SCHOOL:-
NAME:-
CLASS: JUNIOR TWO (2) J.S.S. 2 / GRADE 8 / BASIC 8
SUBJECT: HISTORY 3rd TERM EXAM
SECTION A – OBJECTIVE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. ___ is the act of consolidating political power under a
single political authority (a) politics (b) societies (c)
states (d) country
2. Which of the following is not among the centralized
states or kingdom in 500-1800 A.D (a) Kwara (b) Oyo
(c) Benin (d) Bornu
3. _____ has the longest dynasty in World history (a)
Kanem Bornu (b) Oyo Empire (c) Benin Empire
4. The Sefawa dynasty lasted for about__ years (a) 2000
(b) 3000 (c) 1000 (d) 500
5. The factors that rise in Second Kanuri Empire is
____(a) Good leadership of Mai Ali Ghaji (b) Education
(c) Corruption (d) Bribery
6. Bornu realized her revenue from____(a) loans and
tributes from vassals (b) taxes and tributes from
vassals (c) food and tributes from no one
7. Hausaland. Bornu exchanged slaves, copper and
grains for salt, kolanuts and gold (a) True (b) False
8. Which of the following factors does not influenced the
formation of states in Hausa land? (a) good leadership
(b) agriculture plus fertile land (c) introduction of Islamic
(d) bad leadership
9. Political Institution in Hausa Land. The apex of the
ladder is the___ assisted by a council of states the (a)
Sarkin (b) Dongari (c) Madawaki
10. The Nupe people were known as skillful boat builders
and the state was founded by _____(a) Tosoeda
Mathew (b) Tosoeda Edegi (c) Tosoeda Edgar
11. The Nupe state was well-watered by rivers Niger and
Kaduna which gave way to____ (a) farming and fishing
(b) ore and coal (c) mining and camping
12. The Nupe kingdom was divided into four zones headed
by zonal chiefs, responsible to___(a) Atsu (b) Astu-
Estu (c) Etsu (d) King
13. Apart from trade. Nupe got revenue from taxes and
tributes from vassals (a) False (b) True (c) Maybe
14. In the Nupe____ reign witnessed the advent of Islam in
the kingdom (a) Tsoede (b) Estu Jibrin’s (c) Nupekian
15. The__ Hausa states and Kanem Bornu empire related
very well in the following areas before the coming of
Europeans (a) fourteen (b) fifteen (c) sixteen (d) eleven
16. Ile- Ife is in_____is seen as the place of origin and as a
sacred town (a) Oyo (b) Ogun (c) Osun state
17. Nok and Ife art are from the Nok civilization because
beaded neck, wrists and ankles were also found (a)
Maybe (b) True (c) False
18. The relationship between Ife and Benin Empire in the
Pre-colonial Era are the following except___(a)
marriage (b) cordial relationship (c) military war
19. The last Ogiso ruler was___an incompetent ruler who
clashed with the nobles and was banished (a) Owodo
(b) Uzama (c) Igodo
20. History can be defined as ______(a) any story that is
properly told (b) the study of stories (c) the study of
past events as they relate (d) the study of man-made
stories
21. The pleasure in knowing the past and shaping one’s
imaginations about the present and future is known
as___(a) civic education (b) government (c) history (d)
social studies
22. Ife and Nok artist showed their interest in
making____figurines (a) animal (b) building (c) human
(d) plant
23. Societies celebrate their heroes and heroines
because___(a) of their good deeds (b) of their wealth
(c) of their high social classes (d) they could not meet
them alive
24. The findings of Nok Culture were mostly of human and
animal____(a) bones (b) heads (c) skins (d) feeds
25. The following are examples of oral traditions
except___(a) memoirs (b) legends (c) praise songs (d)
proverbs
26. _____ were involved in the trans – Atlantic slave trade
in the pre colonial era (a) Borno state (b) Niger Delta
City states (c) Kogi state
27. The Portuguese took their first cargo of ten Negro
slaves who were used as ____(a) hawkers (b)
housewife (c) household servants
28. The slave trade started in West Africa, a trade which
later covered a period of about (a) 300 years (b) 400
years (c) 500 years
29. The slave trade in West Africa caused___(a) good life
(b) wealth (c) loss of lives and properties
30. All of the following are culture and customs major areas
with a lot of differences of civilization in Nigeria
except__(a) marriage (b) language (c) Home
31. Objects made and used by man in the past
are___(a) arte-facts (b) articles (c) folklores (d)
legends
32. Stories about animals and people told with the
airm of teaching the culture of a particular
people is ____(a) folklores (b) legends (c) myths
(d) oral traditions
33. The following are secondary sources of history
except___(a) dairies (b) documentaries (c)
letters (d) oral tradition
34. Which of the following is not an importance of
history to an individual? (a) actualizing self
discovery (b) encouraging loyalty to the state (c)
enhancing one’s [ride (d) enhancing societal
development
35. Societies celebrate their heroes and heroines
because___(a) of their good deeds (b) of their
wealth (c) of their high social classes (d) they
could not meet them alive
36. History is important to the society in the
following ways except that it helps____(a) to
 guide against repetition of past mistakes (b) in 57. ____ is one of the Niger-Benue confluence states. (a)
leadership training (c) in identity discovery (d) in Hausa (b) Igala (c) Eko
58. The major source of income of the Jukun during the
encouraging ethnic rivalry period covered by researchers was the___(a) market oil
37. The findings of Nok Culture were mostly of (b) palm wine (c) slave trade
human and animal____(a) bones (b) heads (c) 59. ______ people practiced divine kingship and the king
skins (d) feeds (Aku) was sacred and surrounded by taboos. (a) Jukun (b)
38. Which of these statement is not correct about Igala (c) Hausa
60. Oyo Empire was founded by ___(a) Yorubas (b) Ooni (c)
the importance of history to man? History___(a) Oranmiyan
depends people’s knowledge about their society
(b) enables and individual to recognize his\her MARKING GUIDE (ANSWERS)
potentials (c) helps people to avoid repeating 1.B 2.A 3.A 4.C 5.A
past mistakes (d) helps people to know the truth 6.B 7.A 8.D 9.A 10.B
11.A 12.C 13.B 14.B 15.A
about their past 16.C 17.B 18.C 19.A 20.C
39. The pleasure in knowing the past and shaping 21.C 22.C 23.A 24.B 25.A
one’s imaginations about the present and future 26.B 27.C 28.B 29.C 30.C
is known as___(a) civic education (b) 31.A 32.A 33.D 34.C 35.A
government (c) history (d) social studies 36.D 37.B 38.B 39.C 40.C
41.A 42.C 43.A 44.C 45.B
40. Ife and Nok artist showed their interest in 46.A 47.B 48.A 49.C 50.C
making____figurines (a) animal (b) building (c) 51.A 52.C 53.B 54.A 55.B
human (d) plant 56.C 57.B 58.C 59.B 60.C
41. The source of history which gives first-hand information
about an event is called___ (a) primary (b) secondary (c)
tertiary (d) none of the above
42. A_____ refers to a group of people that live in a political SECTION B THEORY
community under one government. (a) group (b) 1a. Define centralization
politicians (c) state 1b. State the factors that influence the formation of states.
43. A centralized state can therefore be defined as a territory 1c. Explain the origin of Kanem and Borno empire
that is governed by a ___ central authority. (a) single (b) 1d. Factors that led to the rise of the second Kanuri empire.
double (c) multiple 2a. Discuss the Nupe kingdom.
44. Which of the following is not characteristics of 2b. What role did Islam play in the development of the
centralized state? (a) singular executive (b) flexible Hausa states?
constitution (c) double constitution
2c. Write notes on the relationship between Ife and Benin
45. The centralized states and Kingdoms which existed
Empire
between 500 – 1800 A.d. are the following except____ (a)
3a. Discuss the relationship between the Igbos and the
Oyo (b) Ghana (c) Benin
46. _____ has the longest dynasty in World history (a) Kanem Niger Delta city states in the pre-colonial era
Bornu (b) Oyo Empire (c) Benin Empire 3b. State any two significance of Igbo-ukwu culture to
47. The Sefawa dynasty lasted for about____ years (a) 1200 Nigerian history
(b) 1000 (c) 100 3c. State the differences between Ife and Benin kingdom in
48. ____ established and consolidated the second Kanuri the pre-colonial period
empire. (a) Mai Ali Ghaji (b) Yerima (c) Galadima 4a. State three differences between oyo empire and Nupe
49. Which of the following do not include the Hausa state? kingdom
(a) Abuja (b) Kano (c) Lagos (d) Katsina 4b. EXPLAIN culture and CUSTOMS
50. At the apex of the ladder in Hausa constitution is
called___(a) Dongari (b) Galadima (c) Sarkin
51. ____ was the first woman to become the Sarauniya
(queen) in a male-dominated society during her reign
between 1576 to 1610 (a) Queen Amina (b) Queen Zaria
(c) Queen Sarafina
52. The state was well-watered by rivers Niger and Kaduna
which gave way to____(a) palm oil and oil (b) art and craft
(c) farming and fishing
53. ___ is the son of an Igala prince, was the founder of Nupe
state (a) Jubrin (b) Isoede (c) Etsu
54. The first fulani Etsu of Nupe Kingdom and ruled Nupe
Kingdom from___(a) Bida (b) Zaria (c) Kano
55. The Igala kingdom was founded by Abutu-Eje in
the____century (a) 17th (b) 16th (c) 15th
56. ____ kingdom was ruled by nine high officials called the
Igala Mela who are custodians of the sacred Earth shrine.
(a) Benin (b) Oyo (c) Igala