Government
Politics
Religon and Ethnicity
Media
History
100
The current President of Nigera, he was elected in 2010
Who is Goodluck Jonathon
100
Political elites in Nigeria gain positions based off of these two things
What is occupational and identity based reasons
100
This Religion find its Dominance in the Northern Region and is about 50% of the population in Nigeria
What is Muslim
100
This is the major Radio Station in Nigeria.
What is Radio Nigeria
100
Nigeria gained its independence from British Colonial rule in this year
What is 1960
200
Name 2 of the responsibilities of the President mentioned in the packet.
What is signs bills, appoints commissions, appoints ambassadors/government positions, pardons, and confers honors.
200
This is the dominant political party in Nigeria
What is The People's Democratic Party (PDP)
200
This Religion Finds its dominance in the Southeastern region and is about 40% of Nigeria's population
What is Christianity
200
Name two of the three major newspapers in Nigeria
What is the Guardian, the Daily Champion and the Sun
200
The first successful coup in Nigeria's history took place in what year and by what leader
What is 1966 and who is General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
300
The Nigeria electoral system is this, very similar to the U.S.
What is first-past-the-post
300
This is the opposition to the main political party, drawing most of its support from the northern Muslim region
What is The All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP)
300
Name two of the three dominant Ethnicities in Nigeria.
What is the Hausa-Fulani, the Igbo and the Yoruba
300
The major television network in Nigeria
What is the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
300
Nigerias 4th Republic was established in what year
What is 1999
400
Name of the first Prime Minister of Nigeria, came to power in 1960.
Who is Abubakar Balewa
400
This party has recently formed taking supporters away from the dominant party and currently holds 16 of Nigeria's 36 governorships.
What is All Progressives Congress (APC)
400
This was Known as the Nigerian Cilvil war where the Southeastern Christian regions wanted to Succeed from the Muslim North.
What is the Biafran War
400
The Major television station is known as this around Nigeria.
What is the "authentic voice of the Nigerian Government"
400
This leader came into power twice in Nigeria, the first time in 1976 and the second time in 1999. He was a former military leader who became the civilian leader later on.
Who is Olusegun Obasanjo
500
Nigeria is this type of Government
What is a Federal Republic
500
Name two of the interest groups that exist within Nigeria.
What is The Christian Organization of Nigeria, The Nigerian Labor Congress, The Student Groups, The Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria, the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, and the Association of Small-Scale Industries
500
The First Prime Minister and Leader of Nigeria was what ethnicity.
What is Hausa-Fulani
500
Under which Republic did Press freedom increase
What is the 4th Republic
500
What Decade did the British arrive and begin exerting their influence in Nigeria
What is the 1950s
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