AP COGO Nigeria Test 2023 Questions and Answers
In what year did Nigeria become an independent nation?
1960
What is the sole stable national institution in Nigeria?
The military
The British rule in Nigeria created deep ethnic cleavages between the north and
south. Which religion is primarily in the north?
Islam
What is the National Question?
Should Nigeria even be a country?
What is Nigeria economically dependent on?
Oil.
How does a Nigerian president win an election?
Winning majority of the votes cast and at least 25% of votes cast in 2/3 of Nigeria's
states.
Who is the current president of Nigeria?
Mahammadu Buhari
Parastatals
privately owned, but headed by government appointees
state corporatism
State control over corporatism
In 1979 the Parliamentary system turns into what type of legislature?
Bicameral National Assembly
Occasionally the House of Representatives acts as a check on the president, like
in which recent situation?
When Obasanja wanted a 3rd term.
What complicates the judiciary in the north of Nigeria?
The use of sharia law in the 12 northern states.
Whose party does Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan belong to?
The People's Democratic Party
What party does Buhari belong to?
The All Progressive's Congress
Which linkage institution is surprisingly free and independent?
The media
What percentage of Nigeria lives in poverty?
60%
Which major ethnic group is made up of Muslims in the north?
Hausa-Fulani?
What ethnic group dominates the southwest third of the country and is made up
of Muslim, Christian and indigenous religions?
The Yoruba
Which mostly Christian ethnic group lives in the southeast oil-producing region?
Igbo (Ibo)
British colonials favored which religion and location in Nigeria?
Christians in the south
In what year did Nigeria become an independent nation?
1960
What is the sole stable national institution in Nigeria?
The military
The British rule in Nigeria created deep ethnic cleavages between the north and
south. Which religion is primarily in the north?
Islam
What is the National Question?
Should Nigeria even be a country?
What is Nigeria economically dependent on?
Oil.
How does a Nigerian president win an election?
Winning majority of the votes cast and at least 25% of votes cast in 2/3 of Nigeria's
states.
Who is the current president of Nigeria?
Mahammadu Buhari
Parastatals
privately owned, but headed by government appointees
state corporatism
State control over corporatism
In 1979 the Parliamentary system turns into what type of legislature?
Bicameral National Assembly
Occasionally the House of Representatives acts as a check on the president, like
in which recent situation?
When Obasanja wanted a 3rd term.
What complicates the judiciary in the north of Nigeria?
The use of sharia law in the 12 northern states.
Whose party does Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan belong to?
The People's Democratic Party
What party does Buhari belong to?
The All Progressive's Congress
Which linkage institution is surprisingly free and independent?
The media
What percentage of Nigeria lives in poverty?
60%
Which major ethnic group is made up of Muslims in the north?
Hausa-Fulani?
What ethnic group dominates the southwest third of the country and is made up
of Muslim, Christian and indigenous religions?
The Yoruba
Which mostly Christian ethnic group lives in the southeast oil-producing region?
Igbo (Ibo)
British colonials favored which religion and location in Nigeria?
Christians in the south
