Social Development under Colonial Rule
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Western education; urbanization/social integration; improvement unions; health institutions.
- Identify the areas of social development under colonial rule.
- Examine the impact of urbanization on the people.
- Examine the level of social integration among the people.
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- Practice question 1
Football, introduced and popularized partly through colonial-era institutions such as schools, developed into a significant part of
- A.Colonial military training only
- B.Nigerian sporting and social culture
- C.Traditional religious ceremony
- D.Exclusively British expatriate leisure activity, with no local participation
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B. Nigerian sporting and social culture
This sport developed into a significant part of Nigerian sporting and social culture.
- Practice question 2
Women's education under colonial rule generally developed
- A.More slowly and on a more limited scale than men's education
- B.Ahead of men's education in every region
- C.Was entirely prohibited throughout the colonial period
- D.At an identical pace and scale to men's education
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A. More slowly and on a more limited scale than men's education
This education generally developed more slowly and on a more limited scale than men's education.
- Practice question 3
Social development under colonial rule is generally assessed as having been
- A.Focused exclusively on rural areas
- B.Uneven, with some areas developing faster than others
- C.Completely absent throughout the colonial period
- D.Uniform and equally distributed across all regions
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B. Uneven, with some areas developing faster than others
This development is generally assessed as uneven, with some areas developing faster than others.
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