Jamb History Past Questions For Year 2008
Question 46
The British government took over the control of the Colony of Sierra Leone in 1807 in order to use it as a
- A. major trading port in the West African region
- B. centre for the spread of British culture
- C. base for anti-slave trade naval patrol
- D. base to penet West African interior.
Question 47
The area later referred to as Cameroon was mandated to
- A. France and Britain
- B. Portugal and Spain
- C. Belgium and Italy
- D. Germany and Belgium.
Question 48
Northern Rhodesia, on becoming a Crown Colony, was administered by the
- A. United Nations Organization
- B. Commonwealth of Nations
- C. British Foreign Affairs Department
- D. British Colonial Office.
Question 49
The power that emerged after the First World War was
- A. Great Britain
- B. Russia
- C. the USA
- D. Japan.
Question 50
The most powerful states that emerged after the fall of the Old Oyo were
- A. Owu and Abeokuta
- B. Ijaiye and Ife
- C. Ibadan and Ijaiye
- D. New Oyo and Ibadan.
