Nigeria Vocab Quiz

Question 1

Rentier state

Answer 1

A state that makes their money from other countries instead of their own by selling natural resources

Question 2

Goodluck Jonathan

Answer 2

A former president who severed from 2010-2015.

Question 3

Pluralist system

Answer 3

effectiviness of interest groups hampered by prebendalism

Question 4

Boko Haram

Answer 4

A terrorist organization who seek to overthrow the government and replace it with a regime based on Islamic law.

Question 5

APC (All Progressives Congress)

Answer 5

Main political party in Nigeria. It has a lot of members and usually wins the most votes in elections.

Question 6

Regional

Answer 6

follow along ethnic and religious lines

Question 7

Urban vs. Rural differences

Answer 7

Most political organizing, interest groups, and political protest takes place in cities

Question 8

Niger Delta

Answer 8

An oil rich area and home to many minority groups

Question 9

Igbo

Answer 9

Ethinic group in Nigeria in the southeast

Question 10

INEC reforms

Answer 10

biometric voters IDs, polling places with card readers

Question 11

PDP (People’s Democratic Party)

Answer 11

It’s another big political party in Nigeria, and it used to be the main party in the country before the APC took over.

Question 12

Military

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Strong, policy-making force, restored and maintained order during ethnic conflicts

Question 13

Hausea-Fulani

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makes up 29% of the ethnic population, is dominate in the northwest, and predominantly Sunni Muslim.

Question 14

Goodluck Jonathan

Answer 14

President from 2010-2015

Question 15

Senate

Answer 15

Approve legislation, power to impeach the president, and power to confirm appointees

Question 16

MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta)

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A decentralised militant group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

Question 17

House of Representatives

Answer 17

Approves legislation, and debates legislation

Question 18

Prebendlaism

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Personalized system of rule where public offices and state income are disbursed to ethnic clienctele

Question 19

Yoruba

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Makes up 21% of the population, mainly in the southwest, and Religion is split with about 40% Muslim, 40% Christian, and 20% native religions.

Question 20

Scramble for Africa

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The intense period of European colonization and annexation of African territories between the 1880s and 1914, driven by the Second Industrial Revolution

Question 21

Middle Belt

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mixture of smaller ethnic groups, muslims & christians

Question 22

Muhammadu Buhari

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Served as the President of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. He was also a military ruler in the 1980s

Question 23

Zoning

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An arrangement where political parties agree to rotate leadership positions, such as presidential and vice-presidential candidates, between different geopolitical zones or regions of the country.

Question 24

National Question

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different opinions on how to distribute political power & how to construct govt.

Question 25

Resource Curse

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the theory that a country with great natural resources, like oil, will underperform economically because of the relliance on the resources.

Question 26

Saro-Wiwa, Ken

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Nigerian writer and teacher, a social rights activist.

Question 27

indirect rule

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Allowing traditional structures to remain in place but subordinate under a British governer

Question 28

Sharia Law

Answer 28

Rules set you must follow that align with Islamic viewpoints

Question 29

Olusegun Obasanjo

Answer 29

President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. He is known for his role in transitioning Nigeria to civilian rule after years of military government. (PDP)