Candidates are required to answer FOUR questions, choosing at least ONE from each of the sections.
You are reminded of the necessity for good English and orderly presentation in your answers. Subject code: 0760 Time: 3 hours
SECTION A: AFRICA, 1800-1945
1. How and with what results was slave trade abolished on the West Africa coast in the 19th century
(25 marks)
2. Discuss the causes and impact of the Sokoto Jihad of Uthman Dan Fodio between 1804 and 1811 in Northern
Nigeria. (25 marks)
3. Examine the causes of African resistance to European occupation and discuss its effects on the Africans
(25 marks)
SECTION B: AFRICA, 1945 TO THE PRESENT
4. How far can the Second World War of 1939-1945 be considered as a springboard for the rise of African
nationalism? (25 marks)
5. With reference to Nigeria and Uganda, Examine the reasons for and the impacts of the military interventions in
Africa politics (25 marks)
6. With specific examples, analyze the repercussions of refugee crisis in Africa since 1960 (25 marks)
SECTION C: WORLD REVOLUTIONS AND DIPLOMACY, 1700-1919
7. Assess the achievements of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England (25 marks)
8. To what extend did British policies between 1818 and 1823 contribute to the collapse of the Concert of Europe?
(25 marks)
9. Critically examine the contributions of the alliance system and militarism after 1870 to the outbreak of the First
World War. (25 marks)
SECTION D: WORLD, 1919 TO THE PRESENT DATE
10. “The decisive interventions of the League of Nations were limited only to minor disputes in the 1920s.” Do you
agree? (25 marks)
11. Why and with what results was Berlin the scene of East-West tension between 1948 and 1949? (25 marks)
12. Is the Commonwealth of Nations a blessing or a curse to its Third World members state? (25 marks)