Which of the following is the most important source of the history of the Hausa states?
Tarikh-as Sudan
The European account
The Kano Chronicle
The Arab traders’ account
Correct answer is C
The Kano Chronicle mentions only the relationship between Kano and neighbouring states; the European accounts contain information about Nigeria’s coastal states while Tarikh-al- Sudan supplies information
on mainly Western and central Sudanese states.
In pre-colonial Nigeria, intergroup contacts were encourage mostly by
Economic interdependence
Military alliance
Marriage ties
Political ties
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
The development of mircoliths is associated with the
Middle Age Stone
Late Stone Age
Iron Age
Early Stone Age
Correct answer is B
The middle Stone Age was characterized by facetted butts; the Iron Age by the development of iron and other metallic weapons and the Early Stone Age by bifaces, cleavers, picks and choppers.
The Nok civilization suggests that
Nigeria passed through different stages of development
Civilization in the area began with the Stone Age
The people of Nigeria came from the East
Nigerian civilization is related to that of Greek
Correct answer is A
Archaeological findings indicated that Nok passed through early, middle and late Stole Age as well as the Iron Age.
Northern Rhodesia, on becoming a Crown Colony, was administered by the
United Nations Organization
Commonwealth of Nations
British Foreign Affairs Department
British Colonial Office
Correct answer is D
No explanation has been provided for this answer.