First Term Examination History JSS 1 JSS 2 JSS 3 Exam Questions

HISTORY

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

JSS 1 – JSS 2 – JSS 3 EXAM QUESTIONS

JSS 1 HISTORY EXAM QUESTIONS

Choose the correct answer from options a – c.

1. A ________ is a report on a past event.

(a) friction

(b) story

(c) music

2. There are ________ types of story.

(a) three

(b) two

(c) five

3. ________ is a real life story.

(a) Fiction story

(b) Non – fiction

(c) None of the above

4. ________ is an imagination story.

(a) Fiction story

(b) Non – fiction

(c) None of the above

5. ________ is the act of telling a story to a person or a group of person.

(a) Drama

(b) Story telling

(c) Music

6. History is a ________ based event while story telling may not be.

(a) Time

(b) Thyme

(c) Tame

7. An historian is the person that write ________.

(a) letter

(b) history

(c) writing

8. The following are sources of information except ________.

(a) nursery sources

(b) primary sources

(b) secondary sources

9. A person who works in archives is known as ________.

(a) artist

(b) archivist

(c) actor

10. Documents in the archives are known as ________.

(a) administrative materials

(b) archival materials

(c) document

SECTION B – ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION 

QUESTION 1

Define the following:

A. Story

B. Storytelling

C. How many types of story do we have?

D. List them

QUESTION 2

A. How many types of sources of history do we have?

B. List them.

 

Question 3 

List any five types of secondary sources of history.

JSS 2 HISTORY EXAM QUESTIONS

Choose the correct answer from options a – c.

1. The igbo people are located mainly in the ________ geopolitical zone of Nigeria.

(a) North-South

(b) South-East

(c) South West

2. Non- centralized states had ________.

(a) kings

(b) queens

(c) age-grades and secret societies

3. The council of elders in the political organization of pre-colonial Igbo was known as the ________.

(a) Okpara

(b) Ama-ala

(c) obi

4. ________ was used to execute decisions reached at the village assembly meetings in the pre-colonial Igbo land.

(a) Okene

(b) Adavi

(c) Secret societies

5. Which of these was the highest political organization in Idoma?

(a) Ojira

(b) Okpara

(c) Ozo

6. The pre-colonial Ebira society was composed of about ________ clans.

(a) seven

(b) five

(c) six

7. A ________ state is a state where power and authority do not reside in the hands of one leader.

(a) Leg

(b) Non-centralized

(c) Colonial

8. The following are example of non-centralized states in pre-colonial Nigeria except ________.

(a) Tiv

(b) Igbaira

(c) Ibadan

9. Oyo state is an ________ state.

(a) Igbo

(b) Hausa

(c) Yoruba

10. Which of these was an association formed by women in the Ibibio community?

(a) Ekpo

(b) Njama

(c) Ekong.

SECTION B – ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION. 

QUESTION 1

List any five examples of non- centralized states in pre – colonial Nigeria.

QUESTION 2

List all the six clans of the pre-colonial Ebira society.

 

QUESTION 3

Who was the founder of Hausa states?

QUESTION 4

Who was the founder of kanem –Bornu?

JSS 1 HISTORY EXAM QUESTIONS

Choose the correct answer from options a – c.

1. The following were Western Sudanese empires except ________.

(a) Ghana

(b) Mali

(c) Songhai

(d) Namibia

2. The system of exchange during the trans –Saharan trade was by ________.

(a) education

(b) literacy

(c) barter

(d) culture

3. The following were types of currency used in the trans – Saharan trade except ________.

(a) gold currency

(b) cowries

(c) iron coins

(d) iron rods

4. ________ and ________ were the two principal articles the Sudanese peoples exchanged for the imported commodities from North African traders.

(a) Gold, slave

(b) Slaves, cloth

(c) Leather, salt

(d) Salt, sugar

5. Mungo park was a European explorer of ________ origin.

(a) Scottish

(b) German

(c) French

(d) Portuguese

6. ________ categories of Europeans established early contacts with the peoples of Nigeria.

(a) Four

(b) Three

(c) Two

(d) Six

7. The first European travelers to reach the coast of Nigeria were ________.

(a) the Portuguese

(b) the Spanish

(c) The British

(d) The French

8. Which of these is not Western Sudanese empires?

(a) Ghana

(b) Mali

(c) Ogun

(d) Songhai

9. Which of these was a club dedicated to exploring West Africa?

(a) African Union

(b) African Congress

(c) African Association

(d) African Party

10. When was the Berlin Conference Held?

(a) 1784 – 1885

(b) 1884 – 1885

(c) 1886 -1887

(d) 1889-1890

SECTION B – ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION. 

QUESTION 1.

List any three nature of Trans-Saharan Trade.

QUESTION 2.

The two main categories of commodities of trade during trans-Saharan trade were ________ and ________. Q

QUESTION 3.

List any five commodities traded from West Africa during the trans – Saharan trade.

QUESTION 4.

List the three main trade routes during Trans –Saharan trade.