JAMB UTME History syllabus

Candidates should be able to:

i. identify the geographical zones and the people within them;

ii. establish the relationship between the people and the environment

iii. relate the impact of geography on human activity in the specific zones

iv. Comprehend the relationships among the various peoples of the Nigeria area.

Candidates should be able to:

i. highlight the main features of the early centres of civilization

ii. examine the significance of various centres;

iii. establish the historical significance of the various monuments such as caves and rocky formations;

Candidates should be able to:

i. relate the different groups of people occupying the various zones to their traditions of origin;

ii. determine the inter-state relations;

iii. account for their social and political organizations;

iv. highlight the differences between centralized and non- centralized (acephalous) states.

Candidates should be able to:

i. identify the various economic activities of the people;

ii. differentiate the economic activities and specialties of the people;

iii. relate trade and other economic activities to the growth of the states.

Candidates should be able to:

i. assess the impact of the contact with North Africa on the people and states South of the Sahara; ii . highlight the role of the tuaregs in the trans Saharan trade;

iii. examine the impact of early European contact with the coastal people;

iv. Outline the impact of the early Christians missionary activities in the costal arears;

v. trace the origin, organization and impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine the causes, and the course of the Jihad;

ii. determine the factors that led to the rise of the caliphate;

iii. examine the administrative set-up of the caliphate and its relations with its neighbours;

iv. examine the impact of the caliphate;

v. trace the internal and external factors that led to the collapse of the caliphate.

Candidates should be able to:

i. highlight the factors for the long survival of the Saifawa dynasty;

ii. determine the factors that led to the collapse of the Saifawa dynasty;

iii. examine Borno under the administration of the Shehus;

iv. assess the role of Rabeh in Borno’s history.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine the causes and the implications of the fall of the Old Oyo Empire;

ii. examine the causes and effects of the Yoruba wars;

iii. assess the impact of the 1886 peace treaty.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine the internal political and cultural development;

ii. examine her relations with her neighbours;

iii. assess her relationship with the Europeans.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine Nupe internal political and cultural development;

ii. assess her relations with her neighbours;

iii. highlight the scope and nature of Nupe Imperialism.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine Igbo internal political and cultural development.

ii. assess her relations with her neighbours.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine Efik internal political and cultural development.

ii. assess her relations with her neighbours.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine the motive for the exploration of the interior.

ii. give reasons for the suppression of the trans-Atlantic slave trade;

iii. trace the development of commodity trade;

iv. examine missionary and European activities in the area;

v. assess the activities of the European trading companies

vi. account for the rise of consular authority.

Candidates should be able to:

i. highlight the factors responsible for the bombardment and annexation of Lagos;

ii. determine the reasons for the conquest and the methods used during the second phase;

iii. examine the various acts of resistance to the conquest;

iv. evaluate the results and the aftermath of the conquest.

Candidates should be able to:

i. outline the various features and methods of the British pacification and occupation of the territories;

ii. examine the administrative set-up of the Protectorates;

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine the reasons for the 1914 Amalgamation and its effects.

Candidates should be able to:

i. relate the composition of the central administrative set-up to its consequences;

ii. identify the reasons for the introduction and workings of the indirect rule system;

iii. assess the effects of indirect rule;

iv. examine the local administrative units.

v. account for the anti-colonial movements and their significance.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine the nature of the economy as it affected the society under colonial rule.

Candidates should be able to:

i. identify the scope of social development under colonial rule;

ii. examine the impact of urbanization on the people;

iii. examine the level of social integration among the people.

Candidates should be able to:

i. highlight the significance of the Clifford constitution of 1922

ii. examine the effect of World War II on the agitations for independence and constitutional developments;

iii. trace the emergence of the nationalist movement;

iv. assess the roles of the different constitutions in constitutional development;

v. trace the development of party politics and its impact on regionalism and the minority question;

vi. examine the impact of the constitutional conferences on the move towards independence;

vii. determine the factors that aided the attainment of independence;

Candidates should be able to:

i. give reasons behind the struggle for the control of the centre;

ii. account for the controversies in revenue allocation;

iii. account for the controversies generated by the 1962/63 census;

iv. highlight the key features and significance of the 1963 constitution

v. account for the controversies generated by minority agitations and the quest for creation of states;

vi. examine the problems created by the Action Group crisis and the General Elections of 1964/65;

vii. analyse the consequences of the 1966 military intervention. Candidates should be able to

i. examine the remote and immediate causes of the war;

ii. examine the course;

iii. assess the effects of the war; Candidates should be able to

i. assess the challenges and achievements of the Gowon Regime. Candidates should be able to:

i. assess the challenges and achievements of the Murtala/Obasanjo Regime; Candidates should be able to:

i. evaluate the challenges and achievements of the Second Republic. Candidates should be able to:

i. assess the challenges and achievements of the Buhari Regime.

Candidates should be able to:

i. assess the challenges and achievements of the Babangida Regime;

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine the role and challenges of the Interim National Government.

Candidates should be able to:

i. assess the challenges and achievements of the Abacha Regime.

Candidates should be able to:

i. assess challenges and achievements of the Abdulsalami Regime;

ii. examine the role of the key actors in the transition process and the growth and development of the Fourth Republic.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine the role of Nigeria in ECOWAS

ii. assess the role of Nigeria in the AU

iii. evaluate the role of Nigeria in the Commonwealth of Nations

iv. assess the role of Nigeria in the OPEC

v. examine the role of Nigeria in the UN

vi. examine the role of Nigeria in conflict resolutions in the Congo, Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Sudan.

Candidates should be able to:

i. establish the relationship between the Sokoto Jihad and other Jihads in West Africa:

ii. compare the achievements of the Jihads of Seku Ahmadu and Al-Hajj Umar.

iii. examine the activities of Samori Toure of the Madinka Empire.

Candidates should be able to:

i. determine the factors that led to the founding of Sierra Leone and Liberia;

ii. examine the importance of Sierra Leone and Liberia in the spread and impact of Christianity in West Africa.

iii. assess the impact of Christian missionary activities in West Africa.

Candidates should be able to:

i. determine the factors that aided Mohammad Ali’s rise to power and his reforms;

ii. establish the relationship between Mohammad Ali’s Empire and the Europeans;

iii. account for the fiscal policies of Ismail;

iv. examine the reasons for the British occupation of Egypt.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine the factors that led to the rise of Theodore II as the Emperor of Ethiopia;

ii. analyse the strategies that were adopted to achieve Ethiopian unification.

iii. assess the role of Menelik II in the maintenance of Ethiopian independence

Candidates should be able to:

i. trace events in Nguniland before the Mfecane;

ii. determine the factors that led to the rapid rise of Shaka.

iii. examine the causes, course and consequences of the Mfecane.

Candidates should be able to:

i. determine the factors that led to the frontier wars;

ii. account for British intervention in the Boer-African relations;

iii. describe the nature of the Great Trek;

iv. examine its consequences.

Candidates should be able to:

i. understand the concept of the New Imperialism

ii. assess the justifications for the New Imperialism

iii. examine the causes of the scramble and the nations involved;

iv. account for the significance of the Berlin Conference;

iv. highlight African resistance to the occupation.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine and compare the patterns of colonial rule by the various European powers.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine the policies employed by the colonial rulers and the magnitude of African discontent;

ii. assess the impact of the First and Second World Wars on African nationalism;

iii. determine the strategies used in the attainment of independence.

Candidates should be able to:

i. trace the origin of Apartheid in South Africa;

ii. give reasons for the rise of Afrikaner Nationalism;

iii. highlight Apartheid laws;

iv. relate the internal reactions to Apartheid to the African struggle for majority rule;

v. relate the contributions of African states and international organizations to the fight against Apartheid;

vi. identify the steps taken towards the dismantling of Apartheid in South Africa

vii. assess the post-Apartheid developments in South Africa.

Candidates should be able to:

i. examine the political and economic problems faced by African countries in nation-building;

ii. assess the effects of natural disasters on Africa

iii. determine the role of ethnic and religious problems in Africa;

iv. examine the role and implications of military interventions in African politics;

v. examine the role and implications of neo-colonialism in Africa;

vi. highlight the problems of boundary disputes;

vii. establish the relationship between civil wars and refugee problems in Africa

viii. examine the consequences of terrorism for African states and societies

ix. enumerate the effects of globalisation on African nations.