NIGERIA

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NIGERIA

• Multiple-Choice Questions
• INTL. 204 Comparative Politics

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Question 1

• Between 1805 and 1960, the colonial rulers of
  Nigeria were
• French
• Portuguese
• British
• German

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Question 2

• In the 16th and 17th century, the major source of
  export income was
• Cotton
• Cocoa
• Slaves
• Peanuts

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Question 3

• The strategy of indirect rule
• Supported the rule of traditional leaders
• Meant that only British military non-commissioned
  officers were in charge
• Allowed for the development of indigenous
  political parties
• Allowed intervention into everyday life by the
  colonizers

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Question 4

• The dependency ratio is a measure of
• The proportion of non-working population to
  working population
• The proportion of individuals on government
  welfare to those not on government welfare
• The degree to which the country is dependent on
  foreign aid
• A measure designed to indicate dependency on
  foreign imports vs. exports

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Question 5

• Petroleum production began to be a significant
  export earning in
• the 1950s
• the 1960s
• the 1970s
• the 1980s

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Question 6

• Oil revenues accrue to
• private companies
• foreign companies
• region where the oil is produced
• the state of Nigeria

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Question 7

• Which groups have most influence on the Nigerian
  state?
• associational groups
• nonassociational groups
• religious and ethnic groups
• institutional groups

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Question 8

• Multiple ethnic identities have had
• A fragmenting effect on political structure
• A unifying effect given the consensus on ideology
• No effect whatsoever
• Increasingly less influence in Nigerian politics

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Question 9

• Where the south is generally a mixture of
  indigenous religions and Christianity, the north
  is primarily
• Islamic
• Catholic
• Animist
• Hindu

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Question 10

• The Biafran War took place in
• 1948
• 1954
• 1967
• 1983

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Question 11

• Another word for clientelism is
• Business associate
• Patronage
• Corruption
• Accountability

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Question 12

• The official language of Nigeria is
• Hausa-Fulani
• French
• English
• There is no official language

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Question 13

• Nigerian federalism is supported largely by
• Control over petroleum revenues
• Federal military and police units
• Consensus of the ethnic groups
• Adherence to Constitutional principles

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Question 14

• The organizational base of most political parties
  is
• the family and community
• religious factions
• labor unions
• ethnic and regional

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Question 15

• ECOWAS is a regional organization that is active
• as a political organization
• in support of the development of free trade zones
• as a regional security organization
• All of the above