THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

FORM TWO SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION, 2011

 0012 HISTORY

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C.

2. Answer ALL questions in sections A and B and only TWO in section C.

3. Write your examination number at the top right corner of every page.

4. ALL writing must be in black or blue ink.

5. ALL answers must be written in the spaces provided. 6. Cellphones are not allowed in the examination room.

SECTION A

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.

(i) The interlacustrine region is a good example of an area which practiced:

1. mixed agriculture
2. pastoralism
3. permanent agriculture 
4. shifting agriculture

(ii) The following are exploitative social and economic organizations practiced in Pre-colonial Africa except:

1. Capitalism 
2. Communalism
3. Feudalism
4. Slavery

(iii) One of the impacts of iron technology in Africa was:

1. expansion of heavy industries
2. famine
3. growth of agriculture 
4. increase of diseases

(iv) Audaghost was a trading town in the . . . . . . route of Trans-Saharan trade:

1. central
2. eastern
3. southern
4. western

(v) Olduvai Gorge is famous for:

1. archaeological findings
2. archival activities
3. oral traditions
4. sedentary farming

(vi) Before the 15^thC Africa was called a "Dark continent" because:

1. it had no development
2. it was not known to European capitalists
3. its people were black
4. there were no demands for raw materials

(vii) The origin of the Ngoni speaking people is historically believed to be in:

1. Kimberley in South Africa
2. Natal in South Africa
3. Pretoria in South Africa 
4. Soweto in South Africa

(viii)The following were some of the centralized city states of West Africa:

1. Bunyoro, Buganda and Toro
2. Cape, Nyamwezi and Karagwe
3. Oyo, Ife and Benin
4. Sofala, Mombasa and Lamu

(ix) Food production and animal keeping spread in Africa by means of:

1. internal evolution, migration and contact
2. migration, trade and contact with early growers
3. technology and advice by kings and chiefs 
4. war, trade and imitation

(x) A man who was the first to design and use tools was:

1. Australopithecus afrikanus
2. Gorilla
3. Homo erectus
4. Modern apes