AP COGO Nigeria Test
In what year did Nigeria become an independent nation?
1960
What percentage of Nigeria lives in poverty?
60%
In 1979 the Parliamentary system turns into what type of legislature?
Bicameral National Assembly
Which major ethnic group is made up of Muslims in the north?
Hausa-Fulani?
Which mostly Christian ethnic group lives in the southeast oil-producing region?
Igbo (Ibo)
INEC
Independent National Electoral Commission; monitored elections in Nigeria
The British rule in Nigeria created deep ethnic cleavages between the north and south. Which religion is primarily in the north?
Islam
Prebendalism
Patron-client relationship in Nigeria, usually connected to ethnicity and religion.
What is the National Question?
Should Nigeria even be a country?
state corporatism
State control over corporatism
What party does Buhari belong to?
The All Progressive's Congress
Whose party does Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan belong to?
The People's Democratic Party
What ethnic group dominates the southwest third of the country and is made up of Muslim, Christian and indigenous religions?
The Yoruba
Parastatals
privately owned, but headed by government appointees
British colonials favored which religion and location in Nigeria?
Christians in the south
Who is the current president of Nigeria?
Mahammadu Buhari
What is Nigeria economically dependent on?
Oil.
Which linkage institution is surprisingly free and independent?
The media
What is the sole stable national institution in Nigeria?
The military
Did the north or south benefit more from British education?
The south
What complicates the judiciary in the north of Nigeria?
The use of sharia law in the 12 northern states.
Occasionally the House of Representatives acts as a check on the president, like in which recent situation?
When Obasanja wanted a 3rd term.
coinciding cleavages
When disputes in society tend to align the same groups
cross-cutting cleavages
When society is divided into many groups that cooperate on some issues and disagree on others.
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.
