Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB History outline · Section A: The Nigeria Area up to 1800
Content
a. Agriculture: hunting, farming, fishing, animal husbandry and horticulture.
Objective
Identify the various economic activities of the people and differentiate their economic activities and specialties.
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b. Industries: pottery, salt-making, iron-smelting, blacksmithing, leather-working, wood-carving, cloth-making, dyeing and food processing.
Objective
Identify the various economic activities of the people and differentiate their economic activities and specialties.
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c. Trade and trade routes: local, regional and long-distance trade, including the trade in slaves and trans-Saharan trade.
Objective
Relate trade and other economic activities to the growth of the states.
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d. Expansion of states.
Objective
Relate economic activities to the growth and expansion of the states.
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