Ordinary level 2026 South West regional mock history 1

SECTION A: CAMEROON 1870–2019

1. The British scramble for the annexation of Cameroon in the 1870s and 1880s was supported by the activities of

   • A. King Pass All in Malimba

   • B. Baptist Missionaries in Bimbia

   • C. Gustav Nachtigal in Douala.

   • D. Carl Woermann firm in Victoria.

2. Which of the following was a deceitful method adopted by the Germans to annex Cameroon in 1884?

   • A. Public flogging of the Natives

   • B. Deployment of the Moewe in the Wouri Basin

   • C. The proclamation of Douala as headquarters

   • D. Acceptance of the Duala’s quest for the rights of middleman trade monopoly

3. 1885 is very significant in the history of German Cameroon because it was the year the Germans

   • A. transformed Cameroon from protectorate to colony

   • B. opened the first school in Douala

   • C. purchased Victoria from the British

   • D. signed the Germano–Duala Treaty

4. Identify the German Governor who opened the Botanical Garden in Victoria for Agricultural research in 1892.

   • A. Jesco von Puttkamer

   • B. Eugene Von Zimmerer

   • C. Karl Ebermaier

   • D. Julius Von Soden

5. Which of the following was a non-violent method adopted by the indigenes in fighting against the German violation of their rights?

   • A. Petitions to the German Parliament

   • B. Killing of German officers

   • C. Destruction of German property

   • D. Fighting wars with the Germans

6. An economic activity the Germans copied from the natives and modernized was

   • A. railway transport

   • B. telephone and postal services

   • C. Gesselschaft Sud Kamerun

   • D. cultivation of palm trees

7. The West African Expeditionary Force, commanded by General Charles Dobell, was NOT involved in the August 1914 war in Cameroon against the Germans in the

   • A. Douala battle

   • B. Yaoundé battle

   • C. Nsanakang battle

   • D. Mora battle

8. The principal factor for the defeat of the German Colonial forces in Cameroon in 1916 was that the Allied Powers had more

   • A. troops and arms

   • B. naval forces

   • C. spies

   • D. domestic support

9. Identify the effect of the First World War in Cameroons that has slowed down national integration.

   • A. The territorial loss of French Equatorial Africa

   • B. The closure of German plantations

   • C. The Anglo–French partition

   • D. The death of many fighters

10. Which of the following towns was NOT a divisional headquarter in the Cameroon Province during the Mandate era by 1938?

    • A. Buea

    • B. Mamfe

    • C. Bamenda

    • D. Kumba

11. An economic project for promoting developments in the Cameroon Province neglected by the British was

    • A. local government

    • B. teachers training centre

    • C. post primary schools

    • D. railway transport

12. A socially motivated reason for the British application of the colonial policy of indirect rule in the Cameroon was

    • A. to reduce cost of Colonial administration

    • B. to reduce transport inconveniences

    • C. to preserve Native Culture

    • D. to ease administration