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.
How many people died in the Mfecane war?
Over 1 to 2 million
Over 2 to 3 million
Over 4 to 5 million
Over 5 to 6 million
Correct answer is A
Mfecane, (Zulu: "The crushing"), Sotho Difaqane, series of Zulu and Nguni wars and forced migration of the second and third decades of the 19th century that changed the demographic, social, and political configuration of Southern and central Africa and parts of eastern Africa.
It was recorded that over 1 to 2 million people died in the Mfecane war.
Educated elites did not like the system of indirect rule in Nigeria because it
Make provision for them
Was exploitative and cumbersome
Made traditional rules powerful
Did not make provision for them
Correct answer is D
The indirect rule did not make provision for the people instead traditional rulers was placed to control them.
All the following are reasons for military intervention in Nigeria except
Tribalism and nepotism
Regular promotion of military officers
Mismanagement of public funds
Low level of economic development
Correct answer is B
Promoting of military officers is not part of the cause of intervention of military rule in Nigeria.
Whose administration favoured the decolonization as self determination of African states?
Balewa's regime
Murtala\Obasanjos regime
Buhari\Idiagbon regime
Shehu Shagari regime
Correct answer is B
Murtala and Obadanjo regime helped the state to see through self determination and decolonization.
The Omani Empire vyed with ..... and ...... for trade
Portugal and Britain
British and Thailand
Portugal and British
China And British
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.