PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES,

MID TERM ONE – MARCH-2024

HISTORY FORM FOUR

Time: 3Hours

Instructions 

1.         This paper consists of sections A, B, and C with a total eleven (11) questions.
2.         Answer all question in the sections A, B and two (2) questions from section C.
3.         Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, section B fifty four (54) marks and section C carries thirty (30) marks.
4.         All writing should be in blue or black pen, except for diagrams that must be drawn in pencil.
5.         Communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
6.         Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet (s)

SECTION A 

1.         For each of the item (i-x) choose the correct answer from alternatives given and write its letter on table provided.

1.                                                                   The appearance of both Zinjanthropus and Homo habills marked the beginning of a period in man history known as

1.                                                               Neolithic age
2.                                                               Early stone age
3.                                                               Middle stone age
4.                                                               Modernization age
5.                                                                Pre- colonial period

2.                                                                Which of the following explains the best reason which made Mozambique to use force during her struggle for independence?

1.                                            It was settler’s colony
2.                                             It was mandated territory
3.                                             It was trust sheep territory
4.                                            It was under indirect rule policy
5.                                             It adopted open door policy

3.      Franco Prussian war of 1870 to 1871 was fought between which nations among the following

1. Portugal and Belgium
2. German and French
3. French and  Portuguese
4. Spain and Belgium
5. Portugal and German

4.       After the first world war 1914-1918. The League of nations made Tanganyika as:

1. Mandate territory
2. Protectorate territory
3. Independent territory
4. Trust territory
5. British East Africa empire

5.   The source of history used to reconstruct history which is both material and immaterial is known as:

1. Anthropology
2. Linguistic
3. Oral traditions
4. Ethnographic sources
5. Archaeology

6.       The non- allied movement was formed by :

1. Tanzania, Ghana , Egypt
2. Egypt, Indonesia and Yugoslavia
3. Tanzania, Yugoslavia and India
4. Indonesia, Tanzania and India
5. Ghana, Egypt and Ethiopia

7.    Mzee Juma has large farm of 100 acre, he allow other landless people to cultivate in his land under agreement of taking 60% of the harvest and the cultivator remain with 40% of the harvest. This kind of system can be called

1. Capitalism
2. Primitive communalism
3. Feudalism
4. Socialism
5. Slavery

8.  In 1936 the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis was formed as military alliance consist of the following members

1. Russia, German, Japan
2. British, France, USA
3. German, Italy, Japan
4. German, Italy, Belgium
5. Russia, Britain, France

9.       Our grandfather used his evening time to sit under a tree and tell his grandson and daughters about people’s events. What kind of historical information was he providing

1. Historical sites
2. Written records
3. Story telling
4. Oral tradition
5. Archives

10.                                                                 The major problem faced independent Africa in political aspect after independence was

1.                                                               Low income to the majority
2.                                                               Experts without write collar jobs
3.                                                               The balance of ministers from former colonial masters
4.                                                               Size of independent states
5.                                                                Imbalance of power sharing

2.         Match the description in list A with corresponding founders of political parties which were inherited by independent African countries in list B by writing the letter of response besides item number

SECTION B (54 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section

3.         Answer the following questions briefly

1.     How history does promote patriotism in Tanzania?
2.  How did people become slavery in pre-colonial Africa?
3.                      Why did German cease to rule Tanganyika in 1919?
4.                      How did the colonial state maintain constant labour supply in their colonies
5.   Show the role of Morans in age-set system
6.                      Explain why colonial economy was said to be exploitative in nature.

4.         Re arrange the following statement in chronological order by writing number 1 to 6 beside the item number

1.     Through the Helgoland treaty Uganda and Witu were incorporated into British sphere of influence and  German brought part of Sultans costal strips
2.  The Berlin conference divided Africa into sphere of influence
3.    The Anglo- German defined the territories of Sultan of Zanzibar and European sphere of influence in East Africa
4.    The German Government took after the affairs to the company
5.   But it did not establish clear boundaries between sphere of influence in the interior of Africa
6.    The German East Africa Company attempted unsuccessfully to develop the German sphere.

5.         Draw a sketch map of Africa and locate the following

1.        A country which resisted colonial rule successful in 1896
2.      A British colony which regained her independence in 1957
3.   Capital city of a colony whose president was overthrown in 1971
4.    The former Italian colony which attained her independence in Dec 1951
5.      A country which genocide occurred IN 1994
6.    The country where Chief Makoko signed a treaty with French explorers in 1879.

6.         Briefly explain by differentiating the following historical terms

1.  Museum and historical sites
2.      Nationalism and Decolonization
3.   Holocaust and Soweto Massacre
4.    Mercantilism and Monopoly
5.      Archeology and anthropology
6.    Primates and homo- erectus

7.         Complete the following sentences with correct facts

1.  South Africa gained majority rule in ..................
2.  United State of America got its independence from Britain in ......................
3.            In ............... the Dutch invaded the cape of South Africa
4.             Franco-Prussian war took place in .................
5.   .................... an African Hero who resisted strongly the imposition of France in West Africa.
6.             ....................... is the big event that happened in middle stone age.

8.         Outline challenges and problems facing the new East Africa Community

SECTION C (30 MARKS)

Answer 2 questions.

9.         Africa had her own trading system very long before the colonial rule. Use Trans-Saharan Trade as an example to show how trade affected pre- colonial African society
10.    With concrete example from various parts of Africa; asses six factors that determine the form of decolonization in Africa.
11.    How did colonial state uphold the interest of white settlers in Kenya?

PRESIDENT OFFICE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES 

COMPETENCE BASED ASSESSMENT

HISTORY FORM FOUR 

NEW NECTA FORMAT-2023

MID-TERM EXAMS MARCH – 2023 

SECTION A (16 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section

1. For each of the items (i) – (x) Choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in answer booklet provided

1. The famous archeologist in East Africa discovered the skill of earlier man at Olduvai Gorge

1. George Washington 1896
2. Vazeo dagama in 1498
3. Dr. Louis Leakey 1959
4. Dr. Livingstone in 1969
5. Charles Darma in 1869

2. One of the National building campaigns taken to change the post – colonial economic system in

1. Feed yourself in Ghana
2. Harambee in Uganda
3. Feed yourself in Uganda
4. Capitalism and self-reliance-in Tanzania
5. Freedom in coming tomorrow in Tanzania

3. In areas such a Kondoa – Irangi, painting and drawing in cave give evidence of the activities of

1. Iron smelters
2. Settled communities
3. Colonial legacy
4. Education for adaption
5. Slave trade and slavery

4. One of the notable United Nations failures in its objectives is its inability to

1. Control food shortage
2. Eradicate colonial rule
3. Establish tributes for war criminal
4. Prevent Big power from violating its principle
5. Control poverty in Africa

5. During the middle stone age man was able to make smaller, sharper, and easier to handle stone tool like spear, knives and scraper. Who was responsible for making those tools?

1. Homo habilis and Australopithecus
2. Homo erectus and Homo habilis
3. Australopithecus and Homo erectus
4. Homo sapiens and Homo erectus
5. Homo erectus and homo sapiens

6. The colonists decided to use different method to establish colonialism in Africa. Since it was not easy for Africans to accept colonialism. What was the aim of using intimidation as the method of establishing colonialism in Africa

1. Stimulate Africa Unity
2. Create fear and Suppress African solidarity against colonialism
3. To demonstrate the European military strength to Africa.
4. To implant African awareness towards colonialism
5. To exercise new military fighting weapons

7. Which nation could no longer exploit the united states of American after getting her political independence in 1776?

1. Britain
2. Russia
3. Germany
4. Japan
5. France

8. All of the following are true about Julius Nyerere except

1. He was one of the pan – Africanism leaders
2. He was one of founders of organization of African unity
3. He played a key role in formation of United Nations organization
4. He campaigned and Supported black majority rule in South Africa
5. He was one of the leaders of front line states

9. All of the following are true about Zimbabwe except

1. Robbert Mugabe declared Unilateral independence in Zimbabwe
2. Ian smith Unilaterally declared independence in 1965
3. ZANU and ZAPU were the major political parties
4. Zimbambwe attained her independence in 1980
5. Zimbabwe was a British Colony

10. Before the outbreak of First world war, which among the following African, countries were German colonized

1. Tanganyika, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda
2. Rwanda, Tanganyika, Uganda, Burundi
3. Burundi, Angola, Cameroon, Zimbabwe
4. Cameroon, Rwanda, Tanganyika and Namibia
5. Togo, Namibia, Cameroon, Angola.

2. Match the political activities in List A with the correct Nationalist leader in List B by writing the letter of corresponding response beside the item number on answer book let provided.

SECTION B (54 marks)

Answer all questions in this section

3. Briefly answer the following questions

1. There was no colonialism without Berlin conference, prove this assertion
2. Give reasons why some Africans collaborated with the whites
3. Why did trade in slave in Indian Ocean expand from 15^th century?
4. How did first word war lead to economic depression
5. How did discovery of iron bring changes in way man lived
6. Briefly show how assimilation policy was implemented

4. Arranged the following statements in chronological order by writing number 1 – 6 beside item provided.

1. This implied that supreme Organ of organization of East Africa authority could meet
2. The organization work was hampered by personality differences among the three heads of state.
3. Although it collapsed in 1977, EAC was Revived on 15^th January 2001
4. The farmer EAC encountered many challenges
5. This eventually led to total collapse of any new development in the EAC
6. For example, President Julius Nyerere could not meet physically with President Iddi Amin of Uganda.

5. Draw the sketch map of Africa and locate the following using roman numbers

1. A country that was entrusted to south Africa mandate to rule by the league of Nations after first world war
2. A country which is the headquarter of new East African community (EAC)
3. The first country to achieve political independence through the constitutional means whose independence motivated decolonization to other countries
4. A country that was not colonized due to its successful resistances against colonialists
5. A country in East Africa that its leader was overthrown by the army in 1971

6. With six points asses the tactics used during the abolition of slave trade

7. How African was affected by 1929 – 1933 crisis in the capitalist system. Give six points

8. Discuss the impact of Dutch settlement at the cape from 1652 – 1796

 SECTION C (30 Marks)

Answer Any two (2) questions from this section

9. The Scramble for and partition of Africa was inevitable in 19 century. Discuss using six points

10. Examine the factors for nationalism in Africa after the Second World War.

11. Assess the major changes in man’s way of life during the late stone Age in Africa.

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

COMPETENCY BASED SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES

032/1                                                HISTORY   FORM FOUR

TIME: 3 HOURS                                                                                 NOVEMBER 2022

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of nine (09) questions
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and three (03) questions from section C.
3. All drawings should be in pencil
4. Write your examination number on every page of your answer sheet provided.

SECTION A: (20 MARKS)

1. For each of the items (i - xv), choose the correct answer from among the given alternative and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided

1.               He has to live among the people so as to learn and understand their culture, beliefs and ideologies, who is this?

A.   Historian

B.    Anthropologists

C.    Archaeologist

D.   Archivist

E.    Australopithecus

2.             Man started to be skilful and tool maker at the stage of

A.   Homo Sapiens

B.    Homo Eructus 

C. Homo Habilis 

D. Zinjanthropus

 E. Modern Apes

3.           Who among the following was the leader who led the Portuguese conquest of East African coast

A.   King Emanuel

B.   Ahmed Ibin Majid

C.   Henry the Navigator

D.   Vasco - Da - Gama 

E. Bartholomew Diaz

4.           A pre — colonial system of governance whereby a leader shared responsibilities and administrative powers with subordinates was known as

A.   Indirect rule

B.   Power sharing

C.   Association policy

D.   Ubusoka system

E.    Assimilation policy

5.             The system of destroying pre — capitalist economic production was done through

A.   De - industrialization policy

B.    Apartheid policy

C.    Neo - colonialism

D.   Colonialism

E.    Collaboration

6.           Despite Italians late joined in the process of scramble for Africa, they gained a strong hold in

A.     Somali land

B.     Eritrea

C.     Tunisia

D.     Libya

E.     Ethiopia

7.         He helped the British colonialists to colonize parts of Uganda

A.   Uthman Dan Fodio

B.    Samoei Koitalel

C.    Semei Kakunguru

D.   Ignatius Musazi 

E. Samore Toure

8.      The predominant form of colonial agriculture in British colonies in west Africa

A.   Peasant agriculture

B.    Settler Agriculture

C.    Plantation Agriculture

D.   Pastoralism Agriculture

E.    Mixed Agriculture

9.           French assimilation policy granted the same rights as French citizens firstly in the following old towns of west Africa

A.   Lagos, Accra, Bamako and Lome

B.    St. Louis, Dakar, Rufsique and Goree'

C.    Alexandria, Durban, Cape Town and Natal

D.   Dakar, Lome, Accra and Gore'e

E.    Dakar, Lagos, Durban and Cor'ee

10.             How did the effects of Berlin conference of 1884/ 1885 spark the world war one?

A.   It caused scramble for Africa

B.    It unequally divided the world

C.    It sparked Balkan Crisis

D.   Britain got few colonies

E.    Legalize the partition of Africa

11.           Ghana empire broke apart due to the following reason

A.   Attacks from Almoravids

B.    Role of Trans — Saharan Trade

C.    Role of Simanguru

D.   Attacks from Banyoro

E.    The coming of European

12.         The British colonial rule in East Africa Constructed the Uganda railway lines in order to..

A.   Attract more Europeans settlers

B.    Compete with the imperial German East African rule

C.    Provide cheap means of transport for the East African people

D.   Gain easy access to resources surrounding the interlacustrine area

E.    Facilitate transportation of suppressive soldiers against the rebel Uganda

13.      The prolonged political conflicts in Congo forced United Nations to form a special peace keeping force known as....

A.   UNAMID

B.    MONUSCO

C.    UNHABITAT

D.   UNICO

E.    UNITA

14.       The mastermind of Zanzibar revolution of 1964 was........

A.  Abdulrahman Babu

B.   John Okello

C.   Alli Muhsin

D.  Zuberi Shante

E.   Amani Karume 

15.         Tanzania adopted the new economic strategy in 1967 with the title

A.   Operation feed your self

B.   Ujamaa and self reliance

C.   Humanism

D.   Common man's charter

E.    Independence now

2. Match the description in LIST A with the corresponding names of the resistances in LIST B by writing the letter of the correct response beside the item number

SECTION B: (35 MARKS)

3.   Briefly answer the following questions

1.               How industrial revolution contributed in the abolition of slave trade in the 19^thC?
2.             Show how did Arusha declaration changed social and economic relations in Tanzania.
3.           Why did the headquarters of organization of African Unity was established at Addis Ababa?
4.           Anglo - German Agreement of 1886 set the East African coast strip of 10 miles to Sultan of Zanzibar, what was the intention of this decision?
5.             How did the presence of Zimba and Segeju lift the mark in the Portuguese rule in East Africa?
6.           How can you prove that pre-colonial societies were developed even before the contact with the outsiders?

4.   Re-arrange the following historical events in chronological order by writing number 1 to 6 beside the item number in the answer booklet provided

1.               The first world war changed the African history in colonization and made Tanganyika to be under the British control
2.             Arabs were the first foreigners to interact and conduct trading activities for a very long period of time than any other foreigners
3.           Germans were authorized to rule Tanganyika after the Berlin conference of 1884/1885 headed by Otto — Von Bismarck.
4.           After Vasco - da - Gama discovered the sea route to India, the Portuguese needed to control East Africa through Indian ocean in the 15^th C made the decline of Arab rule.
5.             Several challenges faced the Portuguese including bad climatic conditions and lack of enough fund make the end of Portuguese rule in East Africa.
6.           Tanganyika is among the East African country that have passed on through different periods of development from pre — colonial era to the period of colonialism.

5.    Draw a sketch map of Africa and locate by using roman numbers the following 

1.               The country in which humanism became her ideology soon after independence
2.             The country where the Portuguese firstly built fort Elmina.
3.           The country where headquarters of AU is located
4.           The country where the UMKHONTO - WE - SIZWE was formed as an underground army for fighting against white government.
5.             A country where labour recruitment agency called SILABU was established.

SECTION C: (45 MARKS)

6.  With examples explain how long Distance Trade influenced the formation of African centralized kingdoms.

7.  The colonial regime used several techniques in order to obtain labour during colonial period. Justify this statement with six points.

8.  Jonas and Jemimah were given task by their history teacher to evaluate the changes obtained by pre-colonial African societies after the transition from primitive communalism to other pre - capitalist modes of production. In six points write in favour of Jonas and Jemimah by giving changes that were obtained.

9.  Kwame Nkrumah had a dream of forming African union, however the dream never achieved, explain six reasons for such failure

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

HISTORY TERMINAL EXAMINATION

FORM FOUR JULY-2022

Time: 3Hours

INSTRUCTIONS

• This paper consists Of section A, B and C
• Answer all questions in section A and B and three (3) questions in section C.
• Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.
• Write Your name/examination number on every page of your answer booklet/ sheet

SECTION A (20 Marks)

1. For each Of the items (i — xv) choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer sheet provided.

(i) Which one of the following is the best describes of the Stone Age era?

1. When man used stone widely as ornament
2. When stones were formed on the earth
3. When Africa used stones to fight against invaders
4. When man used stones artistically widely in his daily life
5. When stone become major commodity in a long distance trade 

(ii) One of the short term cause of the first world war

1. Spanish civil war
2. Sarajevo assassination
3. Generation Francisco Fanco 
4. The rise of capitalism in Europe 
5. Abolition of slave trade

(iii) display a collection of items by ranging from cultural objects and technological development of societies

1. Museum
2. Archives
3. Written documents
4. Oral tradition
5. Historical sites

(iv) One of the following was demonstrated unity and self-determination among African's in the desire to liberate themselves from foreign rule in the early 20^th century

1. Maumau 
2. Chimurenga 
3. Mfecane
4. Majimaji 
5. Afro-Boer

(v) An important reason for Ngonis' victory in East Africa was due to the superior

1. Courage 
2. Intelligence 
3. Physical strength
4. Military tactics 
5. Poor beliefs

(vi) Which of the following colonial sectors of colonial economy favored European and Asians in Africa during colonial period

1. Education, health, water, housing and roads
2. Agriculture, mining, financial institution, transport and commerce
3. Industry, communications, harbors and books
4. Agriculture schemes, labour, bureau and trade
5. Transportation heath, mining electricity and water services

(vii) A primate which led to the emergence of man is called

1.  Proconsul 
2. Chimpanzee 
3. Gorile
4. Monkey 
5. Ramapithecus

(viii) IBEACO failed to administer colonies in East Africa on behalf Of the British government due to:

1. The railway construction into the interior had used most of its fund
2. If spent most of its fund on crushing slave trade
3. It sent out experienced administrators when the local people destructed from previous visits
4. Of the expenses of replanting the Zanzibar cloves destroyed by hurricanes
5. Of the expenses involved in the civil war of Uganda

(ix) The following was one of the characteristics of colonial education EXCEPT 

1. It based on rudimentary curriculum
2. It segregated Africans
3. If focus on literacy and numeracy
4. It reflected the interest of the Africans
5. It was accessed only by few Africans

(x) One reason for Dutch settlement at the cape in 1652 waste:

1. Created Dutch Empire in South Africa
2. Defeat Asians and Europeans who monopolized trade in Indian Ocean
3. Prepare a refreshment station for Dutch Merchant from India
4. Place South Africa in the world capitalism
5. Prepare South Africa as home for Dutch Merchants

(xi) History is about;-

1. Man's activities through various stages of his development
2. How colonialists came to East Africa 
3. The action of the head of states and government
4. Homo sapiens

(xii) Nama and Herero resistance took place between in Against German rule.

1. South West Africa 
2. 1891 -1897 
3. 1884 -1904 
4. 1904 -1905 
5. 1800- 1900

(xiii) Among the effects of European penetration into the interior of West Africa was

1. Introduction and development of copper industry
2. Development of marine technology 
3. Decline of trans Saharan trade
4. Abolition of triangular slave trade
5. Decline of long distance trade

(xiv) Historical era when the Great economic depression occurred

1. 1918- 1920 
2. 1919 
3. 1829- 1840
4. 1929 - 1933 
5. 1967- 1970

(xv) Major historical problem faced by independent African state after independence

1. Low income to the majority
2. Experts without white colour jobs
3. The balance of the ministers from formal colonial master
4. Size of the Independent African state
5. Imbalance in power sharing

 2. Match the items in list "A" with the correct response in list "B" by writing the correct letter against the corresponding question number.

3. Briefly answer the following questions

(i) Comment on the role played by colonial services consolidating colonialism in Africa.

(ii) Briefly comment on the indirect rule in Africa

(iii) What are the factors for state formation in pre-colonial societies (Outline six points).

(iv) Chimurenga war

(v) Colonial economy in Africa

(vi) Why Ethiopian were not colonized the 19^thC

4. (a) Arrange the following statements in chronological order by using number I to 5 beside the item number @ 2 marks.

(i) The coming of Portuguese increased the demand for slaves because many people were enslaved for the big plantations.

(ii) Furthermore, the trade increased in size when in 1770s, French opened up plantations of sugar in Mauritania's and reunion.

(iii) However the indigenous chief huterlaud of East Africa participated fully in the trade because it's their source of political and economic power 

(iv) At the beginning slave trade was small in size because the slaves were taken to work as domestic slaves.

(v) The coming of Sayyid Said to Zanzibar intensified the trade, the clove and coconut plantations in Zanzibar mainly depend on the slave trade

(b) Explain in brief, ways of obtained slaves during the colonial period in African society

5. Draw a sketch Map of Africa and locate the following

(i) A country who was able to attain her freedom in 1957 which marked and acted as a stepping stone for African liberation

(ii) An East African country which obtained her independence through revolution means.

(iii) A place in Africa where the Boer Treck occurred between 1835 - 1840's

(iv) A place where a great historical extract of human life was made in East Africa.

(v) A country nearby Tanganyika North East which experienced armed struggle.

SECTION C (45) Marks

6. Why did European's take measures to abolish slave trade in the 19^th century (Give six points)

7. Explain the reason for the failure of the former East African community (Give six points)

8. The Independence of Tanganyika in 1961 was an inevitable development given the nature of the colonial state and the global situation the existed after 1945. How far is this true? Substantiate by giving eight points.

9. Examine the strengths and weakness of education in Africa after Independence. Give eight points four each part.

10. Why has the dream of a United Africa not- bee achieved (Give eight points)

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

COMPETENCE BASED SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES

HISTORY TERMINAL EXAMINATION

FORM FOUR-2022

Time: 3Hours

INSTRUCTIONS.

1.          This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of 9 questions
2.          Answer all questions in section A and B and three questions from section C.
3.          Section A carries 20 marks, section B 35 marks and section C 45  Marks
4.          Programmable calculators, cellular phones and any other unauthorized materials are not allowed in examination room.
5.          Write your number on every page of your answer booklet.

 SECTION A (15 Marks)

 Answer All questions in this section.

1. For each of the items (i)-(x), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.

1.   African countries have tried to bring about real independence through

1.   setting up new factories and political instabilities in Africa
2.   improving communication system and military coups
3.    expanding education and agricultural practices
4.   establishing heavy industries and free market economy
5.   expanding agricultural production and administering Trust Territories.

2.             Who convened the conference which legalized the colonization of Africa?

1.               David Livingstone.
2.                Carl Peters.
3.                Otto Von Bismarck.
4.               Charles Darwin.
5.                Adolf Hitler.

3.                          The increase of the European merchants in the interior of Africa after the abolition of slave trade aimed at

1.               intensifying slavery and slave trade
2.                establishing heavy industries
3.                searching for the sea route to India
4.               establishing legitimate trade
5.                assisting the Africans economically.

4.           Cultural practices through which historical information can be obtained include

1.               archaeology, museum and archives
2.                museums, archives and religion 
3.                archaeology, funerals and riddles
4.               superstitions, religion and riddles
5.                oral tradition, museums and archives.

5.             Which among the following include the three organs of the United Nations Organization?

1.               The General Assembly, Secretariat and the World Bank.
2.                The Secretariat, Security Council and General Assembly.
3.                The World Bank, League of Nations and Security Council.
4.               The International Court of Justice, World Bank and Secretariat.
5.                The Security Council, UNESCO and International Court of Justice.

6.           One of the features of monopoly capitalism is

1.               merging bank capital and trade
2.                formation of big African monopolies
3.                expansion of industrial production in the capitalist countries
4.               growth of small scale production in Europe
5.                emergence of slave trade and slavery in Africa.

7.         Why the knowledge of iron-working was kept secret in some societies during pre-colonial period?

1.               They wanted to develop division of labour.
2.                Iron had the immediate use value to some societies.
3.                They wanted to maintain monopoly of the blacksmiths.
4.               They had plans of using it in making ornaments.
5.                It enabled men to play a middleman's role in salt and gold.

8.                      The coastal city states which grew from the trade contacts between East Africa and Asia were

1.               Mwanza, Tanga and Dar es Salaam
2.                Malindi, Kilwa and Mombasa
3.                Nairobi, Kampala and Dar es Salaam
4.               Lamu, Bagamoyo and Mbeya
5.                Mombasa, Zanzibar and Kigoma.

9.           The core ideas of the French Revolution were;

1.               slave trade, colonialism and neo-colonialism
2.                markets, raw materials and cheap labour
3.                communalism, slavery and feudalism
4.               fraternity, liberty and equality
5.                scramble, partition and bogus treaties.

10.             One of the factors for the fall of Songhai empire was;

1.               invasion from the Moroccans
2.                attacks from the Tuaregs
3.                attacks from the almoravids
4.               establishment of colonialism
5.                Introduction of legitimate trade.

2. Match the items in LIST A with the correct responses in LIST B by writing the letter of the response beside the item number.

3. Briefly explain the following;

1. Explain how assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife triggered WWWII.
2. USA prospered more than other Countries in 1930s
3. How did high protection tariffs by the USA on imported goods from Europe cause great depression?
4. How did decolonization lead to nationalism?
5. Why did Idd Amin's seizure of power in Uganda lead to the collapse of the former East African Community?
6. Differentiate between nomadic pastoralism and sedentary pastoralism.

4. Arrange the following in  chronological order by writing number 1 to 5 beside the item number;

1.               Portuguese were expelled from Fort Jesus
2.             Vasco Da Gama reaches East Africa
3.           Bartholomew Diaz reaches the cape of Good Hope
4.           Tanganyika becomes a mandate colony under british
5.             British become the first nation to undergo industrialization

5. Draw the map of Africa to show colonial possession in 1914 and use letters A, B, C , D and E to locate;

1.               A country which resisted colonial rule successfully in 1896
2.             German East Africa
3.           A Portuguese colony of Angola
4.           A British colony which regained her independence in 1957
5.             The biggest Belgium colony in Africa.

SECTION C (45 Marks) 

Answer three (3) questions from this section.

6. Describe the pattern of the colonial economy established by British West Africa

7. Give reasons why the European and America trading companies were interested in East Africa during the 19^th century?

8. Discuss the causes and effects of the Maji Maji resistance in Tanganyika

9. Give reason as to why the Ndebele and Shona took up arms against the British in 1896-97.

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

COMPETENCE BASED SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES

HISTORYTERMINALEXAMINATION

FORM FOUR-2021

Time: 3Hours

Instructions.

1.                         This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of 9 questions
2.                         Answer all questions in section A and B and three questions from section C.
3.                         Section A carries 20 marks, section B 35 marks and section C 45  Marks
4.                         Programmable calculators, cellular phones and any other unauthorized materials are not allowed in examination room.
5.                         Write your number on every page of your answer booklet.

 SECTION A (15 Marks)

 Answer All questions in this section.

1. For each of the items (i)-(x), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.

(i) Why is Charles Darwin famous in history?

1.              He discovered pebbles and chopping tools.
2.              He discovered the fossil of mans ancestors.
3.              He introduced the theory of creation.
4.              He discovered the remains of old people. 
5.              He introduced the theory of evolution.

 (ii) What was the most common method of farming in pre-colonial Africa?

1.             Mixed farming 
2.             Plantation agriculture 
3.             Shifting cultivation
4.             Slash and burn cultivation
5.              Permanent crop cultivation

 (iii) As a historian, which one would you consider as Prince Henrys main aims in organizing the Portuguese voyages to West and East African coasts?

1.                Acquiring raw materials, markets and cheap labour
2.                  Acquiring colonies, raw materials and markets
3.                  Spreading Christianity, adventure, and trade
4.                 Establishing processing industries, markets and raw materials
5.                  Abolishing slave trade, slavery and introduction of legitimate trade

iv)  Which one among the following places did people paint and draw in the caves?

1.             Sofala
2.              Karagwe
3.             Kondoa Irangi
4.             Tabora
5.              Bagamoyo 

 (v) Trading contacts between East Africa and Asia in the 16^th  centuries were disturbed by 

1.             Berlin conference resolutions.
2.             activities of agents of colonialism.
3.             expulsion of the Portuguese.
4.             effects of the First World War.
5.              Portuguese invasion. 

(vi) Who was the greatest ruler of Mali.

1.             Askia Mohamed
2.             Mansa Kankan Musa
3.             Osei Tutu  
4.             Uthman dan Fodio
5.              Suni Ali

 (vii) The making of goods and services available for human needs is known as

1.             consumption. 
2.              production.
3.             consolidation. 
4.             interaction.
5.               transition.

(viii)The primitive communal societies were characterized by the following features except

1.             hunting and gathering
2.             low production 
3.             exploitation of man by man 
4.             low level of technology 
5.              dependence on nature.

 (ix)The primitive communal societies were characterized by the following features except

1.             hunting and gathering
2.             low production 
3.             exploitation of man by man 
4.             low level of technology 
5.              dependence on nature.

 (x)Who convened the conference which legalized the colonization of Africa?

1.             David Livingstone.
2.             Carl Peters.
3.             Otto Von Bismarck.
4.             Charles Darwin.
5.              Adolf Hitler.

(xi) What was the major cause of the Great Depression?

1.              Second World War. 
2.              First World War. 
3.              Berlin Conference 
4.              Boer Trek. 
5.               Anglo-Boer war.

 (xii) The first European nation to industrialize was

1.              Germany 
2.              Britain 
3.              France 
4.              Belgium 
5.               Holland.

 (xiii) The theory of evolution was proposed by

1.              Louis Leakey 
2.              Carl Peters 
3.              Charles Darwin 
4.              Henry Stanley 
5.               Donald Cameron.

(xiv) The family from which man evolved is known as

1.              Zinjanthropus
2.              Homo Habilis
3.              Primates
4.              Homo Sapiens
5.               Homo Erectus.

(xv) What was the achievement of man during the late Stone Age?

1.              Discovered fire and ate cooked food.
2.              Started walking upright using fore­limbs.
3.              Made and used pebble and chopping tools.
4.              Started walking on all four limbs
5.               Established settled communities.

2. Match the descriptions in List A with the corresponding names of the revolutions in List B by writing the letter of the correct response beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.

SECTION B (35 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

3.     Briefly answer the following questions:

(i)    Differentiate between the tools made and used during the Old Stone Age and the Late Stone Age.

(ii)  How did missionaries help in colonization

(iii)  Why did the settlers prefer to settle in the highlands of East Africa?

(iv)  What was the reason behind collaborations among African leaders?

(v)  How did Asian goods reach Europe before the sea route was discovered by the Portuguese in the 15^th century?

(vi)  What were the reasons for the collapse of Triangular trade?

4. Arrange the following statements in chronological order by writing number 1 to 5 beside the item number.

1.                      The majimaji war was unique in the way it united a number of different tribes in common rebellion.
2.                      The German authorities were surprised when their headquarters and officials were attacked.
3.                      The last and most serious revolt against German rule broke out in July 1905.
4.                      The immediate cause of discontent was the governments cotton scheme.
5.                      A prophet named Kinjekitile of Ngarambe declared that magic water will turn bullets into water.

5. Draw a sketch map of Africa and locate the following: (i) the former German colony of Togo (ii) German Cameroon Protectorate (iii) German East Africa (iv) A coast city of Witu (v) South West Africa.

SECTION C (45 Marks)

Answer three (3) questions from this section.

6.Explain why the Allied Powers were able to defeat the Central Powers during the First World War.

7.Explain five reasons why the Africans were defeated during the Maji Maji rebellion

8. Explain six effects of the Second World War.

9. “Colonial health system was discriminative.” Substantiate this statement by giving six points.

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES

HISTORY MID TERM EXAMINATION

FORM FOUR-2021

 Time: 3Hours

Instructions.

1.              This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of 9 questions
2.              Answer all questions in section A and B and three questions from section C.
3.              Section A carries 20 marks, section B 35 marks and section C 45  Marks
4.              Programmable calculators, cellular phones and any other unauthorized materials are not allowed in examination room.
5.              Write your number on every page of your answer booklet.

 SECTION A (15 Marks)

 Answer All questions in this section.

1. For each of the items (i)-(x), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.

1. For each of the items (i) – (x) choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number.

1. The dominant factors in accessing Man’s struggles in material production are:-
   1. Productive forces and iron tools
   2. Productive force and environment
   3. Productive forces and fire
   4. Productive forces and culture

2. The Banana economy is the type of economy practiced by the societies found in the:-
   1. Heavy rainfall areas
   2. Semi desert or arid areas
   3. Masai belt
   4. Intercustrine regions only

3. What distinguished local trade from long distance trade
   1. Emergence of merchant classes
   2. Exchange of commodities such as ivory, salt, foodstuffs and slave
   3. Emergence of Cisi, Vwandema and Vinza
   4. Extension of Ntemi chieftainship to form kingship

4. Which is the following is NOT among the causes of a state formation
   1. Expansion of agriculture and animal husbandry
   2. Expansion of iron working and trade
   3. Extension of unity through bride price and gifts
   4. Extension of Ntemi chieftainship to form kingship

5. Through the external contact with the Indian ocean, East Africa imported
   1. Cowrie shells and spices from Arabia
   2. Cowrie shells and daggers from India
   3. Porcelain and silk goods from China
   4. Slaves and ivory from Mozambique

6. The Swahili culture is the result of the Intermingling of:-
   1. Bantu and Arab culture only
   2. Africans, Asians and the Europeans
   3. Bantu and the Swahili
   4. Africans and the British

7. Which one is NOT true for the causes of the decline of the Portuguese in East Africa
   1. The attacks from the Galla, Zimba and Segeju
   2. The attacks by the Moraccan soldiers
   3. The invasion of the Oman Arabs
   4. The attacks from Ali Bey, a Turkish pirate

8. Which one is the main factor for the rise of Mfecane
   1.  the location of Natal as a corridor
   2. shortage of vital resources (land) due to population pressure
   3. civil wars among Ndwande, Mtetwa and Zulu
   4. application of the Chaka’s military techniques

9. The development of the trans-Saharan trade was facilitate by the exchange of:-
   1. Ivory and slaves
   2. Ivory and Kola nut
   3. Gold and salt
   4. Gold and ivory

10. The abolition of slave trade in East Africa was completely destructed by the:-
    1. signing of the abolitionist treaties
    2. coming of the explorers, missionaries and traders
    3. establishment of colonialism
    4. work done by Dr. Livingstone

11. One reason for the Dutch settlement at the Cape in 1652 was to

1. Create Dutch empire in South Africa.
2. Place South Africa in the world capitalism.
3. Defeat Asians and Europeans who monopolized Indian oceans.
4. Prepare a refreshment station for Dutch merchant from India.

12. The main participants in East Africans long distance trade were

1. Viumbundu, Arabs and Kamba.
2. Yao, Kamba and Nyamwezi.
3. Imbangala, Yao and Barbaig.
4. Nyamwezi, Ngoni and Arabs.

13. Scramble for Africa took place in the 19^th C as a result of

1. Merchantilism.
2. Slave trading activities.
3. Commercial capitalism.
4. Industrial revolution in Europe.

14. The abolition of slave trade in 19^th C was followed by

1. Berlin Conference.
2. Formation of UNO.
3. Introduction of legitimate trade.
4. Bilateral agreements.

15. The following involved continents of Africa. America and Europe between 15^th C to 19^th C

1. Triangular trade
2. Trans-saharan trade
3. Merchantilism.
4. Legitimate trade.

2.    (a)   Match the terms in List A with the correct responses in list B by writing the letter of the response besides the item number.

LIST A

1. Monopoly
2. Zwangendaba
3. Homohabilis
4. Umwinyi
5. The periplus of the Erythrean sean.

LIST B

1. contains writing of the early inhabitants of the coast
2. discouraged slave trade in Zanzibar
3. a class of political religious leaders and prominent traders
4. died in 1840
5. the first economist man in evolution
6. emerged as a stronger leader of Mfecane
7. a systematic tool maker of the Australopitherine
8. concentration and centralization of capital by few bourgeoisies
9. free trade and laisser faire

SECTION B (35 Marks)

Answer All Questions in this Section.

1. Why is oral tradition not regarded as reliable source of historic information?
2. Why did some areas of Africa experience strong competition among colonial powers?
3. Why were the Italians defeated by the Ethiopians?
4. How did discovery of fire change man’s life?
5. Why did the Portuguese lead search for a sea root to India?
6. What was the main reason for Ngoni Migration?

4. Arrange the following statements in a chronological order

1. Through the Heligoland Treaty Uganda and Witu were incorporated in the British sphere of influence and German bought part of the Sudan’s coastal strip.
2. The Berlin Conference divided Africa into ‘Spheres in influence’
3. The Anglo-German Agreement defined the territories of the Sultan of Zanzibar and the European Spheres of influence in East Africa
4. The German government took over the affairs of the company
5. The Germany East Africa Company attempted, unsuccessfully, to develop the German sphere.

5. Draw a sketch of Map of Africa and locate the following by using roman numbers

1. The headquater of Mwene Mutapa Kingdom
2. A country that defeated the colonists
3. A country that was never colonized
4. A country in which colonists used the policy of Apartheid
5. A country which got her independence in 1963 from Britain.

SECTION C (45 Marks)

Answer three (3) Questions from this section. Each question has 15 Marks

6. What was the role played by the agents of colonialism?
7. Why the colonialist preferred peasant agriculture rather than settler agriculture or plantation economy?
8. Why Tanzania adopted single party regime in 1965.
9. What were the reasons for the collapse of first East Africa Community in 1977?

THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

MINISTRY OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

PRE-NATIONAL  EXAMINATION SERIES-1

HISTORY  FORM-4

2020

TIME: 3:00 HRS

Instructions

1.  This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of nine (9) questions.
2.  Answer all questions in sections A and B and three (3) questions from section C.
3.  Cellular phones and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the examination room.
4.  All drawings should be in pencil.
5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

SECTION A (20 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

1. For each of the items (i) (xv), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.

(i) What are the major types of oral traditions? 

1. Museums and archives
2.  Poems and proverbs
3. Historical sites and narration of events
4.  Archaeology and museum
5.  Cultural practices and narration of events 

(ii) Why is Charles Darwin famous in history?

1.  He discovered pebbles and chopping tools.
2.  He discovered the fossil of mans ancestors.
3.  He introduced the theory of creation.
4.  He discovered the remains of old people. 
5. He introduced the theory of evolution.

(iii)  Archaeological findings whose ages are beyond 5,000 years are determined by

1. using archives.
2. using carbon 14.
3. remembering events. 
4. using time charts.
5.  narration of past events. 

(iv)  What was the achievement of man during the Middle Stone Age?

1. Discovery of fire
2. Development of bipedalism
3.  Domestication of animals 
4. Making and using pebble tools
5. Discovery of iron

(v)  Which one among the following places did people paint and draw in the caves?

1. Sofala
2.  Karagwe
3. Kondoa Irangi
4. Tabora
5. Bagamoyo 

(vi)Who convened the conference which legalized the colonization of Africa?

1. David Livingstone.
2. Carl Peters.
3. Otto Von Bismarck.
4. Charles Darwin.
5. Adolf Hitler.

(vii)      The period which was characterized by intense competition and warfare among the European states during the 17^th century is called      

1. capitalism
2. mercantilism
3. feudalism
4. industrial revolution
5.  scramble.

(viii)When did most parts of East Africa adopt iron technology?

1.  1^ST millennium AD. 
2. 1^ST millennium BC. 
3. 3^RD millennium AD. 
4. 2^ND millenium AD.
5. 2^ND millennium BC.

(ix) The economic system of goods and services which comprised activities such as trade, manufacturing, agriculture and mining during the colonial era is called

1.  Neo-colonialism 
2.  Trusteeship 
3.  Nationalism 
4.  Bureaucracy 
5.  Colonial economy

(x) Who discovered the skull of the earliest ancestors of man in Olduvai Gorge?

1.  David Livingstone. 
2.  Charles Darwin. 
3.  Carl Peters. 
4.  Vasco Da Gama. 
5.  Louis Leakey.

2. Match the stems in List A with the correct responses in List B by writing the letter of the response beside the item number.

 SECTION B (35 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.  

3.  Outline five problems which faced Tanganyika African National Union during the struggle for independence.

4. (a) Arrange the following statements in chronological order by writing number 1 to 5 beside the item number in your answer booklet.

(i) Before 1800 AD, Africa and its interior were not known to the outside world.

(ii) Europeans took interest in Africa’s strategic areas with fertile land, minerals and navigable rivers.

(iii) The interior of Africa was exposed to the European world after the work of agents of colonialism.

(iv) By 1880s, many European nations rushed and grabbed parts of the African continent claiming they were their areas of influence.

(v) Reports of the existence of snow-capped mountains in the interior of Africa attracted great interest in the continent.

5. (a) Draw a sketch map of East Africa and locate the following:

1. The headquarters of East African Community
2. The capital city of a country whose president was overthrown in a coup in 1971.
3. The East African great slave market which was closed in 1873.
4. The headquarters of the Portuguese rule.
5. The region in Tanganyika which was the best reservoir of labour during the colonial period.

SECTION C (45 Marks)

Answer three (3) questions from this section.

6. Explain six significance of studying History.

7. “Colonial health system was discriminative.” Substantiate this statement by giving six points.

8. Discuss six contributions of the agents of colonialism to the colonization of Africa.

9. Elaborate six reasons which made the Boers to escape to escape the Southern African Cape between 1830 and 1850.

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

HISTORY- POST-MOCK- EXAMINATION-JUNE

FORM FOUR

Time 3:00 Hours                                                                            JUNE 2020 

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C.
2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and three (3) questions from section C.
3. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.
4. All drawings should be in pencil.
5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

                         SECTION A (20 Marks)

                       Answer All Questions.

(i) What are the major types of oral traditions? 

1. Museums and archives
2.  Poems and proverbs
3. Historical sites and narration of events
4.  Archaeology and museum
5.  Cultural practices and narration of events

(ii) What was the most common method of farming in pre-colonial Africa?

1. Mixed farming 
2. Plantation agriculture 
3. Shifting cultivation
4. Slash and burn cultivation
5. Permanent crop cultivation

(iii) What took place in Europe between 1750s and 1850s?

1. Industrial revolution
2. Scramble for Africa
3. Mercantile capitalism 
4. Emergency of slave trade
5. Monopoly capitalism

 (iv) Who headed the Central government of the colony? 

1. Queen    
2. Governor
3. Secretary for colonies
4. Secretary General
5. Minister for colonies

 (v) Why the British in East Africa provided colonial health services to few areas such as settler plantation areas, military camps and cash crop producing areas?

1.  To make their subjects support the colonial rule.
2.  To keep their subjects wealthier and resistant to diseases.
3.  To make their subjects fit for economic production.
4.  To make their subjects loyal to the colonial state.
5.  To stop their subjects from using traditional medicines.

(vi) Which of the following were the countries which used constitutional means to gain their political independence?

1. Mozambique and Nigeria
2. Kenya and Tanganyika
3. Ghana and Uganda
4. Uganda and Tanganyika

(vii)   The social challenges facing people in Africa include 

1. political instability and tribalism.
2.  tribalism and neo-colonialism.
3.  colonialism and illiteracy.
4.  illiteracy and diseases.
5.  corruption and lack of rule of law.

(viii) The international organization undermined by Hitler was called

1. United Nations Organization. 
2. League of Nations.
3. Non-Aligned Movement.
4. Berlin conference. 
5. International Court of Justice.

(ix)  The first creature to walk in an upright fashion was called

1. Homo Erectus.
2. Primates.
3. Homo Sapiens. 
4. Hominids.
5. Homo Habilis. 

(x)  What was the achievement of man during the Middle Stone Age?

1. Discovery of fire
2. Development of bipedalism
3.  Domestication of animals 
4. Making and using pebble tools
5. Discovery of iron

(xi) Trading contacts between East Africa and Asia in the 16^th  centuries were disturbed by 

1. Berlin conference resolutions.
2. activities of agents of colonialism.
3. expulsion of the Portuguese.
4. effects of the First World War.
5. Portuguese invasion.

(xii) The making of goods and services available for human needs is known as

1. consumption. 
2.  production.
3. consolidation. 
4. interaction.
5.  transition.

(xiii) Which one of the following was the immediate consequence of the development of Triangular trade?

1. Decolonization of African countries
2. Disruption of trans-Saharan trade
3. Scramble and partition of Africa
4. Adaptation of the Open Door Policy
5. Implementation of indirect rule policy

(xiv) The coastal city states which grew from the trade contacts between East Africa and Asia were

1. Mwanza, Tanga and Dar es Salaam
2. Malindi, Kilwa and Mombasa
3. Nairobi, Kampala and Dar es Salaam
4. Lamu, Bagamoyo and Mbeya 
5. Mombasa, Zanzibar and Kigoma.

(xv)The primitive communal societies were characterized by the following features except

1. hunting and gathering
2. low production 
3. exploitation of man by man 
4. low level of technology 
5. dependence on nature.

2. Match the items in List A with the correct responses in List B by writing the letter of the corresponding response beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.

 SECTION B (35 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section. 

3.  Outline five problems which faced Tanganyika African National Union during the struggle for independence.

4.   (a) Arrange the following statements in chronological order by writing number 1 to 5 beside the item number.

1. Portuguese were expelled from Fort Jesus.
2. Vasco Da Gama reaches East Africa.
3. Bartholomew Diaz reaches the Cape of Good Hope.
4. Tanganyika becomes a mandate colony under the British.
5. Britain becomes the first nation to undergo industrialization.

5.  (a) Draw a sketch map of Africa and locate the following:

1. A country in West Africa which attained independence under the leadership of  Nnamdi Azikiwe.
2. A country which became peaceful after the death of Jonas Savimbi in 2002.
3. A country whose nationalist leader became her president after being imprisoned for 27 years.
4. German East Africa
5. A country in which the Headquarters of the African Union is situated.

 SECTION C. ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS

6. Outline five tactics used to establish the colonial economy in Africa. 

7.  Access six contributions made by discovery of fire to the development of human being.

8. Explain six social factors for early interactions in Africa.

9.  Explain six differences between Direct and Indirect rule.

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

HISTORY- TERMINAL- EXAMINATION-MAY

FORM FOUR

Time 3:00 Hours                                                                           MAY 2020 

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C.
2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and three (3) questions from section C.
3. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.
4. All drawings should be in pencil.
5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

                         SECTION A (20 Marks) 
Answer all questions in this section.

(i) One of the advantages of the study of history is:

1. to understand why man is a living creature.
2. to understand the changes in relations between man and environment. 
3. to understand the beginning and the end of the world.
4. to learn to be tolerant to environmental issues.
5. to understand how the environment struggles against man.

(ii) During the 1840s the East African coastal trade was dominated by:

1. Mazrui Arabs
2. OmanArabs 
3. British traders
4. German traders
5. Indian traders.

(iii) From 1948, the coordination of all matters of common interest to Tanganyika, Kenya and Uganda were placed under the:

1. East Africa Governors Conference.
2. East Africa Coordination Committee. 
3. East Africa Common Services.
4. East Africa High Commission.
5. East Africa Common Market.

(iv) The action that man takes against nature aims at

1. studying the changes in the process of material production
2. explaining man's struggle against nature
3. showing the relationships between man and man in production
4. developing understanding on man and his environment
5. changing natural objects into a condition of satisfying human needs.

(v) Which of the following are included in the archives? 

1. Division of time into days, weeks and years.
2. Family trees, time lines and time charts.
3. Colonial records and early travellers' records.
4. Cultural items from the earliest times to the present.
5. Items which show man's physical development.

(vi) Who among the following was the first systematic tool maker and had a bigger brain than that of Zinjanthropus?

1. Homo Habilis.
2. Homo  Sapiens. 
3. Homo Eractus.
4. Modern Man.
5. Modern Apes.

(vii)  Which of the following best explains the Old Stone Age? 

1. Man made industrial machines.
2. Man established social institutions.
3. Man ate cooked food.
4. Man made tools like hand axes.
5. Man domesticated crops and animals.

(viii) The increase of the European merchants in the interior of Africa after the abolition of slave trade aimed at

1. intensifying slavery and  slave trade 
2. establishing heavy industries
3. searching for the sea route to India 
4. establishing legitimate trade
5. assisting the Africans economically.

(ix) Industrial development in Africa was not prioritized by the capitalists during the colonial time because

1. the colonialists were interested in obtaining  raw materials
2. the colonialists stressed on the provision of  social services 
3. the climate did not favour industrial development
4. Africa had no enough raw materials
5. Africa had no infrastructure to support the industries.

(x)  Which of the following are included in the museums?

1. Cultural, social and economic items from the earliest  time to the present. 
2. Remains which show man’s past made and used tools.
3. Cultural practices such as art, music  religion and riddles. 
4. Colonial records and early traveller’s  records.
5. Special names of generations, clan trees and tribal chronology.

(xi)  The coastal city states which grew from the trade contacts between East Africa and Asia were 

1. Mwanza, Tanga and Dar es Salaam
2. Malindi, Kilwa and Mombasa
3. Nairobi, Kampala and Dar es Salaam 
4. Lamu, Bagamoyo and Mbeya
5. Mombasa, Zanzibar and Kigoma.

(xii) Industrial development in Africa was not prioritized by the capitalists during the colonial time because

1. The colonialists were interested in obtaining raw materials 
2. The colonialists stressed on the provision of social services 
3. The climate did not favour industrial development
4. Africa had no enough raw materials
5. Africa had no infrastructure to support the industries.

(xiii)    Three pre-colonial modes of production which existed in Africa were 

1. Socialism, capitalism and communism
2. Socialism, capitalism and communalism 
3. Slavery, feudalism and communalism
4. Slavery, feudalism and communism 
5. Socialism, capitalism and humanism.

(xiv)    The core ideas of the French Revolution were

1. slave trade, colonialism and neo-colonialism
2. markets, raw materials and cheap labour
3. communalism, slavery and feudalism 
4. fraternity, liberty and equality
5. scramble, partition and bogus treaties.

(xv) In areas such as Kondoa-Irangi, paintings and drawings in caves give evidence of the activities of;

1. iron smelters
2. settled communities
3. Colonial legacy
4. education for adaptation
5. slave trade and slavery.

2. Match the stems in List A with the correct responses in List B by writing the letter of the response

beside the item number.

  SECTION B.

 3. Arrange the following statements in chronological order by writing number 1 to 5 beside the item number.

(i) African nationalist politics in South Africa started with the formation of the South Africa Native National Congress (SANNC) in 1912.

(ii) African National Congress (ANC) led by Nelson Mandela established its armed wing known as "Umkhonto we Sizwe" (Spear of the Nation) which immediately embarked upon military operations within South Africa.

(iii) In 1949 the Youth League launched its "Programme of Action" which aimed at attainment of freedom from white domination.

(iv) The imposition of capitalist relations of production in South Africa, unlike other parts of the continent, is underlined by racism. This made nationalist struggles in South Africa to be more complicated and long.

(v) In 1964, Nelson Mandela was arrested and sent to jail. Later in 1990 he was released and the majority rule was obtained in 1994.

4: (a) Draw a sketch map of Africa and locate the following;

(i) A country in West Africa which attained independence under the leadership of Nnandi Azikiwe.

(ii) A country which became peaceful after the death of Jonas Savimbi in 2002.

(iii)  A country whose nationalist leader became her president after being imprisoned for 27 years.

(iv) German East Africa.

(v) A country in which the Headquarters of the African Union is situated.

(b) Outline five problems which faced Tanganyika African National Union during the struggle for independence.

5. Explain the meaning of the following briefly

a)     Indirect rule in Nigeria

b)    Assimilation policy

c)     Partition of Africa

d)    Slave trade

e)     Mfecane war.

SECTION 45 MARKS

Answer only three questions

5. Access six contributions made by discovery of fire to the development of human being.

6. Critically examine six effects of the legitimate trade in West Africa.

7. Elaborate six causes of political instability in Africa.

8. With examples, explain six reasons for African resistances to colonial rule.

9. Analyse six tactics used by the colonialists to establish colonial economy in Africa

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

MID TERM EXAMINATIONS- MARCH 2020

022                                                                 HISTORY  FORM FOUR

Time: 3Hours                                                                                                           

Instructions:

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of  8 questions.
2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C 
3. All writing should be in blue or black pen, except for diagrams that must be drawn in pencil.
4. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s)

1. For each of the items (i) – (xv), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.

            (i) What was the major causes of the Great Depression?

1. Second World War
2. First World War
3. Berlin Conference
4. Boer Trek
5. Holland

(ii) The first European Nation to industrialize was:

1. Germany
2. Britain
3. France
4. Belgium
5. Holland

(iii) The theory of evolution was proposed by:

1. Louis Leakey
2. Carl Peters
3. Charles Darwin
4. Henry Stanley
5. Donald Cameron 

(iv) Three pre – colonial modes of production which existed in Africa were:

1. Socialism, capitalism and communism
2. Socialism, capitalism and communalism
3. Slavery, feudalism and communalism
4. Slavery, feudalism and communism
5. Socialism, capitalism and humanism

(v) The core ideas of the French Revolution were:

1. Slave trade, colonialism and neo – colonialism
2. Markets, raw materials and cheap labour
3. Communalism, slavery and feudalism
4. Fraternity, liberty and equality
5. Scramble, partition and bogus treaties.

(vi) The people whose work is to study and explain remains which show man’s physical development and the tools he made and used are called?

1. Iron smiths
2. Industrialists
3. Revolutionists
4. Evolutionists
5. Archaeologists.

(vii) The economic system of goods and services which comprised activities such as trade, manufacturing, agriculture and mining during the colonial era is called?

1. Neo – colonialism
2. Trusteeship
3. Nationalism
4. Bureaucracy
5. Colonial economy

(viii) Who discovered the skull of the earliest ancestors of man in Olduvai Gorge?

1. David Livingstone
2. Charles Darwin
3. Carl Peters
4. Vasco Dam Gama
5. Louis Leakey

(ix) Which of the following are included in the museums?

1. Cultural, social and economic items from the earliest time to the present.
2. Remains which shoe man’s pas made and used tools.
3. Cultural practices such a as art, music, religion and riddles.
4. Colonial records and early travelers’ records.
5. Special names of generations, clan trees and tribal chronology.

(x) The type of colonial agriculture which predominated in Kenya was:

1. Plantation
2. Peasant
3. Co –operative
4. Settler
5. Pastoralism 

            (xi) The primitive communal societies were characterized by the following features except:

1. Hunting and gathering
2. Low production
3. Exploitation of man by man
4. Low level of technology
5. Dependence on nature.

(xii) Who convened the conference which legalized the colonization of Africa?

1. David Livingstone
2. Carl Peters
3. Otto Von Bismarck
4. Charles Darwin
5. Adolf Hitler.

(xiii) The period which was characterized by intense competition and warfare among the European states during 17^th century is called?

1. Capitalism
2. Mercantilism
3. Feudalism
4. Industrial revolution
5. Scramble

(xiv) The increase of the European merchants in the interior of Africa after the abolition of slave trade aimed at:

1. Intensifying slavery and slave trade
2. Establishing heavy and slave trade.
3. Establishing heavy industries
4. Searching for the sea route to India.
5. Establishing legitimate trade
6. Assisting the Africans economically 

(xv) The average difference of age between parents and their children is called?

1. Period
2. Age
3. Family tree
4. Time line 
5. Generation
6. Family tree

2. Match the items in List A with the correct responses in List B by writing the letter of the correct response beside the item number in the answer.

SECTION B:

3. (a) Draw the sketch map of Africa and locate by using roman numbers:

1. A country whose independence sharpened the continent – wide struggle for independence.
2. A country in which Biafra war occurred.
3. A Portuguese colony which attained her independence under the leadership of Augostino Neto.
4. A country in which the Organization of African Unity was formed.
5. The canal built by the colonialists to facilitate voyages to and from India and the Middle East.

     (b) Outline five tactics used to establish the colonial economy in Africa.

4. Arrange the following statements in chronological order by writing number 1 to 5 beside the item number.

1. Portuguese were expelled from the Fort Jesus
2. Vasco Da Gama reaches East Africa
3. Bartholomew Diaz reaches the Cape of Good Hope
4. Tanganyika becomes a mandate colony under the British
5. Britain becomes the first nation to undergo industrialization.

SECTION C:

5. Explain six social factors for early interactions in Africa.

6. Why Mozambique attained her independence through armed struggle? (Give six points)

7. Assess six contributions made by discovery of fire to the development of human being. 

8. Why did some Africans collaborate with Europeans during colonial invasion? (Give six points)