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 establishment of _________ by ______ help fast track the activity of nationalist in Nigeria
Lagos daily news/ Herbert Macaulay
Daily times/ Nnamdi Azikiwe
Nigeria pilot / Nnamdi Azikiwe
Weekly review/ Herbert Macaulay
Correct answer is A
Herbert Macaulay Olayinka Samuel was a Nigerian politician and generally referred to as father of Nigeria nationalism, he established the first newspaper in Nigeria in 1923 called Lagos daily news.
One main factor that led to depopulation of Nigerians around 1715 to 1789 was
Sacrificing humans to appease gods
Trans-Atlantic slave trade
Trading with neighboring community
The trans-Sahara trade
Correct answer is B
Depopulation is the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants from their land. The Trans-Atlantic slave trade brought depopulation to numbers of Nigeria inhabitants in 18th century.
The Emir of Sokoto controls the ________ empire as one of the supreme headquarter.
Eastern
Western
Southern
Central
Correct answer is A
The sokoto caliphate was one of the two supreme headquarter, it controls the Eastern empire and headed by an Emir. The Eastern empire include Yauri.
Egyptian nationalism in late 18th century and early 20th century majorly aimed at _______
Manipulating the Suez Canal
Turning out military dictatorship in Egypt
Ensuring Egyptian independence
Upholding the monarch stance
Correct answer is C
Egypt, who finally got her independence in 1922 in her 19th century was seen fighting colonialism through her nationalists to ensure independence.
Justification of colonial strategy
Perfection of Indirect rule
Fear in the system
Democratic means of ruling
Correct answer is C
Prior to the advent of British domination, the Igbo society is acephalous in nature and has no clear-cut government. The warrant chief system which was later introduced to them (Igbo) brought panic, part of which is the Aba women riot of 1929/30.