THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

FORM TWO SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION, 2013

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

(i) Which were the pastoral societies that existed in pre-colonial East Africa?

1. Masai, Nandi, Turkana and Karamajong
2. Nandi, Kikuyu, Sambaa and Hadzabe
3. Nyakyusa, Nandi, Karamajong and Makonde
4. Turkana, Gogo, Sukuma and Kikuyu

(ii) The following were some of the commodities used as currency in precolonial Africa:

1. Copper rods, books and bronze
2. iron ore, silver and wood
3. paper, gold and copper
4. salt, cloth and cowrie shells

(iii) Homo-sapiens lived in one of the following periods:

1. Early Stone Age
2. Iron Age
3. Late Stone Age
4. Middle Stone Age

(iv) Identify the society in Kalahari desert which is still practicing primitive communal mode of production:

1. Dorobo
2. Khoikhoi
3. Mbuti 
4. Teuso

(v) Among the given sets of areas below, one was an important salt making centre in Africa:

1. Axum and meroe
2. Axum and Uvinza
3. Meroe and Taghaza
4. Taghaza and Uvinza

(vi) What was the outcome of mineral discovery in South Africa?

1. Depopulation of Cape Town
2. Introduction of religious groups
3. Migration of indigenous people 
4. Political matters ignored

(vii) One of the trade below replaced the slave in Africa:

1. Legitimate trade
2. Local trade
3. Trans-Saharan trade 
4. Triangular trade

(viii) What was the function of a clan head in an African society?

1. Allocation of water portions for fishing
2. Breaking up marriages
3. Providing employment in industries 
4. Settling conflicts

(ix) Traders and Missionaries had the following activities in East Africa:

1. discovery of mineral areas in Africa
2. exploration and acquisition of areas for trade
3. occupation of land for the Asians
4. spread of administration and civilization

(x) One of the items below was the aim of Portuguese interest in the East African coast in the 17^th century:

1. prevention of Islam
2. provision of social services
3. spread of Christianity
4. trade control along the coast