SECTION A
CAMEROON SINCE 1884
1. Which of the following Missionary bodies had the greatest impact on the social and economic lives of the coastal Cameroonians before the German annexation in the 1880s?
A. London Baptist Missionary Society
B. Pallotine Missionaries
C. American Presbyterian Mission
D. Basel Missionary Society
2. Select the correct group of villages with which the French established trade links between 1875 and 1884.
A. Bimbia, Bakingili, Victoria
B. Big Batanga, Malimba, Campo
C. Campo, Victoria, Bakoko
D. Bakundu , Banga, Bimba , Victoria
3. Give the name of the European explorer who travelled widely in North Cameroon and later on participated in the annexation of the territory in the 1880s.
A. Kurt Morgen
B. Tappeenburg
C. Eugen Zintraff
D. Gustav Nachtigal
4. Below are events in the story of German annexation of Cameroon in the 1880s numbered 1-4. Re-arrange the numbers in the correct order of chronology beginning with the earliest
1- Nactigal’s arrival in Cameroon
2- Hewett annexes Victoria from Britain 3- Hewett sends Brooke with treaty forms 4- The Germano-Duala Treaty is signed
A. 3241
B. 1234
C. 3142
D. 4312
5. In which year did the German Consul Max Buchner introduce the Cameroon Council to replace the British Court of Equity
A. 1856
B. 1858
C. 1883
D. 1884
6. Which of the following powers did Germany negotiate the acquisition of Neu-Kamerun or the Duck bill territory in 1911?
A. Spain
B. Britain
C. Portugal
D. France
Question 7 is based on this photograph of an important Allied officer in Cameroon at the time of the First World War
7. Identify the military force he led during that war
A. The Free French Forces
B. The Afika Korps
C. The West African Expeditionary Force
D. The Royal West African Frontier Force
8. All of the following reasons were responsible for the collapse of the economy of British Cameroon at the end of the First World War except
A. The expulsion of German Missionaries
B. The expulsion of German planters
C. The expulsion of German traders
D. The disruption of export
9. Which of the following was NOT considered as a feature of British Indirect Rule policy in Cameroon between 1922 and 1939?
A. Creation of Native Authorities
B. Election of Representative Assemblies
C. Appointment of Residents
D. Attachment of British Cameroon to Nigeria
10. Which French policy during the mandate period subjected Cameroonians to work for the administration without financial compensation?
A. Indigenat
B. Differentiation
C. Prestation
D. Corvee
11. The French military official who visited Cameroon in 1940 to acknowledge and thank Cameroonians’ support for the Free French Forces
A. Marshall Petain
B. Captian Dedier
C.Gerenal De Gaulle
D.General Leclerc
12. The most important contribution of Cameroonians to Allied powers during the Second World War was…
A. The enlisted in the French and British forces
B. They threatened to attack Allied forces
C. They provided shelter to Allied to Allied forces
D. They were employed as technicians in the allied ammunition industry
13. The indigenous political organization that sought to protect the economic and social; interests of Cameroonians during the Trusteeship period were…
A. The U.P.C
B. Kumze C.
C. Union Tribale Bantu
D.Evolution Social du Cameroun
14. “If you don’t vote for me, stones will vote for me…”. Identify both the Southern Cameroons politician and the town in which this offensive Campaign statement was made in the late 1950s which costed him his political career.
A. N.N Mbile, Victoria
B. J.N Foncha, Kumba
C. E.M.L Endeley, Bamenda
D. A.N Jua. Wum.
15. The two political leaders whose political parties merged in 1960 to form the Cameroon People’s National Convention(CPNC) were:
A. Mible and Kale
B. Muna and Foncha
C. Endeley and Mbile
D. Foncha and Ntumazah
16. What post of responsibility did Ahmadou Ahidjo occupy in Mbida’s short lived administration in the 1950s?
A. Minister of Finance
B. Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
C. Minister of State and Defence
D. Minister of Posts and Telecommunication 1949
17. In what year did the U.N-visiting Mission to Cameroon make the recommendation of self-government that greatly influenced the passing of the Loi Cadre?
A. 1949
B. 1952
C. 1955
D.1958
18. The Cameroon politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the West Cameroon Government was…..
A. Endeley
B. Foncha
C. A.N Jua
D. S.T Muna
19. Select from the list below, the exact date the people of Southern Cameroons achieved their independence:
A. 1st October 1961
B. 1st January 1960
C. 11th February 1961
D.1st October 1960
20. Which politician advocated for outright independence for Southern Cameroon in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s
A. J.N Foncha
B. P.M. Kale
C. E.M.L Endeley
D. N.N Mbile
21. The most important result of the collapse of the Mbida administration in French Cameroon was…
A. French Cameroon was granted independence in 1960
B. French Cameroon gained admission into UNO in 1960
C. Mbida escape into exile and sought political refuge in Guinea
D. French Cameroon became a Trusteeship Territory
22. What system of government was adopted at the Foumban Conference of July 1961?
A. A Communist System
B. Confederal System
C. A Unitary System
D. A Federal System
23. The political slogan of the Ahidjo Era that laid emphasis on the promotion of Agriculture and food self-sufficiency in the country was….
A. Operation Green Revolution
B. Re-Afforestation
C. Agro-pastoral show
D. Operation Green Sahel
Question 24 is based on the carton of important Cameroon political leaders produced in the 1990s
24. Identify the leader depicted “B” in the Carton
A. Paul Biya
B. Fon Angwafor III
C. Barrister Ben Muna
D. Ni John Fru Ndi
25. The most important foreign policy achievement of the Cameroon Administration since the 1970s with visible socio-economic structures in the country is…
A. Membership of La Francophonie
B. Membership of the Common Wealth
C. The establishment of diplomatic relations with China
D. The signing of the Green Tree Accord with Nigeria.
SECTION B
AFRICA SINCE 1884
26. One of the last European powers to join the colonial race in the 1880s but was compelled to give up her colonies by 1919 was..
A. Germany
B. Italy
C. Holland
D. Portugal
27. Which of the following European powers acquired the “Lion’s share” of West Africa as a result of the scramble and partition of Africa?
A. Britain
B. Belgium
C. France
D. Germany
28. The most appropriate meaning of assimilation was…
A. The Transformation of Africans into French citizens
B. The granting of African representation in the French National Assembly
C. The granting of self-determination to African territories
D. The exploitation of African colonies by France
Question 29 is based on this cartoonist view of Africa under the firm chain of colonial master published in 1959
29. Select one African territory that successfully resisted this chaining Synchrone as shown in the cartoon above in 1896
A. Egypt
B. Abyssinia
C. Liberia
D. Guinea
30. The First World War was fought in the following African territories except.
A. Togoland
B. Tangayika
C. South West Africa
D. Egypt
31.The African city that hosted an important War time conference in 1943 was..
A. Casablanca
B. Tunis
D. Addis Ababa
D. Cairo
Question 32 is based on this speech on the decolonization process in Africa made in the 1960s. “The most striking of all impressions I have found since, I left London a month ago is of this African national consciousness. Indifferent places, it may take different terms, but it is happening everywhere…”
32. What password is often used to describe this decolonization speech?
A. Pan- Africanism
B. Anti-imperialism
C. Neo- colonialism
D. Wind of change
33. In which of the following North African countries did nationalism become increasingly violent in the 1950s?
A. Algeria
B. Libya
C. Egypt
D. Mauritania
34. In which East African country did the Mau Mau revolt of the 1950s take place?
A. Burundi
B. Kenya
C. Tangayika
D. Uganda
35. Who amongst the following Belgian Congolese nationalist leaders became Prime Minister at independence in June 1960?
A. Joseph Kasavubu
B. Joseph Mobutu
C. Patrice Lumumba
D. Moise Tsombe
36. The African nationalist group that formed the first government in Mozambique following the end of Portuguese colonial rule in the 1970s was…
A. U.N.I.T.A
B. F.R.E.L.I.M.O
C. M.P.L.A
D. F.N.L.A
37. The Nigerian Federal Prime Minister who was ousted and killed in the bloody coup d’etat of 1966 was…
A. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
B. General Aguiyi Ironsi
C. Sir Ahmadu Bello
D. Dr. Nnanmdi Azikiwe
38. To which of the following Southern African territories did the white minority regime in South Africa extend its racial policies before 1990?
A. Botswana
B. Southern Rhodesia
C. South-West Africa
D. Nyasaland
39. The East African leader most associated with the Arusha Declaration of the 1970s on “African Socialism” was…
A. Kenneth Kaunda
B. Jomo Kenyatta
C. Milton Obote
D. Julius Nyerere
40. What is the full meaning in English of CEMAC?
A. Organization of African Union
B. Union of Central African States
C. Economic Community of Central African States
D. Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States
SECTION C
WORLD DIPLOMACY SINCE 1870
41. In what year did Bismarckian diplomacy suffers a major setback following the dismissal of Otto Von Bismarck from the post of chancellor?
A. 1885
B. 1887
C.1888
D.1890
42. Which of the following was not a positive effect of the industrialization of Western Europe on the eve of the First World War?
A. Social inequality
B. Unemployment
C. Mass production
D. Rural exodus
43. Which territory was regained by France as a result of the Versailles Peace Treaty of 1919?
A. Sudetenland
B. Alsace and Lorraine
C. Saar coalfields
D. Eupen –Malmedy
44. The term Appeasement as was widely used during the 1930s was…
A. The necessity to preserve World peace and uphold the rule of law
B. A peace agreement signed between belligerent powers
C. Granting territorial concessions to dictators with the hope of preventing war
D. Policy of safe guarding successive generations from course of war.
45. The dramatic incident that brought the U.S.A into the Second World War in 1941 was…
A. German U-boats constantly attacked U.S vessels at sea
B. The Japanese attack on Pearl Hatbour
C. The German launching of Operation Barbarossa
D. The Japanese attack on Manchuria
46. De Gaulle persistently opposed Britain’s entry into the European Economic Community in the 1950s and 1960s because of…
A. Britain’s special ties with the U.S.A
B. Britain’s naval supremacy in Europe
C. Britain’s unwillingness to share its wealth
D. Rivalry with France over leadership in Europe
47. In which of these countries did the “Wall Street Crash” of October 1929 occur?
A. U.S.S.R
B. U.S.A
C. Germany
D. U.K
48. In which European City did the Cold War manifest itself in the 1940s and 1960s?
A. Paris
B. Budapest
C. Brussels
D. Berlin
49. Who was the first Secretary General of the League of Nations?
A. Albert Thomas
B. Eric Drumond
C. Ernest Lister
D. Trygiv Lie
50. The city that serves as the headquarter of the UNO is…
A. Geneva
B. Moscow
C. New York
D. Washington D.C
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