In economic terms the United States sees Nigeria as
a. a nation that foolishly squandered billions of dollars in oil profits and undeserving of a relationship with the United States.
b. a nation that suffers from extraordinary poverty and in need of the generosity of the American people.
c. a nation that could be an excellent source of oil as the U.S. seeks to decrease dependence on oil producing Arab states.
d. a nation whose ability to function without accumulating foreign debt can serve as a model for the other countries on the African continent.
Q. 2Nigeria has the largest __________ epidemic in West and Central Africa.
a. Ebola
b. HIV
c. malaria
d. cholera
Q. 3What is referred to euphemistically in Nigeria as the informal sector?
a. institutionalized corruption
b. the black market
c. sharia law
d. tribal governments
Q. 4What effect did becoming a single-product economy based on oil production have on Nigeria?
a. It has resulted in an agriculture boom and increased food exports.
b. Tensions have grown between the regions that produce oil and those that do not.
c. It has allowed Nigeria to experience steady increases in wealth, improving the quality of life for average Nigerians.
d. It has become impossible to predict income and to plan development.
Q. 5Patron-client relationships in Nigeria refer to
a. the relationship between the president and the members of his cabinet.
b. the relationship between members of the People's Assembly and the people of Nigeria.
c. the relationship between elites in the government and networks of political supporters.
d. the relationship between the government and multinational corporations paying Nigeria billions of dollars for oil.
Q. 6Babangida's old brigade policy
a. required that members of the bureaucracy with twenty years of experience be promoted to top levels of management; ushering in a new era of corruption.
b. dictated that members of the military could retire after twenty years of service and be provided with a pension that would be adjusted to meet the cost of living.
c. prevented anyone with experience in politics from running for election, in order to create a new breed of leaders driven by ideology and unencumbered by regional ties.
d. mandated that any member of the bureaucracy with more than twenty years of service be required to retire, in order to bring about a more efficient bureaucracy.
Q. 7In 1944, ______________ helped set up Nigeria's first modern political party, the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons.
a. Nnamdi Azikiwe
b. Olusegun Obasanjo
c. Ibrahim Babangida
d. Shehu Shagari
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