Nigeria Test

Question 0

Which institution has been most important and offered the most stability to Nigerians?

Answer 0

The military

Question 1

What is Nigeria’s national question?

Answer 1

Who should rule and how

Question 2

What are the religious division in Nigeria?

Answer 2

Islamic vs. Christian

Question 3

What are the ethnic divisions?

Answer 3

Hausa-Fulani vs. Igbo vs. Yoruba

Question 4

How are ethnic divisions split geographically?

Answer 4

NW= Hausa-Fulani (Muslim) 
NE= small groups (Muslim) 
MB= small ethnic groups (both)
SW= Yoruba(mix of all) 
SE= Igbo (Christian)
S= small minority groups

Question 5

What were the geopolitical characteristics during the colonial days?

Answer 5

South= oceanic slave trading 
north= merchant trade by land

Question 6

How did colonization affect the relationship between local chiefs and their people?

Answer 6

Chiefs felt more accountable to the British than to their people

Question 7

What was the first type of government post colonization?

Answer 7

Parliamentary

Question 8

Why did the parliamentary government fail?

Answer 8

Ethnic divisions made it hard to have a majority party and for the PM to have authority

Question 9

What was the Biafran Civil War?

Answer 9

A violent ethnic based conflict in which the Igbo wanted independence of their land

Question 10

What countries are most dependent on oil?

Answer 10

Nigeria, Iran, Russia, Mexico

Question 11

What is prebendalism?

Answer 11

Patron-clientelism

Question 12

What religions have intensified ethnic conflicts?

Answer 12

Islam and Christianity

Question 13

Describe the Yoruba?

Answer 13

Live in SW, mix of Muslim, Christian, and Native religions, more educated

Question 14

How has education affected the relationship between north and south?

Answer 14

N= less educated 
S= more educated by western styles brought in by Britain

Question 15

What is significant about the period of 1966-1993?

Answer 15

The type of government changed many types with coups and Civil Wars

Question 16

Does Nigeria have a high or low gini index?

Answer 16

High; there is a large gap between wealthy and poor

Question 17

What are the largest ethnic groups?

Answer 17

Yoruba- more educated, farmers, less wealth
Igbo- most educated, best economy cuz of oil
Hausa-Fulani- less educated, conservative

Question 18

What role does gender play in society?

Answer 18

Women are less educated and are considered second class citizens

Question 19

Describe elections in Nigeria?

Answer 19

Elections often get cancelled/ postponed, many elections are fixed, people vote but it’s hard to track because of all the fraudulent voters