Introduction

Question 1

When was the introduction of Cocoa into the Yoruba economy

Answer 1

1887

Question 2

The aspect of culture which has been inherited from the past virtually unchanged is?

Answer 2

Social heritage

Question 3

The Yoruba trace their origin to?

Answer 3

Oduduwa

Question 4

The two types of Ori that the Yoruba make distinction between are?

Answer 4

Ori Inu (inner self)
Ori ode (outer self)

Question 5

Professional groups in the Yoruba land often constitute themselves into ?

Answer 5

Egbe ( an association )

Question 6

A graduation after a period of Apprenticeship which is celebrated elaborately is called?

Answer 6

Freedom

Question 7

Dry and wet farming seasons in the Yoruba land span from ____ and ____ respectively

Answer 7

September - February and March - August

Question 8

The main source of labour in the Yoruba land is ?

Answer 8

The family

Question 9

Explain the owe and aaro forms of labour

Answer 9

Check textbook

Question 10

The main mode of reckoning farm size is ?

Answer 10

Heaps

Question 11

Igba is ?

Answer 11

200 heaps

Question 12

What are the following used for:
1. Ebiti
2. Kumo / ogo
3. Olofin

Answer 12

1. Ebiti is used for trapping animals
2. Kumo or ogo is used as an hunting implement
3. Olofin is a fishing implement

Question 13

A large open space which adjoins all rooms is?

Answer 13

Odede

Question 14

The 3 major fire incidents that led to the stoppage of the use of thatched roofs in Iwo town are?

Answer 14

Ina Keye
Ina Aina
Ina Otunla

Question 15

____ is constructed with mud and it is rectangular in shape

Answer 15

Orupo

Question 16

Men weave cloths of narrow breadths about 5 ½ inches wide called?

Answer 16

Alawe

Question 17

The diviner and pediatricians are known as ____ and _____

Answer 17

Adahunse and eleweomo

Question 18

What is Ilere

Answer 18

The Furnace used by blacksmiths

Question 19

Ilorin got its name from?

Answer 19

Iron production

Question 20

Describe the following dresses in the Yoruba land
1. Ìbànté
2. Ládugbó
3. Kafo
4. Alongo

Answer 20

Ìbànté: a piece of cloth commonly worn by children
Ládugbó: tight at the knees where it terminates
Kafo: worn by warriors and ruffians
Alongo: worn by sports men

Question 21

Which of the hair divides the hair into two equal parts. The style starts from the back and stops in the middle of the head and also from the front

Answer 21

Patewo

Question 22

Daramola and jeje said that the women’s hair can be kept in three different forms?

Answer 22

Irun biba (calabarise)
Irun dídì (matting)
Irun kikọ (plaiting)

Question 23

What year did Johnson write about the Yorùbá?

Answer 23

1921

Question 24

What drums were used in the worship of obatala

Answer 24

Igbin drums

Question 25

Ipese were beaten during the worship of which òrìsà

Answer 25

Ifa

Question 26

According to Vidal (1986) which music refers to a music for praising important personalities

Answer 26

Panegyric music

Question 27

What is Iya ilu in English

Answer 27

The talking drum

Question 28

What is the smallest unit of the political system is the ?

Answer 28

Extended family

Question 29

The Agbo ilé is headed by?

Answer 29

Bale

Question 30

The Sakara music take one of three forms

Answer 30

Eso (good and quick movement of action during dancing)
Full Sakara
Agbalo

Question 31

Who criticized the unilineal theory of change for being teleological

Answer 31

Claude Ake (1979)

Question 32

Who described the concept of culture lag?

Answer 32

William F. Ogburn (1922)

Question 33

According to Johnson account of the history of the yoruba, what is the name of the king of mecca whose offspring is oduduwa, how many days did oduduwa travel after the war that broke out in ____, in what direction, where did he settle and who did he meet that was the founder of the ifa oracle

Answer 33

Lamurudu, 90 days, eastward, Ile-ife, agboniregun

Question 34

The second version of the origin of the yoruba was given by?

Answer 34

Crowther (1943)