First Term Examination

Class: JSS 1

Subject : History

Duration : 1 Hr 30 mins

Name: ___________________________________

Instruction : Answer all the questions correctly.

Section A : Objective Questions 

1. The word ‘History’ is derived from Greek word __________. (a) Historical (b) Historia  (c) Dating  (d) Historian

2. History helps us to ___________. (a) know more about ourselves (b) know more about our past (c) know more about our culture (d) all of the above

3. Sources of History are divided into how many category. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6

4. __________ is raw evidence of human actions or experiences. (a) Primary sources (b) Tertiary sources (c) Oral sources (d) Articles sources

5. __________ are examples of written materials. (a) Letters,diaries (b) Stone, tools (c) fossil remains statistics (d) archeological artifacts

6. The difference between History and storytelling is the later refers to narration or jokes while the other is _________. (a) refers to past event (b) entertain and instill moral (c) fiction (d) folklore

7. Nigeria is located in _________ (a) North East Region (b) South Africa (c) West Africa sub-continent (d) West East Africa

8. _________ is the largest country in Africa. (a) Ghana (b) South Africa (c) Nigeria (d) Niger Republic

9. Nigeria is inhabited by a large number of tribal groups with over _____________ languages. (a) 550  (b) 600 (c) 500 (d) 354

10. The Ilé Ifè  Culture was discovered by who? (a) Mongo and Parks brother (b) Richard and John Lander (c) Fredrick and Frank Brothers (d) none

11. The major ethnic group in Nigeria are (a) Yoruba, Hausa, Nupe (b) Hausa, Fulani, Ijaw (c) Yoruba, Ibibio, Ibo (d) Hausa/ Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo

12. The event that took place on January 1914 was __________. (a) Civil War (b) Corona virus (c) Amalgamation of Nigeria (d) Lagos creation

13. Around 1914, Nigeria was coined from River Niger by ______________ (a) Floral Shaw  (b) Margaret Ekpo  (c) Floral Luggard (d) Floral Tinubu

14. The two major Rivers in Nigeria are _________ and _________. (a) River Niger and Benue (b) River Niger and Ogun (c) River Nigeria and Benue (d) River Niger and Benin

15. The earliest evidence of West African use of Iron comes from __________. (a) Igbo-ukwu (b) Nok  (c) Benin  (d) Ile-Ife

16. ___________ is the cradle and spiritual home of the Yorubas. (a) Oyo (b) Osogbo (c) Ilé Ifè  (d) Lagos

17. King of Oyo is addresses as ______________. (a) Ooni of Ifè  (b) Ajero of Ekiti (c) Ọba of Benin  (d) Aláàfin of Oyo

18. ___________ igbó Culture site produced the most decorated pots ever to be made by potter. (a) Igbo Jonah (b) Igbo Richard  (c) Igbo Jacob (d) Igbo Jude

19. __________________ is a system of Government governed by a “King” or “Queen”. (a) Obaship (b) Democracy  (c) Monarchy  (d) President

20. __________ refers to a state where central authority does not exist. (a) Centralised State (b) Non-Centralised State (c) Democratic State (d) None of the above

21. Important historical objects and artifacts are kept at the __________. (a) Banks (b) School (c) Church (d) Museums

22. Articles, dissertations and books are examples of ___________ sources. (a) Nursery (b) Primary (c) Secondary (d) Tertiary

23. Centralised States were usually ___________. (a) small (b) populous (c) scanty (d) All of the above

24. All of these are Hausa states except _______. (a) Benin (b) Kano (c) Katsina (d) Kaduna

25. History satisfies men’s curiosity about the past. (a) True (b) False (c) All of the above (d) None of the above

26. Who is the current vice president of Nigeria? (a) Yemi Osinbajo  (b) Atiku Abubakar (c) Peter Obi (d) Ahmad Lawan

27. Which year was the first site of Igbo ukwu discovered? (a) 1989 (b) 1939 (c) 1949 (d) 1889

28. Queen Amina is the Queen of ___________ (a) Kano (b) Jos (c) Zaria (d) Katsina

29. One important reason for studying History is that it _______ (a) always tell interesting stories  (b) promotes international understanding (c) deals with dead matters (d) None of the above

30. Île Ifè culture was discovered in which year? (a) 1827 (b) 1840 (c) 1838 (d) 2012

31. The second site of Igbo culture was discovered by ________. (a) Igbo Richard (b) Igbo Isaiah (c) Igbo Jonah (d) Igbo Kenny

32. Igbo Richard discovered the following except __________. (a) a bead covered head dress (b) four wristlets (c) three elephant tusks (d) five chain

33. _______ teaches moral lessons and entertain. (a) Dancing (b) History (c) Story telling  (d) Museums

34. Who amalgamated Nigeria? (a) Francis locus (b) Fred Lawrence (c) Fredrick Luggard (d) Ishola Lawrence

35. The Paleolithic age was ____________age. (a) rubber (b) iron (c) stone (d) wood

36. Pre-colonial Era means __________. (a) after the Advent of the white (b) middle of the Advent conical master (c) before the advent of Colonial master (d) before the advent of Nigeria

37. Which tribe took the largest percentage of the population in Nigeria? (a) Igbo (b) Yoruba  (c) Hausa / Fulani (d) Tiv

38. The following are how we access the source of history except _________ (a) Libraries (b) museums (c) cultural festivals (d) exhinition

39. The stone age period was around ________ to _________. (a) 200,000 – 700,000 (b) 500,000 – 1,000,000 (c) 600,000 – 1,000,000 (d) 400,000 – 700,000

40. One of these made Nok culture to be significance in the early civilization. (a) Brass work (b) Iron smelting technology (c) Bead making (d) Huntington

SECTION B : THEORY

Instruction : Answer all questions.

1a. What is the meaning of History?

1b. Explain the sources of History

1c. List five access to sources of History

2a. Mention three centres of civilization in Nigeria.

2b. Briefly discuss Benin Culture

2c. Write two significance of Benin culture

3a. Define centralized states in pre-colonial Nigeria

3b. Explain three factors that led to the formation of centralized states in pre-colonial Nigeria.