SHS History practice questions
604 questions across 21 topics of the new NaCCA curriculum, each with a written explanation.
History in this curriculum is largely Ghana's own, traced from before written records to the Fourth Republic. Year 1 covers Ghanaian pre-history, migration and the origins of ethnic groups, the states and kingdoms and how they were governed, trade, agriculture, art and technology, religious practices and the arrival of Islam and Christianity. Year 2 covers historical sources and methods, European arrival and the slave trade, the Anglo-Asante wars and colonial administration, proto-nationalism, the independence struggle, and Ghana from Nkrumah through military rule to the Fourth Republic.
- Year 1
- 12 topics
- Year 2
- 9 topics
- Questions
- 604
Question mix across the subject: 182 recall, 320 applying skills and concepts, 76 strategic thinking and 26 extended thinking.
Year 1 topics(12)
- Agricultural Activities in Pre-Colonial Ghana28 questionsThe main agricultural activities of pre-colonial Ghana -- hunting, gathering of wild crops, farming, fishing and the domestication of animals -- their methods, tools, vegetation-zone patterns and socio-economic importance, including the role of women.Try sample questions
- Art and Technology in Pre-Colonial Ghana30 questionsThe craft industries of pre-colonial Ghana -- iron-working, brass casting, leatherworking, cloth weaving and dyeing, gold mining, wood carving, bead making and pottery making -- their processes, and how art and technology expressed philosophical and religious ideas.Try sample questions
- Ghanaian Pre-History26 questionsThe lifestyle of Ghana's first hunter-gatherers, rock shelter/ancient sites (Kintampo, Abetifi, Jilik and others), the three phases of the Stone Age (Early, Middle and Late) and their tools, the shift from foraging to food production, and the first village builders and the Kintampo culture.Try sample questions
- Indigenous Religious Practices in Pre-Colonial Ghana26 questionsThe nature and features of indigenous Ghanaian religion -- belief in a Supreme Being, ancestral worship, gods and spirits, animism, rituals, sacred spaces, witchcraft, magic and divination -- and the roles of religious leaders and women within it.Try sample questions
- Introduction and Importance of Studying History24 questionsThe meaning and origins of history (conventional and non-conventional), common misconceptions about the discipline, its importance to individuals and society, the features and branches of history, periodisation and chronology, the REC criterion for historical significance, and career prospects for history graduates.Try sample questions
- Islam, Christianity and Religious Change in Ghana32 questionsThe introduction and spread of Islam and Christianity in Ghana, the major European missionary societies and their timeline, similarities and differences among indigenous religion, Islam and Christianity, and the social and economic impact of missionary activities.Try sample questions
- Migration and Origins of Ghana's Ethnic Groups28 questionsThe origins and migration accounts of Ghana's major ethnic groups -- Guan, Mole-Dagbani, Gonja, Akan (traditionalist and modernist accounts), Ga-Adangbe and Ewe -- key leaders and the role of women in migration, and the push and pull factors behind these movements.Try sample questions
- Political Organisation of States and Kingdoms in Pre-Colonial Ghana25 questionsThe three types of political systems practised in pre-colonial Ghana -- centralised (Akan/Asante, Mole-Dagbani), non-centralised/acephalous (Tindana-led stateless societies of the Savannah Zone) and theocratic (Guan, Ga-Adangbe) -- their structures, offices and methods of governance.Try sample questions
- Rise and Decline of States and Kingdoms in Ghana41 questionsThe rise and decline of pre-colonial states and kingdoms across Ghana's Savannah Zone (Mole-Dagbani, Gonja), Forest Zone (Bono, Denkyira, Asante, Akyem, Akwamu) and Coastal Zone (Ga-Adangbe, Anlo-Ewe, Fante), including the roles of leadership, trade, Islam, firearms, symbols and colonial interference.Try sample questions
- Socio-Cultural Practices in Pre-Colonial Ghana29 questionsFamily structure, kinship and inheritance (matrilineal and patrilineal systems), rites of passage (naming ceremonies, puberty rites such as Dipo, marriage rites, funeral rites), traditional games, and traditional music and dance forms across Ghana's ethnic groups.Try sample questions
- Trade and the Exchange Economy in Pre-Colonial Ghana20 questionsThe nature of domestic and long-distance trade in pre-colonial Ghana, forms of the exchange economy (barter, trade networks, marketplaces, currency such as cowrie shells and gold dust), major trading centres, and the socio-economic importance of trade, including the role of women.Try sample questions
- Traditional Leaders and Indigenous Healthcare in Pre-Colonial Ghana29 questionsTraditional leaders who contributed to the growth of their kingdoms (Togbe Sri I, Okai Koi, Otara Firal I, Naa Gbewa, Osei Tutu I, Ndewura Jakpa Lanta), the role of women in pre-colonial political systems, and the features, methods, practitioners and remedies of indigenous healthcare in pre-colonial Ghana.Try sample questions
Year 2 topics(9)
- Anglo-Asante Wars and Colonial Administration33 questionsThe major treaties between the British and Gold Coast rulers, the Anglo-Asante Wars and their effects, the stages of annexation into British colonial rule, the structure of the British colonial political system, the role of chiefs and Indirect Rule under the Native Jurisdiction Ordinance of 1883, and the four colonial constitutions (Clifford, Guggisberg, Burns, Arden Clarke).Try sample questions
- European Arrival and the Slave Trade in Ghana27 questionsThe arrival of European powers on the Gold Coast (Portuguese, Dutch, British, Danes and others), their forts and castles, the political/economic/religious/scientific motives for exploration, the trade items exchanged, the shift from gold and ivory to trade in humans, the organisation of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (the Triangular Trade), and its effects on the Gold Coast.Try sample questions
- Historical Sources and Methods of Inquiry27 questionsPrimary and secondary sources of history and the differences between them, identifying pieces of historical evidence, authenticating sources using the '5Ws and 1H' principle and close-reading/contextualising/sourcing skills, evaluating online sources, and the dangers and consequences of using fake historical sources.Try sample questions
- Military Rule and the Third Republic (1972-1981)22 questionsThe National Redemption Council and Supreme Military Council I under Colonel I.K. Acheampong, the Supreme Military Council II under General Fred Akuffo, the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council under Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, and the Third Republic under the People's National Party government of Dr Hilla Limann (1979-1981).Try sample questions
- Proto-Nationalism and Early Resistance to Colonial Rule34 questionsIndividual traditional leaders who resisted colonial invasion and domination, the Poll Tax Ordinance of 1852, the features of proto-nationalist movements before World War II, and the Fante Confederation, Aborigines' Rights Protection Society (ARPS), National Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA), West African Students' Union (WASU), Gold Coast Youth Conference (GCYC) and West African Youth League (WAYL).Try sample questions
- Social and Economic Effects of Colonial Rule in Ghana34 questionsThe effects of European presence on health care, education, housing and architecture, transport and communication, agriculture (cash crops), mining and the financial/banking sector, Governor Guggisberg's economic development policies, the structural economic problems of colonial rule, and the Ghanaian entrepreneurs who emerged from European trade.Try sample questions
- The Nationalist Struggle for Ghana's Independence40 questionsThe internal and external factors behind the intensification of nationalism after World War II, the formation of the UGCC and the 'Big Six', the 1948 riots and the Watson Commission, the formation and rise of the CPP, the Coussey Committee, the 1951/1954/1956 general elections, the National Liberation Movement (NLM), the Togoland plebiscite of 1956, and the role of women in the independence struggle.Try sample questions
- The Nkrumah, NLC and Busia Era (1957-1972)23 questionsPolitical, social and economic developments under Nkrumah's CPP government (1957-1966), the factors behind Nkrumah's overthrow and the National Liberation Council (1966-1969), and the Second Republic under the Progress Party government of Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia (1969-1972).Try sample questions
- The PNDC Era and Ghana's Fourth Republic (1981-2007)26 questionsThe Provisional National Defence Council under Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings (1981-1993), its structure, political developments, the Economic Recovery Programme and social reforms, the transition to Ghana's Fourth Republic in 1993, and the political and socio-economic developments under the NDC and NPP governments (1993-2007), including the role of gender-based groups.Try sample questions
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