TOPIC: CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN WEST AFRICA
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
1. The Sierra Leone trading company was set up to ______.
A. trade in slaves in West Africa
B. encourage legitimate trade with the Africans
C. annex Sierra Leone with the British Empire
D. provide economic support for the early settlers in Freetown
E. build a factory to manufacture goods locally in Freetown
The correct answer is option [D].
2. The problem of the early Christian missionaries in Nigeria included all the following except the ______.
A. unhealthy climate
B. small number of volunteers
C. lack of co-operation from Nigeria
D. inadequate transport facilities
E. language and culture
The correct answer is option [C].
3. Which of the following is a 19th century Christian missionary?
A. Stanley
B. Mellington
C. Clapperton
D. Johnson
The correct answer is option [C].
4. Which of the following is a center from which many missionaries ventured forth in the 19th and 20th century?
A. Cross River
B. Bonny
C. Calabar
D. Kalabari
The correct answer is option [C].
5. The first African to win a nobel prize was ______.
A. Nelson Mandela
B. Wole Soyinka
C. Desmond Tutu
D. Albert Luthuli
The correct answer is option [D]. Option [A] won 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with F. W. de Klerk [B] won 1986 Nobel Literature Prize [C] won [D] won 1
6. Which of the following companies played an important role in the campaign to abolish slave trade?
A. Basel Trading Company
B. West Africa Trading Company
C. West African-American Cooperation
D. St Georges Bay Company
The correct answer is option [D].
TOPIC: ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS & ESTABLISHMENT OF MUSLIM STATES
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
1. Duties of the farba in the Mali empire included all except ______.
A. collection of taxes
B. reporting the activities of the territory
C. trade
D. native administration
The correct answer is option [C].
2. Islam reached West Africa through _________.
A. Mai’s of Bornu
B. Usman Dan Fodio’s jihad
C. Arab merchants
D. None of the above
The correct answer is option [C].
3. The strongest and most centralized theocracy that resulted from the 19th century jihads was established by ______.
A. Seku Ahmadu
B. Usman Dan Fodio
C. Ahmadu III
D. Al-Hajj Umar
The correct answer is option [B].
4. Taghazza was known for its _____.
A. gold
B. ivory
C. salt
D. trade
The correct answer is option [C].
5. The Mandinka people are located in _____.
A. East Africa
B. West Africa
C. North Africa
D. None of the above
The correct answer is option [B].
6. Timbuktu was annexed by Mansa Musa in the year ____.
A. 1320
B. 1222
C. 1324
D. 1340
The correct answer is option [C].
7. The Songhay kingdom was located in ______.
A. Sese
B. Gao
C. Soninke
D. None of the above
The correct answer is option [B].
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