History Test JSS3

1.) What is “Legitimate Trade”?

• A) Trades in slaves

•  B) Trade in agricultural products

• C) Trade in firearms

•        D) Trade in ivory

2.) The Legitimate Trade began as a result of the abolition of what?

•         A) The Atlantic slave trade

•  B) Colonial rule

•  C) Palm oil trade

• D) Industrial Revolution

3.) Which product became the main export during the Legitimate Trade in West Africa?

•  A) Palm oil

• B) Gold

• C) Cotton

• D) Rubber

(4.) Which European country was primarily involved in the Legitimate Trade in Nigeria?

• A) Portugal

• B) Britain

• C) France

• D) Spain

(5.)      What year did Britain officially abolish the transatlantic slave trade?

• A) 1800

• B) 1807

• C) 1820

• D) 1833

(6.)      The growth of the Legitimate Trade was fuelled by the demand for what during the Industrial Revolution?

• A) Slaves

• B) Raw materials

• C) Finished goods

• D) Labor

            (7.)  Palm oil from Nigeria was used primarily for what in Europe?

• A) Medicine

•             B) Lubricants and soap production

•  C) Food

• D) Construction

            (8.) Which Nigerian ethnic group dominated the palm oil trade?

• A) Hausa

• B) Yoruba

• C) Igbo

•  D) Fulani

            (9.) What role did middlemen play in the Legitimate Trade?  

• A) Producers

• B) Buyers Only

•  C) Intermediaries between locals and Europeans

• D) Laborers

            (10.) Which of these was NOT a product of the Legitimate Trade?

• A) Palm oil

• B) Rubber

• C) Slaves

•  D) Ivory