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HISTORY

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cameron joined the United Nation in _____.

a)

1958

b)

1964

c)

1960

d)

1924

2.

Which of these countries colonized Nigeria?

a)

Great Britain

b)

United States of America

c)

Ghana

d)

China

3.

______ sent an empty calabash to the Alaafin.

a)

Aole

b)

Afonja

c)

Alimi

d)

Kakanfo

4.

____£ founded the Northern people's Congress.

a)

Chief Obafemi Awolowo

b)

Margaret Ekpo

c)

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

d)

Anthony Enahoro

5.

France officially made Senegal a colony in _____.

a)

1960

b)

1814

c)

1895

d)

1830

6.

Cameroon gained independence on the _______.

a)

1st January 1960

b)

1st June 1960

c)

1st October 1960

d)

1st of August 1960

7.

The name Nigeria was coined from _____.

a)

Niger, Benue

b)

Nile, Area

c)

Niger, Area

d)

Nile, Benue

8.

____ and ____' are the official languages of Cameroon .

a)

Portuguese, French

b)

English, French

c)

Spanish, French

d)

English, Igbo

9.

_____ founded the Sokoto Caliphate.

a)

Yunfa

b)

Muhammed Bello

c)

Usman Dan Fodio

d)

Aminat of Zaria

10.

_____ was referred to as the father of all nationalist in Nigeria.

a)

Nnamdi Azikiwe

b)

Herbert Macaulay

c)

M.K.O Abiola

d)

Ransom Kuti

11.

The capital of Senegal is ____

a)

Yaounde

b)

Algiers

c)

Bamako

d)

Dakar

12.

Which country has the oldest Africa president?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Cameroon

c)

Senegal

d)

Ghana

13.

_____ was the first to build a stadium in West Africa.

a)

Margaret Ekpo

b)

Muritala Muhammed

c)

Chief Obafemi Awolowo

d)

Tafawa Balewa

14.

Senegal became a republic in ______.

a)

August

b)

July

c)

January

d)

June

15.

_______ resigned and handed over to Paul Biya.

a)

Lamine Gueye

b)

Ahmadou Ahidjo

c)

Leopold Senghor

d)

Carles Babbage

16.

Whose portrait is on the #500 note?

a)

Tafawa Balewa

b)

Nnamdi Azikiwe

c)

Godwin Emefiele

d)

Alvan Ikoku

17.

Oba Kosoko was the grandson of _____.

a)

Ologun Kutere

b)

Oba Akinolu

c)

Madam Tinubu

d)

Oba Akintoye

18.

Nigeria was almagamatef in the year_____.

a)

1814

b)

1714

c)

1914

d)

1943

19.

______ became the first emir of Ilorin.

a)

Mallam Yusuf

b)

Malam Abu

c)

Mallam Alimi

d)

Mallam Ibrahim

20.

______ was killed in a bottle that ensued between the people of Ilorin and the Fulanis.

a)

Afonja

b)

Aole

c)

Alaafin

d)

Ologun Kutere

21.

_____ was the first prime minister of Nigeria.

a)

Nnamdi Azikiwe

b)

Goodluck Jonathan

c)

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

d)

Muhammadu Buharii

22.

Dan Fodio and his followers fled to Gudu so that he would not be captured and killed. This flight is called. This fight is called______.

a)

Jihad

b)

Hijira

c)

Amir-al- Muminim

23.

French and British invaded Cameroon in ____.

a)

1916

b)

1919

c)

1918

d)

1926

24.

The _____ were the first Europeans to enter Senegal.

a)

German

b)

British

c)

Portuguese

d)

German

25.

____ founded the Egbe Omo Oduduwa

a)

Anthony Enahoro

b)

Obafemi Awolowo

c)

Nnamdi Azikiwe

d)

Bode George

26.

The Portuguese traded with cloth and metal and in return got ____ and ____.

a)

Gold, bronze

b)

Gold, silver

c)

Gold, Ivory

d)

Precious stone

27.

_____ was the Alaafin of Oyo

a)

Afonja

b)

Alimi

c)

Aole

d)

Ologun Kutere

28.

Oba Kosoko plotted a coup against _____

a)

Oba Tinubu

b)

Ologun Kutere

c)

Oba Akintoye

d)

Oba Akinolu

29.

____ was not a Senegalese nationalist leader.

a)

Abdou Diof

b)

Ahmadou Ahidjo

c)

Lamine Gueye

30.

NCNC was established by _____.

a)

Margaret Ekpo

b)

Nnamdi Azikiwe

c)

Anthony Enahoro

d)

Muritala Muhammed