THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

FORM TWO SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION, 2012

 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 (30 MARKS)

For each of the following items choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write its letter in the box provided.

(i) The following was the major form of feudal relations in Rwanda and Burundi:

1. Basulu
2. Chiefdom
3. Ntemiship 
4. Ubugabire

(ii) One of the problems of written records as a source of historical information is that, they:

1. are given by elders
2. are mostly reliable
3. can be used by literate people only
4. serve as stores of variety of information

(iii) The economic factors for interactions among the people of Africa were:

1. immigration, intermarriage and language
2. need for new land, trade and agriculture 
3. trade, intermarriage and language 
4. war, trade and migration.

(iv) The Maasai did not have chiefs because they:

1. believe in God as their only chief
2. did not know that chiefs were good
3. trusted their warriors
4. moved in different directions looking for pastures

(v) The centralised states of East and Central Africa were mostly expanded by:

1. colonizing
2. conquest
3. culture
4. taxation

(vi) The demands of industrial capitalism were:

1. colonies, slaves and goods from Asia
2. manufactured goods and area for settlement 
3. raw materials, market and area for investment 
4. slaves, manufactured goods and marketing.

(vii) Among the reasons for the Dutch settlement at the cape in 1652 was to:

1. defeat Asians and Europeans who monopolized the Indian Ocean
2. establish Dutch empire in South Africa 
3. involve South Africa in the world capitalism
4. prepare a refreshment station for the Dutch merchants from India.

(viii)Local trade among the African societies became possible when:

1. iron tools had decreased
2. one society became more powerful than others
3. people could produce less than their needs
4. people could produce more than their needs

(ix) East Africa societies that developed clan organization based on matrilineal system were:

1. Chagga, Gogo, Sukuma. Sandawe and Yao
2. Makonde, Makua, Kamba, Kikuyu and Yao 
3. Sandawe, Tindiga, Makua, Hadzabe and Iraque
4. Yao, Makonde, Hehe, Sambaa and Luo.

(x) The imported manufactured goods in African colonies of West Africa were exchanged with:

1. diamond, uranium, zinc and animal skins
2. groundnuts, sea shells, coffee and cotton 
3. ivory, copper and palm oil
4. palm oil, sisal, cotton and groundnuts.