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Here are the answers to the questions from the image: 1. The town of Victoria is significant in Cameroon in the late 1850s because... The town of Victoria (now Limbe) was founded by the London Baptist Missionaries as a settlement for freed slaves. The correct option is C. The London Baptist Missionaries resettled freed slaves. 2. Identify the Cameroonian coastal ruler who in 1879 sent a letter to the Queen of England requesting for British annexation of Cameroon. King Bell (Ndumbe Lobe) was a prominent Douala chief who actively sought British protection and annexation. The correct option is A. King Bell. 3. The following European firms based along the coast of Cameroon protested against the German annexation of Cameroon EXCEPT C. Woermann was a German trading firm, and therefore would have supported, not protested, the German annexation. The other firms were British. The correct option is A. C. Woermann. 4. Gustav Nachtigal is important in the history of German annexation of Cameroon because ... Gustav Nachtigal was specifically dispatched by Otto von Bismarck to annex territories in West Africa for Germany, including Cameroon. The correct option is B. he was appointed as a special envoy of the German Government to annex Cameroon. 5. By the early 1880s, the French trading agents were firmly in control of... French trading influence was particularly strong in the Malimba region, south of Douala, before the German annexation. The correct option is C. Malimba. 6. Which of the German explorers listed below brought the grassfield region of Cameroon under German rule? Dr. Eugene Zintgraff was a key German explorer known for his expeditions into the Grassfields (Bamenda region) and establishing German influence there. The correct option is B. Dr. Eugene Zintgraff. 7. Which important event caused Douala chiefs to lose their sovereignty to a foreign power in the 1880s? The signing of the Germano-Douala Treaty on July 12, 1884, formally placed the Douala territory under German protection, thereby ending the chiefs' full sovereignty. The correct option is D. The signing of the Germano-Douala Treaty. 8. The Anglo-German dispute over Victoria in the 1880s was finally resolved in ... The dispute over Victoria (Ambas Bay) was resolved by the Anglo-German Agreement of 1887, where Britain ceded its claims to Germany. The correct option is C. 1887. 9. Which of the following was a social contribution of the German colonial administration in the development of Cameroon? Social contributions directly benefit the well-being and development of the population. The establishment of schools and hospitals falls under this category. The correct option is A. The establishment of schools and hospitals. 10. Who among the following was the British official linked to the provisional partition of Cameroon in 1916? The provisional partition of Cameroon between Britain and France in 1916 was formalized by the Milner-Picot Agreement, with Alfred Milner representing Britain. The correct option is C. Alfred Milner. 11. What was common among the following tribes after the First World War in Cameroon: Mbo, Bakossi, Balong, Bangwa? These tribes are located in areas that were geographically split by the Anglo-French partition of Cameroon after World War I, leading to their division between British and French mandates. The correct option is C. They were divided as a result of partition. 12. The first British Resident in Cameroon during the Mandate period was... F.H. Ruxton was appointed as the first British Resident of the Cameroons Province, which was the British-administered part of Cameroon under the League of Nations Mandate. The correct option is A. F.H. Ruxton. What's next?