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ISTTERM EXAMINATION FOR 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SESSIONSUBJECT: HISTORY

1. One of the following is not history makers (a) anthropologist (b) archaeologist (c) historian
(d) stencil
2. The people specialized in giving background on the cultural history of people of ancient
times is known as (a) paleontologist (b) archaeologist (c) cryptographers (d) Anthropologist
3. A detail narrative of a person's life history written by himself is known as (a) narrative (b)
autobiography (c) biographies (d) bibliography
4. Oral historians are that _________ that happened in ancient times (pre-historic) (a) describe
issues (b) collect memories of things (c) analyse scientific matter
5. One of these is not an advantages of secondary source of history (a) it is easy to get (b) it is
cheap to get (c) easy to use (d)it is a direct contact with the eye witness
6. A place where two rivers join is known as (a) tributary (b)confluence (c) ocean
7. Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated in (a) 2006 (b) 2113 (c) 1914
8. In history of individuals in Nigeria, we have the following people: (a)Boko Haram (b) Chief
Obafemi Awolowo (c) My class teacher
9. _______ designed the national flag (a) Joseph Adebayo (b) Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi (c) Olore
Joshua
10. ________formed the national anthem (a) Lucky Igbinedion (b) Pa Odiase (c) Yobo Joseph
11. One of the below is not an advantage of primary source (a) it is dependable (b) useful for
secondary sources of history (c) costly to get
12. Reason for studying history is (a) to understand the present using the past to predict the
future (b) to create states (c) to elect new president
13. History of institutions talk about places like (a) parks and Gardens (b) polytechnic (c) farms
14. History of national symbols talk about (a) history of Nigerian currency (b) history motor
machine (c) history of historians
15. History of a people deals with (a) history of group of people who settled in a particular place
(b) history of fugitives (c) history of story tellers
16. Minority group refers to people of (a) greater population (b) the greatest population (c) the
least population
17. Artifacts are (a) collection of antiquities (b) list of songs (c) group of musicians
18. Nigeria is in (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) Africa
19. A pig lives in ________ place since creation (a) a clean (b) dirty (c) a river
20. Non-fiction is a (a) true account of someone (b) untrue story about somebody (c) a fictitious
account of someone
21. Who was the first ceremonial president of Nigeria? (a) Tafawa Balewa (b) Nnamdi Azikwe (c)
Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
22. Nigeria became independent in ________ (a) 1906 (b) 2019 (c) 1960
23. ________colonized Nigeria (a) America (b) France (c) Britain (d)Ghana
24. Common Wealth of Nations are independent countries of former (a) American (b) British (c)
Portuguese colonies
25. All of these are types of museum except? (a) General museum (b) Art museum (c) natural
science museum (d) capital museum
26. The capital of Nigeria is (a) Lagos (b)Lokoja (c) Abuja
27. A historical account written from personal knowledge is referred to as (a)journals (b)
bulletin. (c) memoirs (d) textbooks

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28. The acronym ‘UNICEF means ________ (a) Union of Christian Evangelical Forum (b) Union of
Christian Evangelical Fold (c) United Nations children Education Fund
29. France got her independence in _________ (a) 1960 (b) 1840 (c) 1769 (d)1222
30. One of the French philosophers propounded the principle of (a) eliminating salve trade (b)
fundamental human right (c) dancing steps
31. One of these is not a major occupation of the NOK people(a) farming (b)iron and tin melting
(c) iron and tin mining(c) weaving
32. All except one are the importance of Excursion (a) provide first hand information (b) create
fun for learner's (c) generate revenue (d) encourage laziness
33. A display of material for the purpose of inspection by interested or selected members of the
public is known as___(a) excursion (b) museum (c) library (d) exhibition
34. The first known NOK artifact was discovered in what year____ (a)1928 (b)1943 (c)1789
(d)1621
35. What is the name of the person that discovered the first NOK artifacts (a) colonel dent
Young (b) Babangida (c) Bello (d) seriki
36 .TheNok culture is situated where in the present Nigeria?(a)bayelsa (b)kaduna (c)Lagos
(d)kebbi
37.The first storey building in Nigeria is found where? (a) Oyo (b) mushin (c) badagry (d) benin
38.An alphabetically arranged book or set of books providing detailed information on different
topics is called (a) Dictionary (b) encyclopedia (c) bulletin (d)project
39. The present governor of ogun state is (a) Abiodun Dapo (b) Ibikunle Amosu (c) Peter Obi (d)
all of the above
40. Ancient story passed by elders from one generation to another is ____ (a) oral traditions
(b) legend (c) folklore (d) eye witness

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ISTTERM EXAMINATION FOR 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SESSIONSUBJECT: HISTORY
CLASS: JSS2
OBJECTIVES:Answer all questions

1. Power distribution is one of the (a) data analysis of survey (b) characteristics on non
centralized states(c) physical features of an astute politician
2. All of the following except one are sources of history (a) primary (b) tertiary (c) oral historian
3. One of the following is not a nationalist (a) Alhaji TafawaBalewa (b) Samuel colony (c) chief
Obafemi Awolowo
4. Urhobo kingdom can be traced in the present Nigerian map to __ (a)Delta State (b) Enugu
(c)Benue
5. Which of these oracles in Igboland is referred to as the long juju (a)Igweke Ala (b) ozuzu (c)
Ibini Ukpabi
6. Ebira origin can be traced to to one of these (a) Wukari (b) Ijaw (c) Benin
7. Ebira people was together with the Igala for how many years (a) 400 (b) 300 (c) 200
8. The political structure of TIV in charge of caring for women and young girls in times of
sickness and death is known as (a) the kur (b) drum chief ( c) Igba
9. One of the following is not an example of a non centralized state (a) Ijaw (b) Ibibio (c)Oyo
10. The primary source of history has the following advantages except __ (a) time consuming
(b)it is a dependable source (c) it deals with real facts
11. A place where two rivers join is known as (a) tributary (b)confluence (c) ocean
12. Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated in (a) 2006 (b) 2113 (c) 1914
13. Who designed the national flag? (a) Joseph Adebayo (b) Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi (c) Olore
Joshua
14. ________composed the national anthem (a) Lucky Igbinedion (b) Pa Odiase (c) Yobo Joseph
15. The smallest unit in Idoma political structure is __ (a) ole (b) Ojila (c) oche
16. The main reason for studying history is (a) to understand the present using the past to
predict the future (b) to create states (c) to elect new president
17. History of institutions talks about places like (a) parks and Gardens (b) polytechnic (c) farms
18. History of national symbols talks about (a) history of Nigerian currency (b) history motor
machine (c) history of historians
19. One of these is not a characteristics of Non-centralized state in pre colonial era ________
(a) Non association (b) decision making (c) age grade
20. The capital of Nigeria is (a) Lagos (b)Lokoja (c) Abuja
21. ______ is the premier university in Nigeria (a) O.A.U, IFE (b) University of Ibadan (c) Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria
22. The 1st secondary school in Nigeria is (a) Lagos Mainland school (b) Yaba higher college 9c)
CMS grammar school
23. The acronym ‘UNICEF’ means ________ (a) Union of Christian Evangelical Forum (b) Union of
Christian Evangelical Fold (c) United Nations international children Education Fund
24. When did Nigeria become a republic? (a) 1987 (b)1644 (c) 1963
25. When a constitution is difficult to change it means __ (a)Rigid constitution (b) strong
constitution (c) smooth constitution
26. The acronym UNESCO means (a) Underdeveloped Nations Economic Summit of C0-operation
(b) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organisation (c) use of national
Educational system coordination
27. Power distribution is one of the (a) data analysis of survey (b) characteristics on non
centralised states(c) physical features of an astute politician

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28. History of a people deals with (a) history of group of people who settled in a particular place
(b) history of fugitives (c) history of story tellers
29. Minority group refers to people of (a) greater population (b) the greatest population (c) the
least population
30. Artifacts are (a) collection of antiquities (b) list of songs (c) group of musicians
31. Nigeria is in (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) Africa
32. A true account of a person written by another person is called ___ (a) biography (b)
autobiography (c) bibliography (d) narration
33. Non-fiction is a (a) true account of someone (b) untrue story about somebody (c) a fictitious
account of someone
34. _______ was the first ceremonial president of Nigeria (a) Tafawa Balewa (b) Nnamdi Azikwe
(c) Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
35. Nigeria became independent in ________ (a) 1906 (b) 2019 (c) 1960
36. ________colonised Nigeria (a) America (b) France (c) Britain
37. Common Wealth of Nations are independent countries of former (a) American (b) British (c)
Portuguese colonies
38. America has _____ states. (a) 50 (b) 52 (c) 53
39. Anthropologist deals with __ (a) background on plant (b) background on cultural history of
people (c) experts on writing
40. One of the below is not an example of a non centralized state (a) Ibibio (b) Idoma (c) Urhobo
(d) Oyo

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CABAX INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS
ISTTERM EXAMINATION FOR 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SESSIONSUBJECT: HISTORY
CLASS: JSS3
OBJECTIVES:Answer all questions

1. Minority group refers to people of (a) greater population (b) the greatest population (c) the
least population
2. Artifacts are (a) collection of antiquities (b) list of songs (c) group of musicians
3. Nigeria is in (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) Africa
4. Which of these was a major route during trans Sahara trade (a) Nigerian Ghana route (b)
west Africa - Tripoli route (c)Bornu Tripoli route
5. Non-fiction is a (a) true account of someone (b) untrue story about somebody (c) a fictitious
account of someone
6. _______ was the first ceremonial president of Nigeria (a) Tafawa Balewa (b) Nnamdi Azikwe
(c) Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
7. Nigeria became independent in ________ (a) 1906 (b) 2019 (c) 1960
8. ________colonized Nigeria (a) America (b) France (c) Britain
9. Common Wealth of Nations are independent countries of former (a) American (b) British (c)
Portuguese colonies
10. America has _____ states. (a) 50 (b) 52 (c) 53
11. The two primary items of trans- Saharan trade were (a) Kola nuts and sugar (b) gold and
cowries (c) Gold and salt
12. Anthropologists are people who (give, hang, judge) cultural history of a people who lived in
ancient times
13. Cryptographers are people specialize in interpreting ancient (a)groups, (b)writings (c)
properties
14. The first storey building in Nigeria is found in which of this state___ (a) Edo (b) Anambra (c)
Lagos
15. One of the following is not an advantage of primary source of history (a) more dependable
(b) the information is real (c)it is time consuming to source
16. A place where two rivers join is known as (a) tributary (b)confluence (c) ocean
17. Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated in (a) 2006 (b) 2113 (c) 1914
18. In history of individuals in Nigeria, we have the following people: (a)Boko Haram (b) Chief
Obafemi Awolowo (c) My class teacher
19. The acronym ‘UNICEF’ means ________ (a) Union of Christian Evangelical Forum (b) Union of
Christian Evangelical Fold (c) United Nations children Education Fund
20. France got her independence in _________ (a) 1960 (b) 1840 (c) 189
21. The 1st secondary school in Nigeria is (a) Lagos Mainland school (b) Yaba higher college(c)
CMS grammar school
22. A place where two rivers join is known as (a) tributary (b)confluence (c) ocean
23. _______ designed the national flag (a) Joseph Adebayo (b) Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi (c) Olore
Joshua
24. ________formed the national anthem (a) Lucky Igbinedion (b) Pa Odiase (c) Yobo Joseph
25. Attempt to explore Africa by Europeans started in: (a) 1788 (b) 1914 (c) 1844
26. The first attempt to explore Africa was made by (a)John Ledyard (b) Hugh clapperton (c)
John lander
27. The Reason for studying history is (a) to understand the present using the past to predict the
future (b) to create states (c) to elect new president
28. History of institutions talk about places like (a) parks and Gardens (b) polythenic (c) farms

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29. History of national symbols talk about (a) history of Nigerian currency (b) history motor
machine (c) history of historians
30. One of the characteristics of Non-centralized state in pre colonial era is ________ (a) Non
association (b) decision making (c) age grade
31. The capital of Nigeria is (a) Lagos (b)Lokoja (c) Abuja
32. ______ is the premier university in Nigeria (a) O.A.U, IFE (b) University of Ibadan (c) Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria
33. The 1st secondary school in Nigeria is (a) Lagos Mainland school (b) Yaba higher college 9c)
CMS grammar school
34. ______ is the premier university in Nigeria (a) O.A.U, IFE (b) University of Ibadan (c) Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria
35. Popular distribution is one of the (a) data analysis of survey (b) characteristics on non
centralized states(c) physical features of an astute politician
36. Trans Sahara trade took place mainly between (a) North Africa and East Africa (b) West
Africa and North Africa (c) Western Europe and North Africa
37. Which of these could be regarded as the founding father of modern Nigeria (a) Lord
Lugard(b)Taubman Goldie (c)Mungo park
38. Which of these African chiefs helped the missionaries that went to Abeokuta (a) Sodeke (b)
lisabi (c) Sodiya
39. Which Christian body sent Mary slessor to Nigeria (a) Anglican Church mission (b) Methodist
Church (c) United Presbyterian church
40. Which of these founded the Royal Niger company ? (a) Mungo park (b) John Holt (c)
Taubman Goldie

Theory (Section B)
Answer only four questions in this section
1. What is the meaning of trans Sahara trade ?
(b) Mention any four factors that encouraged trans Sahara trade
2. Mention four articles of trade-in trans Sahara trade
(b) list any two major routes of trans Sahara trade
3. State any seven effects of trans - Saharan trade
4. Name any five European that explored River Niger
(b)Name two European that came into Nigeria as traders
5. State any two achievements of Mary Slessor as a missionary to Nigeria
6. (b)Name two cities in Nigeria where Birch Freeman had his major missionary work