History Questions and Answers
Learn about past events in Nigeria and the world with these interesting and informative History questions and answers.
Learn about past events in Nigeria and the world with these interesting and informative History questions and answers.
The point where the recent and earlier Islamic reform movement relate is the __________
Use of Arabic language as strict medium
Support of holy Quran translation to African languages
Decline in the use of educational resources institutes
Need for terrorist group to take over world on Islamic ground
Correct answer is B
The recent and earlier Islamic movement actively support the translation of the holy text into Swahili, Hausa, Fulfude, Wolof, Bambara and Yoruba.
Due to colonialism, the new day Nigeria now has _______as her official language.
English
Pidgin
Hausa
French
Correct answer is A
English became the official language of Nigeria since colonial period and this has helped the country stay unified. It (English) gave the people better social interaction despite the diverse of cultures in the land.
Imperialism
Capitalism
Socialism
Industrialization
Correct answer is A
Imperialism is an outward drive of certain people to build empires, colonies and to occupy privileges position in market of foreign lands.
Freetown was use to facilitate ________ from 1822 to early 20th century.
Farm Produce
Religious activities
Freed slave settlement
Social activities
Correct answer is C
Freetown, was founded as home for repatriated former slaves in 1787, it has a special significance in the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade as a departure point for thousands of West African captives.
The Nigeria president who with Eyadema of Togo spearhead the formation of ECOWAS is ___________
Muhammad Buhari
Yakubu Gowon
Olusegun Obasanjo
Aguiyi Ironsi
Correct answer is B
The Economic Community of West Africa State (ECOWAS) founded on 28th May, 1975 in Lagos was spearheaded by President Eyadema of Togo and Yakubu Gowon of Nigeria.