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 Africans transported across the Atlantic as slaves were mostly
People with criminal records
Able-bodied men
Disabled persons
People with low income
Correct answer is B
Disabled persons as well as old persons and children were not taken as they would not be able to work on sugar cane and tobacco plantations in America where they were taken to.
European traders did not venture into the interior of Nigeria before the 19th century because
They were ignorant of the area
The African middlemen served their needs
Of their fear of the African middlemen
They were very few in number
Correct answer is B
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
The Yoruba background to the Oba of Benin is emphasized by the
Similarities of Benin and Ife arts
Similarities in their political structures
Relationship between Oranmiyan and Ogiso dynasties
Oranmiyan legend in Benin history
Correct answer is D
There was no relationship between the Oranmiyan and Ogiso Dynasties the letter of which had been superceded by the republican system; and Oranmiyan connection with Benin history produced similarities in life and Benin art as well as in their political structures.
The most powerful states that emerged after the fall of the Old Oyo were
Owu and Abeokuta
Ijaiye and Ife
Ibadan and Ijaiye
New Oyo and Ibadan
Correct answer is C
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
Which of the following areas did Malam Alimi incorporate into the Sokoto Caliphate?
Bida
Illorin
Adamawa
Bauchi
Correct answer is C
No explanation has been provided for this answer.