POL221 Email: bbcnoun@gmail.com Whatsapp: 08131667008 The first task immediately the military takes over an elected government is to suspend the nation’s constitution and resort to ruling by ? Answer: decrees Political parties are strong to the extent that they have institutionalized ? Answer: mass support The policy of divide and rule, and the device of were adopted to recruit in the army, those who would not rebel against the colonial authorities Answer: balkanisation A Federal State is characterized by the following except ? Answer: centralisation of power The isolation of the North from the legislative Council by the Clifford’s Constitution was regarded by African elites as a policy? Answer: divide and rule In 1955, The ANC, along with other nationalist organizations in South Africa, adopted the freedom charter to articulated a vision of a nonracial state? Answer: democratic The loss of control of production to foreigners, the of the economy, and the manipulations of the international economic system contributed to the destruction of Africa’s pre-colonial self- reliance. Answer: external orientation The recommendations of the 1957 London conference were centered around the following major issues execpt ? Answer: equitable and sustainale development It is difficult in African states to forge a national identity where forces are strong. Answer: centrifugal Discrimination against Africans and the emergence of political parties, as factors, stimulated nationalist activities in Africa? Answer: internal Oil refineries were constructed by the military in Warn, Port Harcourt and Answer: kaduna The phenomenon of coup in Africa, which first began in in 1952, is a reflection of the changing perception of the military about its role in the political system. Answer: egypt At a conference in , chaired by German Chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck, African territory was carved out, to gratify European greed, and prevent wars among them. Answer: berlin Clifford’s Constitution limited the of Africans? Answer: franchise RichardVs Constitution of 1947 came under heavy criticisms byNigerian nationalists on the ground that it was ? Answer: imposed The London Constitutional Conference of 1953 was chaired by ? Answer: Oliver lyttleton Which of the following statements is not true of the ruling political parties in Africa? Answer: they adhere strictly to the rules of electoral contest The election that brought the First Republic into being was conducted in 1959 and the system of government practised was Parliamentary or ? Answer: Westminster The Nigerian Council created by Lord Lugard had unofficial (European) members Answer: 7 The regime of blood-thirsty ldi Amin Dada of Uganda typified a ? Answer: reign of terror Email: bbcnoun@gmail.com Whatsapp: 08131667008