SHS History · Year 2
Proto-Nationalism and Early Resistance to Colonial Rule practice questions
Individual 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).
34 questions in this topic: 12 recall, 19 applying skills and concepts, 1 strategic thinking and 2 extended thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.
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- Question 1Skills & concepts
Despite its name, membership of the Fante Confederation included non-Fante Akan states such as
- aDagomba, Mamprusi and Nanumba
- bAnlo, Notsie and Ketu
- cDenkyira, Assin, Wassa, Twifo and Ahanta
- dGonja, Wa and Salaga
- Question 2Recall
The NCBWA aimed to unite educated elites from which four British West African colonies?
- aThe Gold Coast, Togo, Benin and Nigeria
- bThe Gold Coast, Liberia, Senegal and Guinea
- cThe Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and The Gambia
- dThe Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Mali
- Question 3Recall
The Poll Tax Ordinance of 1852 required every man, woman and child in the area under British jurisdiction to pay an annual tax of
- afifty ounces of gold
- bone British shilling per head
- cten British pounds
- done bag of cowrie shells
- Question 4Skills & concepts
Among its lasting achievements, WASU is described in the Learner Material as having served as
- athe political party that first won Gold Coast independence
- ba training ground for future national leaders who shaped the direction of independence movements
- cthe organisation that negotiated the Treaty of Fomena
- da purely religious organisation with no political role
- Question 5Recall
The Fante Confederation (1868-1873) was formed at Mankessim in support of the Fante to resist
- athe Poll Tax Ordinance of 1852
- bthe Anglo-Dutch exchange of forts and castles agreement of 1867
- cthe Bond of 1844
- dthe Treaty of Fomena
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