Amilynn Soto

Enamarie MonteroKrysten Rae

Martin BarbieriPer. 5

04/27/10

Jeopardy: Nigeria EditionIntro, History, and Geography

PublicPolicy

Political Institutions, Systems, and

Structures

Economy Citizens, Society, and

Political Socialization

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1. Which region in Nigeria is predominantly inhabited by Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians?

A.      SOUTHEASTB.      SOUTHWESTC.      MIDDLE BELTD.      NORTHEAST

A.      MILITARY INFLUENCE B.      CORRUPTIONC.      FRAGMENTATION D.      PREBENDALISM

2. What was the main cause behind having a “National Question” in Nigeria?

A.       TRADE WITH NORTH AFRICA ALLOWED FOR CONTACT WITH ARABSB.      PEOPLE THAT PASSED THROUGH NIGERIA ON A PILGRIMAGE TO THE MECCA C.      MILITARY FORCE UPON THE PEOPLED.      MISSIONARIES THAT WENT TO CONVERT THE HAUSA-FULANI AND A FEW OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS SPECIFICALLY

3. How was Islam introduced to Nigeria?

A.      AUTHORITARIANISM VS PRESIDENTIAL B.      PRESIDENTIAL VS PARLIAMENTARYC.      PARLIAMENTARY VS AUTHORITARIANISMD.      THEOCRACY VS PARLIAMENTARY

4. Shortly after Nigeria’s independence, what two government systems caused a disagreement among the people?

A.      ABUJA BETAB.       BENIN CITYC.        LAGOSD.    NIGER DELTA

5. Nigeria’s oil fields are found in _____?

A.      STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMB.      SOLIDARITY  AVERAGE POLICYC.      STATE ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMD.      SOCIALIZATION AMENDING POLICY

1. What does the economic restructuring program, SAP, stand for?

A.      UNIFICATION WITH ETHNIC GROUPSB.      MORE WOMEN IN THE LEGISLATURE C.      VOTINGD.      ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO AID THE ECONOMY

2. During his campaign in 2003, President Obasanjo encouraged change on what issue?

A.       TRUEB.      FALSE

3. True or False: Nigeria’s public policy process is best described as a Down-Top process?

A.      TRUEB.      FALSE

4. True of False: The loyalty pyramid in Nigeria is a form of patron-clientelism.

A.      NORTHB.      NORTHEASTC.      MIDDLE BELT D.      SOUTH

5. In February 2001, federal government asked the Supreme Court of all the government to collect oil revenue and put it in a “federal account” (Revenue Sharing). In what region is it located?

A. TRUEB. FALSE

1. True or False: Nigeria’s parliamentary system was replaced with Presidentialism because their were so many parties that it was difficult to rule effectively.

2.How are the officials from the National Assembly elected?

3.What is the term for when the president is the head of an intricate patron-client system (found in Nigeria)?

4. What is the term for corporations in Nigeria that are owned by the state and designated to provide public utilities such as water, electricity, etc. Part of the Nigerian bureaucracy.

5. How many senators are there in the Senate?

1.The main export in Nigeria is

2.Nigeria is a leading member of ____. (four letter acronym)

3. The main impediment to the economy is

4.Exports include petroleum, rubber, and this kind of bean

5.A reform based on fiscal and monetary management is the

1.In Nigeria this custom of taking more than one wife is called

2.The largest occupational group in politics are

3.The dominant belief systems are ______ and _______.

4.Three major cleavages are

5.While English is the official language, these three indigenous languages are used frequently.