The military first intervened to overthrow a civilian government in Nigeria about ____ after the ...

The military first intervened to overthrow a civilian government in Nigeria about ____ after the country's independence in 1960.
 
  a. six months
  b. one year
  c. six years
  d. eighteen months
  e. four years

 Q. 2

In 1967, the Igbo attempted to secede and form their own country called
 
  a. Biafra.
  b. Eastern Nigeria.
  c. Southern Nigeria.
  d. The Republic of Nigeria.
  e. Darfur.

 Q. 3

Since independence, Nigeria has had all of the following types of regimes EXCEPT
 
  a. semipresidentialism.
   b. presidentialism.
  c. parliamentarianism.
   d. direct military rule.
  e. authoritarianism.

 Q. 4

Nigeria's First Republic
 
  a. lasted less than one year.
  b. was a parliamentary system generally dominated by southern ethnic groups.
  c. was a parliamentary system generally dominated by northern ethnic groups.
  d. was a mixed system in which the three major ethnic groups were each ensured a leadership position.
  e. was a constitutional monarchy.

 Q. 5

The modern state of Nigeria is about _____________ years old.
 
  a. fifty
  b. one hundred and fifty
  c. two hundred
  d. seventy five
  e. ninety

 Q. 6

British colonialism helped to ensure that ethnicity would be the primary element in political identification and mobilization by
 
  a. establishing administrative regions on the basis of language.
  b. permitting the development of country-wide native associations.
  c. fostering competition among ethnic groups.
  d. suppressing local leaders.
  e. fostering the development of tribal political parties.

 Q. 7

Britain ruled Nigeria through local rulers and tribal chiefs in a system known as
 
  a. divide and conquer.
  b. indirect rule.
  c. a patron-client relationship.
  d. a fiefdom system.
  e. neocolonialism.

 Q. 8

Acephalous societies
 
  a. refer to societies where the constitution is not respected like Nigeria.
  b. are another name for unfinished states like Nigeria
  c. refer to highly centralized states, like the kingdoms that existed in precolonial Nigeria.
  d. are also called autonomous societies.
  e. refer to traditional societies that lack executive rule, such as certain societies in precolonial Nigeria.