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POL121
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1. According to Nkrumah
(1976:9), the name
Rhodesia was coined from
Cecil Rhodes, the founder
of the ……………….
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2. The followings but one, are
the features of African
politics
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3. Hellen Sirleaf Johnson of
……………. was the first
African woman to be
elected President
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4. Until 1946, while the
Northern Nigeria was ruled
directly by the colonial
Governor-General, the
Southern Nigeria was ruled
by the
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5. One of the two major blocs
that led to the formation of
the Organization of African
Unity (now AU), was the
_groups
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6. In a democracy, the Fourth
Estate of the realm is
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7. The second bombardment
of Lagos in 1861, leading to
the annexation that
changed Lagos territory to
become
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8. The followings but one of
the African countries were
independent by the eve of
World War II
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9. The popular saying "seek
first the kingdom of politics,
every ohters shall be added
ujnto it" is credited to a panAfricanist called
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10. Prior to the World War II,
Togoland and Cameroon
were colonies of
…………………..
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11. The first political party in
Nigeria was formed in
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12. The two groups that formed
the OAU belonged to two
different ideological divides:
Conservative and
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13. Operations of the
ECOMOG is limited to
_member states
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14. Under the bi-polar global
system, the 'cold war' was
between the United States
of America and the defunct
Union of
_Socialist Republics
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15. The title "Mwalimu" used by
a Tanzanian President
means The Great
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16. Scholars regard the postindependence relationship
between African countries
and their former imperial
powers as
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17. All the following Nigerian
Governors except one,
were removed from office
through impeachment
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18. The type of democracy that
was practiced in Precolonial Africa was called
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19. In 1965, TANU was
legalized as the sole
political party in
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20. The 1775 industrial
revolution in the
turned African countries to
mere producers of raw
materials
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21. In 1925, ……………………
was formed by Ladipo
Solanke to fight colonial
policies in West Africa
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22. The USA
enacted a Comprehensive
Anti Apartheid Act (CAA)
against the then South
African government in the
year 1986
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23. Sir James Wilson
_(15th June, 1955 - 16th
November, 1960) was the
last Nigeria's colonial
Governor-General
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24. By 1922, a political party
was formed in the British
Nigeria but no political party
was formed in any French
colonies until ………..
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25. Nigeria was not a Republic
until
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26. According to Richard
Joseph (2006),
……………………… is a
situtation where an
individual seeks a patron
and leans on him/her in
order to benefit from the
privileges of the upper class
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27. President
got U.S. Congress approval
for Arican Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA)
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28. Stability, rapid economic
development and unity, are
some of the reasons
advanced by some African
leaders to justify
Party system
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29. The chater establishing the
ECOMOG gave it the
mandate only for
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30. Liberia and
were the only African
countries never colonized
by any European power
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31. In the Nigeria’s First
Republic (1960-1966), the
system of government
practiced was
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32. In 1893 New Zealand
recognized the right of
women to
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33. The meeting to reconcile
Ojukwu and Gowon before
the outbreak of civil war in
Nigeria took place in------
Ghana
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34. One of the internal factors
that ignited the spirit of
nationalism in Africa was
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35. The West African Pilot was
a popular anti-colonial
newspaper in
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36. The 1884 conference
where African countries
were pertitioned took place
in ……………..
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37. Inordinate ambition by
young military officers has
been identified as one of
the factors for political
in some developing
countries
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38. Until October 1, 1960,
Nigeria was one of the
colonial territories of
……………….
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39. One of the major obstacles
to women political
participation in Northern
Nigeria is
Culture
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40. According to Mengisteab
(2003), pre-colonial African
societies have a rich
tradition of political
economic and
…………………….
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41. The eight point Millennium
Development Goals
(MDGS) was launched by
the
in year 2000
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42. Regional integration by
African countries is difficult
because of
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43. The Nigeria's June 12,
1993 election was annulled
by the military
administration of
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44. One of the last generation
of African sit-tight Leaders
is ……………….
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45. What is popularly known as
the ”Mandela option”
suggests
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46. Some measures taken by
African leaders to eradicate
the vestiges of colonialism
from African continent is
known as
Process
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47. The former Rhodesia is
now known as
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48. The idea of One Party
System was promoted in
Africa in the immediate
post-independence era for
the following reasons,
except
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According to Bade Onimode (1981:96), the dual economic system created by colonial masters were essentially to serve subsistent needs of the local paople and
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