JAMB Government 1979 Question 46

Question 46

Colonial Administration

Colonialism was successfully imposed on West Africa because

  1. A.the colonial people thought colonialism was divinely inspired and therefore readily welcomed the imperial power with open arms
  2. B.the colonial people believed the whiteman to be superior to the blackman and they were in Africa on a civilizing mission
  3. C.the colonial people could not withstand the technological superiority of the colonial power
  4. D.the colonial people believed they were being liberated from the autocratic rule of the indigenous ruling elite
  5. E.all of the above
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (the colonial people could not withstand the technological superiority of the colonial power)

Explanation

Africans resisted colonial conquest, but European weapons such as the Maxim gun and other technology overcame them.