JSS 1 Nigerian History Flashcards: Location, Features and Significance of Benin Civilisation

Question 1

Benin civilisation developed in present-day ________ State.

Accepted Answer

Edo

Question 2

The capital of the old Benin Kingdom was Benin ________.

Accepted Answer

City

Question 3

The ruler of Benin was called the ________.

Accepted Answer

Oba

Question 4

The kingdom was governed through the Oba and palace ________.

Accepted Answer

chiefs

Question 5

Benin is famous for cast-brass plaques and commemorative ________.

Accepted Answer

heads

Question 6

Benin metalworkers used the ________ casting method.

Accepted Answer

lost-wax

Question 7

Brass plaques recorded court life and historical ________.

Accepted Answer

events

Question 8

Ivory carving was another important Benin artistic ________.

Accepted Answer

tradition

Question 9

The earthworks around the capital are called the Benin Walls and ________.

Accepted Answer

Moats

Question 10

The walls and moats served defensive and boundary ________.

Accepted Answer

functions

Question 11

Benin traded pepper, ivory and other goods with ________.

Accepted Answer

Europeans

Question 12

Portuguese contact began in the late fifteenth ________.

Accepted Answer

century

Question 13

Guilds organised specialist craftspeople serving the royal ________.

Accepted Answer

court

Question 14

Oba Ewuare is associated with major political and urban ________.

Accepted Answer

reforms

Question 15

The 1897 British expedition led to the looting of Benin ________.

Accepted Answer

artworks

Question 16

Many looted Benin objects entered foreign museums and ________.

Accepted Answer

collections

Question 17

The bronzes preserve information about dress, warfare and ________.

Accepted Answer

ceremony

Question 18

Benin’s centralised government supported military and commercial ________.

Accepted Answer

power

Question 19

Calls for restitution seek the return of cultural ________.

Accepted Answer

property

Question 20

Benin civilisation remains significant for its government, art and ________.

Accepted Answer

trade

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