1948
• B. 1956
• C. 1971
• D. 1963