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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2023

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA FORM TWO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT

012 HISTORY

Time: 2:30 Hours Year: 2023

Instructions

  1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
  2. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
  3. Section A carries fifteen (15) marks, section B carries seventy (70) marks, and section C carries fifteen (15) marks.
  4. All writing must be in blue or black ink.
  5. Cellular phones, calculators and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the assessment room.
  6. Write your Assessment Number at the top right corner of every page.

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SECTION A (15 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

l . For each of the items (i) - (x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write its letter in the box provided.

(i) How best can History be defined?

  1. The study of the past human social, economic and political events.
  2. The study of all past human events that have common impact.
  3. The study of the present social, economic and political events.
  4. The study of all present human social, economic and political events.

(ii) Through which of the following can the complex process of the origin of man be clearly described?

  1. Carbon 14 
  2. Archaeological findings
  3. Historical sites 
  4. Evolution theory

(iii) What was the composition of the tools made during the Late Stone Age?

  1. Flakes, choppers and picks
  2. Picks, choppers and hand axes
  3. Hand axes, cleavers and picks
  4. Spears, barbed arrows and blades

(iv) Which one was the most used local method by the East African people to conserve soil during the pre-colonial period?

  1. Intercropping 
  2. Shifting cultivation
  3. Permanent agriculture 
  4. Crop rotation

(v) What is the name given to the earliest system which permitted people to live together and practice collective ownership of major means of production? 

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

(vi) Which factor best explains the decline of the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa?

  1. The outbreak of Mfecane in the 1830s
  2. The arrival of the Portuguese at the Cape in
  3. The Boers invasion in the 1830s
  4. The Anglo-Boer war of the 1890s

(vii)Why did the Omani Arabs frequently attack the Portuguese in East Africa during the 17th century?

  1. They wanted to stop Portuguese slave-trading activities.
  2. They wanted to sign the treaties for abolishing slave trade.
  3. They disliked the Portuguese who were the agents of colonialism. 
  4. They wanted to rule the East African coast.

(viii) Which one was an important factor for social interaction among African societies in Central and East Africa during the pre-colonial period?

  1. Trans-Saharan trade
  2. Arrival of the agents of colonialism
  3. Agriculture
  4. Ngoni migration

(ix) Which one was an economic impact brought by Portuguese rule in East Africa?

  1. Underdevelopment of Africa
  2. Growth of Swahili language
  3. Occurrence of wars
  4. Destruction of culture

(x) Which statement is true about the tactics used to abolish slave trade in the world?

  1. Anti-slave trade patrol ships were used in the 15th century.
  2. Treaties to stop slave trade were signed in the 7th century.
  3. Campaigns and meetings were held by Abolitionists.
  4. Magazines were used by Slave traders to condemn slavery and slave trade.

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2022

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA

FORM TWO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT

012 HISTORY

Time: 2:30 Hours        Year: 2022

Instructions

  1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions
  2. Answer all questions
  3. Section A and C carry fifteen (15) marks each and Section B carries seventy (70) marks
  4. All writing must be in blue or black in
  5. All answer must be written in the spaces provided
  6. Cellular phones, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the assessment room
  7. Write your Assessment Number at the top right corner of every page.

SECTION A (15 Marks)

Answer all questions.

1. For each of the items (i) – (x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write its letter in the box provided.

(i) The archeologists study past human activities though material remains, what do the anthropologists study?

  1. The records of people who interacted with outsiders
  2. The languages and their changes over longer time
  3. The cultural practices and patterns of human society
  4. The traditions and physical development of man

(ii) An evolution of man has passed through several stages involving the change in the structural features and way of life. Which ways of life are associated with Homo sapiens?

  1. Hunting and eating raw food
  2. Gathering and walking on fore limbs
  3. Walking on fore limbs and domesticating animals
  4. Domesticating plants and animals

(iii) Which period in the history of human beings is marked by the appearance of both Zinjathropus and Homo Habilis?

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

(iv) Two students from Mtwara region organized a study tour to Kilimanjaro Region where they saw beans, maize and few trees planted in the same farm. Which term befits such a type of agricultural system?

  1. Intercropping
  2. Mixed farming
  3. Agroforestry
  4. Crop rotation

(v) Identify the collective name given to the massive labour force used in the construction of cities, pyramids, dams and irrigation schemes in ancient Egypt.

  1. Wage labour
  2. Serfs
  3. Peasants
  4. Slaves

(vi) Which set consists of components of social interaction?

  1. Marriage, religion, medicine and migration
  2. Music, migration, trade and metal working
  3. Agriculture, religion, war and marriage
  4. Fishing, medicine, dance and migration

(vii) The History teacher asked Aisha to list to list down five commodities which were brought by the Portuguese in East Africa. Which correct list of commodities was Aisha supposed to give?

  1. Slaves, beeswax, gum, animal skins and cooper
  2. Maize, cassava, sweet potatoes and pineapples
  3. Cassava, cotton, sisal, clothes and glass 
  4. Guns, gun powder, glass, ammunition and cloth 

(viii) The following are the reasons for the Portuguese’s attention to East African Coast from the 15th to 17th century except

  1. Conquering and controlling the area
  2. Preventing the expansion of the Boers
  3. Controlling gold trade
  4. Obtaining full control of the Indian Ocean

(ix) Which of the following alternatives comprise religious activities in pre-colonial Africa?

  1. Prayers to bless warriors
  2. Purification rituals
  3. Ordaining priests
  4. Burial rites
  1. (i), (iii) and (iv)
  2. (iii), (i) and (iv)
  3. (iv), (ii) and (iii)
  4. (iv), (ii) and (i)

(x) European countries were using local raw materials produced in Europe before the 19th century. Why did the European countries demand raw materials from Africa during the 19th century?

  1. The European raw materials were insufficient
  2. The European raw materials had low quality
  3. The Africans did not need their raw materials
  4. The European countries wanted to develop Africa

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2021

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA FORM TWO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT

012 HISTORY

Time: 2:30 Hours Year 2021

Instructions

l . This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.

2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C.

3. Section A carries forty (40) marks and section B and C carry thirty (30) marks each.

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

5. All answers must be written in the spaces provided.

6. Cellular phones and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the assessment room.

7. Write your Assessment Number at the top right comer of every page.

FOR ASSESSOR'S USE ONLY

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SECTION A (40 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

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

(i) What did the golden stool which was possessed by the Asante Empire in West Africa symbolize?

  1. Unity of the state
  2. Myth of the state
  3. Decline of the state 
  4. Wealth of the state

(ii) The country that dominated the industrial production in the world before the 19th century was

  1. Netherlands.
  2. China.
  3. Britain. 
  4. Germany.

(iii) What were the important salt making centres in pre-colonial Africa?

  1. Taghaza and Uvinza.
  2. Axum and Meroe.
  3. Engaruka and Uvinza. 
  4. Nok and Taghaza.

(iv) Who were the earliest inhabitants in South Africa?

  1. Ndebele and Zulu. 
  2. Ngoni and Bantu.
  3. San and Khoikhoi. 
  4. Cushites and San.

(v) Who was a systematic tool maker during the evolution of man?

  1. HomoHabilis 
  2. Zinjanthropus
  3. Homo Sapiens 
  4. Homo Erectus

(vi) Which of the following African societies developed Ntemiship system in East Africa by the 15th century?

  1. Nyamwezi and Dorobo
  2. Nyamwezi and Sandawe
  3. Nyamwezi and Chagga
  4. Nyamwezi and Sukuma

(vii) Which of the following is not true about Homo erectus?

  1. Had a larger brain than HomoHabilis
  2. Walked upright
  3. Only existed in East Africa
  4. Had developed some of speech

(viii)What was the main reason for the rise of Mfecane war in South Africa?

  1. The struggle to control gold mines.
  2. The invasion of the Boers.
  3. The struggle to control land.
  4. The pressure of apartheid policy.

(ix) Which of the following statement is not true about the Middle Stone Age?

  1. Sharper, smaller and portable tools developed.
  2. Stone picks and stone needles were introduced.
  3. Fire was discovered at this period.
  4. Pebbles tools for cutting were introduced.

(x) Which method was used to obtain salt during the pre-colonial era?

  1. Evaporating water from the sea.
  2. Mining and evaporating reeds.
  3. Mining salt from iron bearing rocks. 
  4. Boiling and evaporating bowls.

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2020

Student’s Assessment Number. ………….

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA  NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA

FORM TWO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT

012 HISTORY

Time: 2:30 HOURS Year: 2020

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.

2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C.

3. Section A carries forty (40) marks and sections B and C carry thirty

(30) marks each.

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

5. All answers must be written in the spaces provided.

6. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.

7. Write your Assessment Number at the top right hand corner of every page.

FOR ASSESSOR’S USE ONLY

QUESTION NUMBER

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SECTION A (40 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section.

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

(i) In East Africa, the major means of production under feudalism were

  1. capital and slaves. 
  2. slaves and trade.
  3. land and livestock.
  4. trade and agriculture.

(ii) The famous explorer and missionary who travelled in East and Central Africa was called

  1. Mungo Park.
  2. Carl Peters.
  3. David Livingstone.
  4. Henry Stanley.

(iii) What were the important salt making centres in pre-colonial Africa?

  1. Taghaza and Uvinza.
  2. Axum and Meroe.
  3. Engaruka and Uvinza.
  4. Nok and Taghaza.

(iv) The feudal relation which revolved around cattle ownership was

  1. Umwinyi.
  2. Mtemi.
  3. Ubugabire.
  4. Nyarubanja.

(v) Which trade items were brought by Arab traders from East Africa during pre-colonial times?

  1. Porcelain bowls, guns and rhinoceros horns.
  2. Cotton cloths, ivory and tortoise shells.
  3. Cotton cloths, gold and porcelain bowls. 
  4. Gold, ivory and tortoise shells.

(vi) What was the effect of the Ngoni migration to Central and East Africa?

  1. Rise of legitimate trade.
  2. Decline of coastal city states.
  3. Development of capitalism.
  4. Introduction of new military techniques.

(vii) What determines varieties of productive activities which man performs?

  1. Productive forces and family labour.
  2. Nature of environment and productive forces.
  3. Man’s experience and technical skills.
  4. Good weapons and leadership skills.

(viii) One of the important change in the evolution of man was 

  1. Walking with all four limbs.
  2. Development of the brain.
  3. Walking with fore limbs.
  4. Gathering and hunting.

(ix) Which societies resisted the Portuguese in East Africa? 

  1. Galla, Segeju and Zimba 
  2. Galla, Makonde and Yao.
  3. Zimba, Nyamwezi and Ngoni.
  4. Segeju, Zimba and Kamba

(x) Which ways were used to obtain slaves in East Africa during slave trade?

  1. Raiding, capturing and selling domestic slaves.
  2. Raiding, stealing and trekking from South Africa.
  3. Capturing, use of trickery and age set system.
  4. False pretence, crying and stealing Arab guns.

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2019

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA FORM TWO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT

0012 HISTORY

Time: 2½ HOURS Thursday, 14 th November 2019 p.m.

Instructions

  1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
  2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C.
  3. All writing must be in black or blue ink.
  4. All answers must be written in the spaces provided.
  5. Cellular phones, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
  6. Write your Examination Number at the top right hand corner of every page.

FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY

QUESTION NUMBER

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EXAMINER’ INITIALS

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SECTION A (40 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section.

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

(i) Which of the following was an important change in the evolution of man? 

  1. Walking with all four limbs
  2. Development of the brain 
  3. Walking with fore limbs 
  4. Gathering and hunting

(ii) Which of the following is an early iron site in East Africa? 

  1. Olduvai gorge 
  2. Kondoa Irangi
  3. Engaruka 
  4. Meroe

(iii) One of the effects of Seyyid Said’s rule in Zanzibar was 

  1. introduction of Christianity.
  2. establishment of clove plantations.
  3. legalizing Dutch settlement at the Cape. 
  4. introduction of legitimate trade.

(iv) In which century was the Zanzibar slave market closed? 

  1. 15th century 
  2. 18th century
  3. 19th century 
  4. 20th century

(v) Which among the following historical sites are found in Uganda? 

  1. Fort Ternan and Russinga Island
  2. Olorgesailie and Engaruka
  3. Olduvai Gorge and Nsongezi 
  4. Nsongezi and Biggo

(vi) Why is it expensive to use archaeology?

  1. It needs experts and advanced technology. 
  2. It neglects the use of Carbon 14.
  3. It rejects the use of fossils as evidence.
  4. It needs historians who can memorize events.

(vii) Which one of the following represents exploitative modes of production in pre-colonial Africa?

  1. Capitalism and slavery 
  2. Socialism and feudalism
  3. Slavery and communalism 
  4. Slavery and feudalism

(viii) Which coastal city state received gold from Mwenemutapa in the 15th century was located in present day Mozambique?

  1. Mombasa 
  2. Kilwa
  3. Sofala 
  4. Mogadishu

(ix) Productive forces consists of

  1. producers, skills, experience and technology. 
  2. surplus production and lack of exploitation. 
  3. objects of labour and instruments of labour. 
  4. instruments of production and good markets.

(x) Which one of the following was a hunting and gathering society in 19th century? 

  1. Ganda 
  2. Zulu
  3. Haya 
  4. San

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2018

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA FORM TWO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT

0012 HISTORY

Time: 2½ HOURS Tuesday, 13th November 2018 p.m.

Instructions

  1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
  2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C.
  3. All writing must be in black or blue ink.
  4. All answers must be written in the spaces provided.
  5. Cellular phones, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
  6. Write your Examination Number at the top right hand corner of every page.           

FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY

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SECTION A (40 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 in the box provided.

(i)Which one of the following sites represents the early Stone Age?

  1. Bagamoyo 
  2. Isimila 
  3. Olduvai Gorge 
  4. Kilwa

(ii)The goods imported to East Africa from Arabia and Persian Gulf includes:

  1. Glass, pottery and porcelain 
  2. Beads, cloth and copper 
  3. axes, swords and spear 
  4. ivory, gold and palm oil

(iii)One of the factors for the rise of states in the pre-colonial east Africa was:

  1. Diplomacy 
  2. Agreement 
  3. Moresby treaty 
  4. Warfare

(iv) The most important factor for interaction among people in Africa was:

  1. agriculture
  2. war .
  3. trade
  4. pastoralism

(v) When did vasco Da Gama reach East Africa?

  1. 1884
  2. 1498
  3. 1652
  4. 1598

(vi)Which one was the first treaty signed for the abolition of slave trade in East Africa?

  1. Moresby treaty 
  2. Anglo-German Treaty 
  3. Hamerton treaty 
  4. Heligoland Treaty

(vii)One ofthe characteristics ofman before the discovery ofiron technology was:

  1. involvement in slave trade
  2. establishment of industries for pebble tools
  3. reliance on industrial goods
  4. dependence on environment for survival

(viii)Important urban centres like Meroe in western Sudan emerged as a

  1. improved agriculture
  2. salt making
  3. metal working
  4. ship building technology

(ix)Europeans took labourers from Africa during the Trans- Atlantic slav trade because the Africans were.

  1. Weak but resistant to diseases
  2. sick but very strong
  3. unable to do any job
  4. strong and hard working

(x)The western Sudanic states which engaged in the Trans- Saharan trade were:

  1. Mali, Songhai and Bunyoro
  2. Ghana, Asante and Buganda
  3. Oyo, Benin and Mwanamutapa
  4. Ghana, Mali and Songhai

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2017

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA FORM TWO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT

0012 HISTORY

Time: 2½ HOURS Wednesday, 15th November 2017 p.m.

Instructions

  1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
  2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C. 
  3. All writing must be in black or blue ink. 
  4. All answers must be written in the spaces provided.   
  5. Cellular phones, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.   
  6. Write your Examination Number at the top right hand corner of every page.

FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY

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SECTION A (40 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.

(i)History is the study of:

  1. future events
  2. present events
  3. past events
  4. all African events

(ii)Which of the following is a scientific method of determining dates of the past remains?

  1. Archaeology
  2. Time Graphs
  3. Carbon 14
  4. Time charts

(iii)One of the important outcomes of the shift of man from walking by four limbs to bipedalism was:

  1. defending against enemies
  2. making and using tools
  3. cooking and living in caves
  4. hunting and gathering

(iv)During which period did the pre-colonial Tanzanian communities engage in paintings and drawings found at Kondoa-lrangi?

  1. Late Stone Age
  2. Old Stone Age
  3. Industrial Age
  4. Early Stone Age

(v)Peace and intermarriage during pre-colonial period were among the results of:

  1. trade between neighbours.
  2. war between neighbours.
  3. conquest of neighbours.
  4. war and slave trade.

(vi)The following were characteristics of slavery mode of production except:

  1. existence of classes between slave and slave master.
  2. slaves had no right to own major means of production.
  3. slaves had a share over the surplus production.
  4. there was class struggle between slaves and slave masters.

(vii)Some of the commodities used as currency during pre-colonial Africa were:

  1. pepper, gold and copper.
  2. iron hoses, wood and silver
  3. salt, cloth and cowrie shells.
  4. copper, silver and bronze.

(viii)A system whereby the major means of production are shared by all members of the society is known as:

  1. capitalism.
  2. democracy.
  3. communalism.
  4. feudalism.

(ix)Into which major periods is the Stone Age divided?

  1. Four
  2. Three
  3. Two
  4. Five

(x)Ten years make:

  1. a generation.
  2. a decade.
  3. a century.
  4. a millennium.

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2016

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL

 HISTORY FTNA 2016

SECTION A

1. For each of the items (i) — (x), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter.

(i)Which one of the following statements is not true about history?

  1. Helps learners to critically assess historical events.
  2. Helps learners to know past achievements and failures of man.
  3. Helps learners to get skills for their future careers.
  4. Helps learners to loose a sense of nationalism and patriotism.

(ii)The evolution theory explains about:

  1. the survival of archaeological remains
  2. the process of accumulating precious goods.
  3. the origin of man using a scientific approach
  4. the creation of man which is found in Holy Books.

(iii)One of the characteristics of man before the discovery of iron technology was:

  1. dependence on environment for survival
  2. reliance on industrial machines
  3. avoidance of gathering fruits
  4. involvement in slave trade

(iv)The history which is handed down by word of mouth, especially by elders, from one generation to another is known as:

  1. Archaeology
  2. Anthropology
  3. Oral traditions
  4. Linguistics

(v)Why was there a big change in mans life during the Late Stone Age compared to the Early and Middle Stone Age?

  1. Due to the presence of crude wooden and stone tools.
  2. Because of the use of more improved tools and settlement.
  3. Due to the use of machines as instruments of labour
  4. Because of the production of pebble tools for farming.

(vi)The division of Age groups among the Maasai society took into consideration the following economic activities except:

  1. grazing and milking
  2. metal working
  3. defense and offence
  4. guidance and religious leadership

(vii) Europeans took laboures from Africa during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade because the Africans were:

  1. weak but resistant to diseases
  2. sick but very strong
  3. unable to do any job
  4. strong and hardworking

(viii)The system of land ownership in Buhaya was known as:

  1. Ubugabire
  2. Umwinyi
  3. Nyarubanja
  4. Busulo

(ix)The reasons for the abolition of slave trade were:

  1. legitimate trade and Boer trek
  2. religious wars and industrial revolution
  3. economic and humanitarian reasons
  4. good weapons and economic reasons.

(x)Four main language groups to which East African communities belong are:

  1. Sandawe, Cushites, Bantu and Nilotes
  2. Dorobo, Cushites, Nilotes and Bantu
  3. Khoisan, Cushites, Nilotes and Bantu
  4. Khoikhoi, San, Nilotes and Bantu

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2015

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL

 HISTORY FTNA 2015

SECTION A

1. For each of the items (i) - (x), choose the correct answer and write its letter.

(i)Bagamoyo, Kilwa and Kondoa Irangi are examples of:

  1. early iron sites
  2. local museums
  3. famous archives
  4. historical sites

(ii)The method of collecting historical information through talking and listening to elders is called:

  1. archaeology
  2. archives
  3. museums
  4. oral traditions

(iii)   People whose work is to study and explain the remains which show mans physical development, his activities and the tools he made and used are known as:

  1. Archaeologists
  2. Evolutionists
  3. Biologists
  4. Homo Sapiens

(iv)In which century was the Zanzibar slave market closed?

  1.  2nd century
  2.  18th century 
  3. 19th century
  4. 20 th century

(v)Three of these kingdoms are closely related. Which one of them is not?

  1. Ghana
  2. Mali
  3. Buganda
  4. Songhai

(vi)What was the title of the ruler of Karagwe?

  1. Lukiko
  2. Katikiro
  3. Kabaka
  4. Omukama

(vii)Which among the following include the cultural practices through which historical information is obtained?

  1. A. Poems, proverbs and stories.
  2. Archives, museums and oral tradition
  3. Narration of past, present and future events
  4. Family trees, time lines and time charts.

(viii)The way of determining dates by remembering changes and events is commonly used in:

  1. places with many historical sites
  2. areas where much of the history is written
  3. places where much of the history is not written
  4. areas where other sources have been discovered

(ix)Which one of the following factors led to the decline of Songhai Empire?

  1. Almoravid attacks
  2. Moroccan invasion
  3. Attacks from Tuaregs
  4. Resistance from Portuguese

(x) The golden stool was a symbol of unity in the kingdom of:

  1. Mali
  2. Songhai
  3. Ghana
  4. Asante

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2014

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

FORM TWO SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION, 2014

 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.


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1. For each of the items (i) — (x), choose the correct answer and write its letter.

(i) Man was able to make and use very simple stone tools during the:

  1. Middle Stone Age
  2. Old stone Age
  3. Late Stone Age
  4. New Stone Age

(ii) Which among the following include the methods used in showing chronological order of events?

  1. Famine, epidemics, drought and heavy rains.
  2. Carbon 14, archives, museums and historical sites
  3. Periods, generations, millennia and centuries.
  4. Family trees, time lines, time charts and time graphs.

(iii) Three pre-colonial matrilineal societies in East Africa were:

  1. Mwera, Makonde and Sukuma
  2. Chagga, Kikuyu and Kamba
  3. Makonde, Sukuma and Chagga
  4. Kikuyu, Makonde and Kamba.

(iv) During the pre-colonial period, Imbagala and Vimbundu of Angola were:

  1. professional traders
  2. abolitionists of slave trade
  3. pastoral societies
  4. early hunters and gatherers.

(v) The economic factors for interactions among the people of Africa

  1. migration, trade and language
  2. war, migration and music
  3. intermarriage, medicine and religion
  4. trade, agriculture and metal working.

(vi) One of the causes of Mfecane wars was:

  1. arrival of Portuguese at the Cape of Good Hope
  2. migration of the Ngoni under Zwangendaba
  3. rapid population growth in South Africa
  4. arrival of Sultan Seyyid Said in Zanzibar from Oman.

(vii) Which among the following include the demands of industrial capitalism?

  1. Piracy, robbery and unequal exchange
  2. Explorers, traders and missionaries.
  3. Markets, raw materials and cheap labour
  4. Robbery, piracy and agents of colonialism

(viii)The feudal system in Zanzibar was known as:

  1. Busulo
  2. Nyarubanja
  3. Ubugabire
  4. Umwinyi

(ix) Which of the following does not apply to the moran?

  1. Consists of people who were between youth and adulthood
  2. Protects livestock against enemies and wild animals.
  3. Consists of young boys between 8 and 18 years.
  4. Raids neighbouring herds to increase the size of their herds.

(x) Who discovered the skull of the earliest ancestors of man in Olduvai Gorge in 1959?

  1. David Livingstone.
  2. Louis Leakey.
  3. Charles Darwin.
  4. Carl Peters.

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2013

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.


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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 17th century:

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

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2012

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.


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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.

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2011

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.


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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 15thC 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

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2010

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

FORM TWO SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION, 2010

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. ALL writing must be in black or blue ink.

4. ALL answers must be written in the spaces provided.

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

6. Cellphones are not allowed in the examination room.


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SECTION A (30 MARKS)

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

(i) One of the shortcomings of oral tradition as a source of historical information is that, it is:

  1. difficult to prove the fact and imaginary information
  2. given through the word of mouth
  3. given by elders
  4. handed from one generation to another.

(ii) The transition from Mercantilism to Industrial Capitalism led to:

  1. areas for investment and manufactured goods
  2. the demand for slaves
  3. the demand for raw materials, markets and areas for investment
  4. The use of navigable rivers.

(iii) The study of the remains of past materials through scientific analysis is called:

  1. Archaeology
  2. Archives
  3. Historical sites
  4. Museums.

(iv) Examples of mixed farming societies in pre-colonial Africa were:

  1. Hehe, Digo, Maasai and Matumbi
  2. Karamajong, Pokot, Fipa and Hadzabe
  3. Nyamwezi, Nyakyusa, Ndorobo and Chagga
  4. Sukuma, Sangu, Kurya and Fipa

(v) Which of the following is the cause of the Ngoni Migration?

  1. Abolition of slave trade
  2. Population increase
  3. Rise of Trans Saharan Trade
  4. The need to search new areas.

(vi) Dates can be determined by looking at the:

  1. grammar, sayings and literature of some languages
  2. grammar, sayings, myth and songs of some peoples 
  3. vocabulary, proverbs and normative of some past events
  4. Vocabulary, sayings and literature of some languages.

(vii) In which stage of evolution of man were agriculture and domestication of animals practiced?

  1. Early Stone Age
  2. Iron Age
  3. Later or new Stone Age
  4. Middle Stone Age.

(viii) The three main economic activities in pre-colonial African societies were:

  1. agriculture, handicrafts and trade
  2. carpentry, pottery and salt making
  3. industries, gathering and fishing
  4. lumbering, harvesting and salt making

(ix) The following are the function of Moran EXCEPT to:

  1. control religion and to solve problems
  2. defend and expand their society
  3. protect the whole society
  4. travel with their herds for searching pastures and water.

(x) The social factors for interactions among people of Africa were:

  1. migration, intermarriage and areas for investments
  2. language, migration and population increase
  3. trade, war and migration
  4. trade, intermarriage, language and population increase.

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2009

(i)       An AGE refers to:

  1. a period of 10 years.
  2. an average difference of years between parents and their children.
  3. mans economic activities and the types of tools he made and used.
  4. one continuous event lasting for a number of years.  

(ii)      The earliest people to live in the present Cape Province of South Africa were the:

  1. Xhosa and the Bushmen
  2. Khoikhoi and the Hottentots
  3. San and the Xhosa
  4. San and the Hottentots


(iii)    The end of Portuguese rule in East Africa was marked by the:

  1. Closure of the slave market in Zanzibar
  2. Fall of coastal city states
  3. Coming of Sultan Sayyid Said
  4. Fall of Fort Jesus

(iv)    The main reason for the decline of the Trans-Saharan Trade in the 16th century was the: 

  1. European invasion
  2. Rise of the Indian Trade 
  3. Rise of the Triangular Trade 
  4. Rise of the Savanna States

(v) The major impact of the Portuguese conquest of East Africa was the:

  1. Destruction of clove plantations in Zanzibar.
  2. Decline of the Mwenemutapa Empire. 
  3. Diversion of the Indian Trade to Europe
  4. Diversion of the Slave Trade to Europe. 

The development of legitimate trade in 19th century was the result of:

  1. Abolition of the Triangular Slave Trade
  2. Fall of Coastal City States
  3. The formation of Coastal City States
  4. Trans-Sahara Trade  

(vii)  In Ubugabire system in interlacustrine region the power of the ruler was usually based on: 

  1. Cattle ownership
  2. Land ownership
  3. Land and cattle ownership 
  4. Military and land ownership 

(viii)One important effect of Iron technology in Africa was:

  1. Expansion of heavy industries
  2. Expansion of agriculture 
  3. Increase of civil wars
  4. Increase of migration to new areas 

(ix)    The transition from Mercantilism to Industrial Capitalism led to the demand:

  1. of more slaves from East and West Africa.
  2. for manufactured goods.
  3. of goods from Middle and Far East.
  4. for raw materials and markets. 

(x)      The ability of the early man to walk by using two limbs is known as:

  1. Adoption
  2. Bipedalism
  3. Evolution 
  4. Revolution

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE

FORM TWO SECONDARY NATIONAL EXAMINATION, 2009

0012 HISTORY

TIME : 2 HOURS

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)An AGE refers to:

  1. a period of 10 years.
  2. an average difference of years between parents and their children.
  3. man's economic activities and the types of tools he made and used.
  4. one continuous event lasting for a number of years.

(ii)The earliest people to live in the present Cape Province of South Africa were the:

  1. Xhosa and the Bushmen
  2. Khoikhoi and the Hottentots
  3. San and the Xhosa
  4. San and the Hottentots

(iii)The end of Portuguese rule in East Africa was marked by the:

  1. Closure of the slave market in Zanzibar
  2. Fall of coastal city states
  3. Coming of Sultan Sayyid Said
  4. Fall of Fort Jesus

(iv)The main reason for the decline of the Trans-Saharan Trade in the 16th century was the:

  1. European invasion
  2. Rise of the Indian Trade
  3. Rise of the Triangular Trade
  4. Rise of the Savanna States

(v)The major impact of the Portuguese conquest of East Africa was the:

  1. Destruction of clove plantations in Zanzibar.
  2. Decline of the Mwenemutapa Empire.
  3. persion of the Indian Trade to Europe.
  4. persion of the Slave Trade to Europe.

(vi)The development of legitimate trade in 19th century was the result of:

  1. Abolition of the Triangular Slave Trade
  2. Fall of Coastal City States
  3. The formation of Coastal City States
  4. Trans-Sahara Trade

(vii)In Ubugabire system in interlacustrine region the power of the ruler was usually based on:

  1. Cattle ownership
  2. Land ownership
  3. Land and cattle ownership
  4. Military and land ownership

(viii)One important effect of Iron technology in Africa was:

  1. Expansion of heavy industries
  2. Expansion of agriculture
  3. Increase of civil wars
  4. Increase of migration to new areas

(ix)The transition from Mercantilism to Industrial Capitalism led to the demand:

  1. of more slaves from East and West Africa.
  2. for manufactured goods.
  3. of goods from Middle and Far East. 
  4. for raw materials and markets.

(x)The ability of the early man to walk by using two limbs is known as:

  1. Adoption
  2. Bipedalism
  3. Evolution
  4. Revolution

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2008

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE

FORM TWO SECONDARY NATIONAL EXAMINATION, 2008

0012 HISTORY

TIME : 2 HOURS

SECTION A

1. For each of the following items choose the best answer from the given alternatives.

(i)The collection of public documents is called:

  1. Museums
  2. Archives
  3. Archaeology
  4. Oral traditions

(ii) The chronological order of events is usually shown in the following EXCEPT:

  1. Time chart
  2. Time line
  3. Family tree
  4. Carbon 14

(iii) The following are the stages in evolution of man:

  1. Zinjanthropus, Homo Erectus, Homo Sapiens, Homo Habilis
  2. Chimpanzee, Homo Erectus, Zinjanthropus
  3. Chimpanzee, Zinjanthropus, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Homo Sapiens
  4. Modern Apes, Homo Sapiens, Chimpanzee, Zinjanthropus

(iv)The basic needs which man constantly struggles to obtain are:

  1. Water, food and clothes
  2. Relationship, love and peace
  3. Air, love and food
  4. Food, shelter and clothes

(v) The following is one of the methods used to obtain gold in African societies:

  1. Shaft and panning methods
  2. Pottery and ornaments
  3. Ornaments and shaft
  4. Panning method and pottery

(vi)were the main participants in long distance trade in East Africa:

  1. Yao, Nyamwezi and Kamba
  2. Imbangala, Vimbundu and Arabs
  3. Ngoni, Tuareg, Arabs and Mazrui
  4. Yao, Barbaig, Arabs and Mandinka

(vii) Local trade among African societies became possible when:

  1. One society became more powerful than others
  2. Iron tools had increased
  3. People produced less than their needs
  4. People could produce more than their needs

(viii) One reason for the Dutch settlement at the Cape in 1652 was to:

  1. Create Dutch empire in South Africa;
  2. Defeat Asians and Europeans who monopolized the Indian Ocean;
  3. Prepare a refreshment station for Dutch merchants from India;
  4. Place South Africa in the World of Capitalism

(ix)The social factors for interaction among the people of Africa were: 

  1. Migration, intermarriage and the need to search for new areas; 
  2. Trade, war and migration;
  3. Language, migration and population increase;
  4. Trade, intermarriage, language and population increase.

(x)The earliest social organization from which each society has passed through is: 

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

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2007

(i)        In which stage of evolution of man did agriculture and domestication evolve?

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

(ii)      The following are the social factors for interactions among the people of Africa:

  1. Trade, wars and migration.
  2. Migration, intermarriages and the need to search for new areas.
  3.   Wars, migration and trade.
  4. Language relations, migration and population increase.

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

  1. Creation of classes of people.
  2. People ignored political matters.
  3. Cape Town was depopulated.
  4. The indigenous moved away. 

(iv)     Gao was a trading centre which developed into a large empire known as:

  1.   Songhai
  2. Asante
  3.   Mali
  4. Ghana

(v)      The Hamerton treaty was about:

  1. Allowing the Sultan of Zanzibar to buy slaves from the interior.
  2. To forbid the Sultan of Zanzibar to sell slaves outside his dominion.
  3. To forbid the Sultan of Zanzibar to sell slaves outside farther north than Lamu and Mogadishu.
  4. Allowing the Sultan to sell slaves to the rich slave traders in Arabia. 

(vi)    The East African societies that developed clan organization based on matrilineal system were:

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

(vii)  Slave trade in Africa was replaced by the so called:

  1. Triangular trade
  2. Caravan trade
  3. Legitimate trade  
  4. Exchange of goods 

(viii)ln evolution of man, the systematic tool maker was:

  1. Zinjanthropus
  2. Australopithecines
  3. Homo Erectus
  4. Homo Habilis 

(ix)Among the evidences of the earliest commercial contacts between East Africa and the Middle and Far East as far back as 200 BC is:

  1. Existence of large Asian shops along the Coastal areas
  2. The periplus of the Erythrean Sea written by Greek traders
  3. Existence of Arabic words in the Swahili language
  4. Growth of towns along the coastal area. 

(x)    The period which marked the intense competition and warfare among European states was known as:

  1. Industrial capitalism
  2. The age of mercantilism
  3. Iron Age  
  4. Industrial revolution

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE

FORM TWO SECONDARY NATIONAL EXAMINATION, 2007

0012 HISTORY

TIME : 2 HOURS

SECTION A

1, For each of the following items choose the best answer from the given alternatives:

(i)In which stage of evolution of man did agriculture and domestication evolve?

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

(ii)The following are the social factors for interactions among the people of Africa:

  1. Trade; wars and migration.
  2. Migration, intermarriages and the need to search for new areas.
  3. Wars, migration and trade.
  4. Language relations, migration and population increase.

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

  1. Creation of classes of people.
  2. People ignored political matters.
  3. Cape Town was depopulated.
  4. The indigenous moved away.

(iv)Gao was a trading centre which developed into a large empire known as:

  1. Songhai
  2. Asante
  3. Mali
  4. Ghana

(v)The Hamerton treaty was about:

  1. Allowing the Sultan of Zanzibar to buy slaves from the interior.
  2. Ta forbid the Sultan of Zanzibar to sell slaves outside his dominion. 
  3. To forbid the Sultan of Zanzibar to sell slaves outside farther north than Lamu and Mogadishu,
  4. Allowing the Sultan to sell slaves to the rich slave traders in Arabia.

(vi)The East African societies that developed clan organization based on matrilineal system were:

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

(vii)Slave trade in Africa was replaced by the so called: 

  1. Triangular trade 
  2. Caravan trade
  3. Legitimate trade 
  4. Exchange of goods

(viii) In evolution of man, the systematic tool maker was:

  1. Zinjanthropus 
  2. Australopithecines
  3. Homo Erectus 
  4. Homo Habiiis

(ix) Among the evidences of the earliest commercial contacts between East Africa and the Middle and Far East as far back as 200 BC is:

  1. Existence of large Asian shops along the Coastal areas
  2. The periplus of the Erythrean Sea written by Greek traders
  3. Existence of Arabic words in the Swahili language 
  4. Growth of towns along the coastal area.

(x) The period which marked the intense competition and warfare among European states was known as:

  1. Industrial capitalism 
  2. The age of mercantilism
  3. Iron Age
  4. Industrial revolution

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2006

(i)         History is the study of:

  1. Past, present and future tenses;
  2. Past selected information;
  3. Ujamaa in traditional African societies;
  4. Mans activities against nature through various stages of development.

(ii)       In evolution of man, the use of tools and bi-pedalism were accompanied by the development of mans: 

  1. Agriculture
  2. Brain
  3. Limbs
  4. Trade 

(iii)       Which of the following marked the end of Portuguese rule in East Africa?

  1. The rise and fall of Coast City States
  2. The coming of Sultan Seyyid Said to Zanzibar
  3. The fall of fort Jesus in Mombasa  
  4. The coming of Europeans to East Africa 

(iv)      One of the effects of early contacts between East Africans and outsiders was:

  1. Depopulation
  2. Rise of Coastal City States
  3. Unequal Exchange
  4. Migration of people from Mozambique to Southern Tanzania 

(v)       An important feature in the East African coastal commercial life was the Indian Banyans who were:

  1. Capitalists from France
  2. Gold miners from France
  3. Slave Caravans
  4. Traders and money lenders 

(vi)    The NOK region in West Africa was famous in:

  1. Agriculture
  2. Pastoralism
  3. Salt making
  4. Iron smelting 

(vii)  The major cause of Ngoni migration from South Africa during the 19th century was:

  1. The death of Zwangendaba in 1845
  2. Population pressure leading to scarcity of resources such as fertile land and pasture 
  3. Expansion of trade especially Trans-Sahara trade
  4. Failure of vassal states to pay tributes

(viii)The chronological order of events is usually by the following except:

  1. Time-chart
  2. Carbon 14
  3. Time line
  4. Family tree

(ix)       The important effect of iron technology in Africa was:

  1. Expansion of heavy industries
  2. Increase of civil wars
  3.     Increase of migration in Africa
  4. Increase of agriculture and population

(x)         The process by which people act on nature while at the same time they enter into relationship with one another is called:

  1. Means of production
  2. Object of labour
  3. Productive forces
  4.  Relations of Production 

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE

FORM TWO SECONDARY NATIONAL EXAMINATION, 2006

0012 HISTORY

TIME : 2 HOURS

SECTION A

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)History is the study of:

  1. Past, present and future tenses;
  2. Past selected information;
  3. Ujamaa in traditional African societies;
  4. Man's activities against nature through various stages of development.

(ii)In evolution of man, the use of tools and bi-pedalism were accompanied by the development of man's:

  1. Agriculture
  2. Brain
  3. Limbs
  4. Trade

(iii)Which of the following marked the end of Portuguese rule in East Africa?

  1. The rise and fall of Coast City States
  2. The coming of Sultan Seyyid Said to Zanzibar
  3. The fall of fort Jesus in Mombasa
  4. The coming of Europeans to East Africa

(iv)One ofthe effects of early contacts between East Africans and outsiders was:

  1. Depopulation
  2. Rise of Coastal City States
  3. Unequal Exchange
  4. Migration of people from Mozambique to Southern Tanzania

(v)An important feature in the East African coastal commercial life was the Indian Banyans who were:

  1. Capitalists from France
  2. Gold miners from France
  3. Slave Caravans
  4. Traders and money lenders

(vi)The NOK region in West Africa was famous in:

  1. Agriculture
  2. Pastoralism
  3. Salt making
  4. Iron smelting

(vii)The major cause of Ngoni migration from South Africa during the 19th century was:

  1. The death of Zwangendaba in 1845
  2. Population pressure leading to scarcity of resources such as fertile land and pasture
  3. Expansion of trade especially Trans-Sahara trade
  4. Failure of vassal states to pay tributes

(viii)The chronological order of events is usually by the following except:

  1. Time-chart
  2. Carbon 14
  3. Time line
  4. Family tree

(ix)The important effect of iron technology in Africa was:

  1. Expansion of heavy industries
  2. Increase of civil wars
  3. Increase of migration in Africa
  4. Increase of agriculture and population

(x)The process by which people act on nature while at the same time they enter into relationship with one another is called: 

  1. Means of production
  2. Object of labour
  3. Productive forces
  4. Relations of Production

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ottom:.55pt; margin-left:.55in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent: -20.15pt;line-height:103%;">(i)       A source of historical information which contains remains that show mans physical development activities and tools he used is:

  1. Museum
  2.   Oral tradition
  3. Archives
  4. Historical sites

(ii)      One ofthefollowingEastAfrican coastal city states was located in present day Mozambique, hence directly received gold from Mwenemutapa in the 15 th century.

  1.    Lamu 
  2.    Kilwa 
  3.     Sofala
  4.     Zimbabwe

(iii)    The following historical eventinvolved the continents of Africa, America and Europe between 15 th and 19 th centuries.

  1.     Trans Saharan
  2.      The Boer Trek
  3.     Triangular slave trade 
  4.      East African long distance trade 

(iv)    The effect of European penetration to West Africa was: A. Introduction of iron industry.

  1. Introduction of iron industry.
  2. Distortion of the Trans-Saharan Trade 
  3. Development of Western Sudan states
  4. Abolition of Triangular trade 

(v)      The abolition of slave trade in the 19th century was followed by:

  1. The Berlin Conference of 1884 - 1885
  2. The development of legitimate trade
  3. The formation of UNO
  4. The great depression of 1923 - 1929

(vi)    The following is one of the methods used in obtaining gold in African societies:

  1. Shaft method
  2. Pottery 
  3. Ornaments 
  4. Titration 

(vii)  Gao was a trading centre which developed into a large empire known as:

  1. Songhai
  2. Asante 
  3. Mali 
  4. Ghana 

(viii)In South-Central Tanzania, the Hehe, Bena and Sangu people were ruled by:-

  1.      Kabaka
  2.      Mtwa
  3.      Mwani 
  4.      Omukama

(ix)    The Dutch settlement was established at the Cape in 1652 because:

  1. The Dutch were great racialists.
  2. The Dutch were welcomed by the Khoisan.
  3. They wanted to supply the foodstuffs for ships sailing to and from the East Indies.
  4. They wanted to initiate relationship with the British. 

(x)      The period marked by intense competition and warfare among

European states was known as:-

  1. Industrial capitalism
  2. The age of mercantilism
  3. Industrial revolution
  4. Iron Age

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE

FORM TWO SECONDARY NATIONAL EXAMINATION, 2005

0012 HISTORY

TIME : 2 HOURS

SECTION A

1. For each of the following items choose the best answer from the given alternatives.

(i)A source of historical information which contains remains that show man's physical development activities and tools he used is:

  1. Museum
  2. Oral tradition
  3. Archives
  4. Historical sites

(ii)One of the following East African coastal city states was located in present day Mozambique, hence directly received gold from Mwenemutapa in the 15 th century.

  1. Lamu 
  2. Kilwa
  3. Sofala
  4. Zimbabwe

(iii)The following historical event involved the continents of Africa, America and Europe between 15th and 19th centuries.

  1. Trans Saharan
  2. The Boer Trek
  3. Triangular slave trade
  4. East African long distance trade

(iv)The effect of European penetration to West Africa was: 

  1. Introduction of iron industry.
  2. Distortion of the Trans-Saharan Trade
  3. Development of Western Sudan states
  4. Abolition of Triangular trade

(v)The abolition of slave trade in the 19th century was followed by:

  1. The Berlin Conference of 1884 - 1885
  2. The development of legitimate trade
  3. The formation of UNO
  4. The great depression of 1923 - 1929

(vi)The following is one of the methods used in obtaining gold in African societies:

  1. Shaft method
  2. Pottery
  3. Ornaments 
  4. Titration

(vii) Gao was a trading centre which developed into a large empire known as:

  1. Songhai
  2. Asante
  3. Mali
  4. Ghana

(viii)In South-Central Tanzania, the Hehe, Bena and Sangu people were ruled by:-

  1. Kabaka
  2. Mtwa
  3. Mwani
  4. Omukama

(ix) The Dutch settlement was established at the Cape in 1652 because:

  1. The Dutch were great racialists.
  2. The Dutch were welcomed by the Khoisan.
  3. They wanted to supply the foodstuffs for ships sailing to and from the East Indies.
  4. They wanted to initiate relationship with the British.

(x) The period marked by intense competition and warfare among European states was known as:-

  1. Industrial capitalism
  2. The age of mercantilism
  3. Industrial revolution
  4. Iron Age

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FORM TWO HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE 2004

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE

FORM TWO SECONDARY NATIONAL EXAMINATION, 2004

0012 HISTORY

TIME : 2 HOURS

SECTION A

1. Each of the following statements has several answers. Choose the most suitable answer in each case.

(i)The process of handing down the historical knowledge using a word of mouth from one generation to another is called:

  1. Oral tradition
  2. Historical information
  3. Linguistics
  4. Anthropology

(ii)Which ofthe following is a modern scientific method of fixing dates?

  1. Z Before Christ (BC) Method
  2. A microscope Method
  3. Anno Domino (AD) Method 
  4. Carbon 14 Method

(iii)Local trade among African societies became possible when:

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

(iv)The following describe the major forms of feudal relations in the interlacustrine region:

  1. Nyarubanja, Busulu and Ubugabire 
  2. Ubugabire, Serfdom and Busulu system 
  3. Slavery, Umwinyi and Communalism 
  4. Ntemiship, Serfdom and Nyarubanja

(v)The following is the exarnple of European explorers who provided very important information about the people and wealth of East and Central Africa to the British capitalists:-

  1. Lacede de Almeide
  2. David Livingstone
  3. Henry Morton Stanley and Mungo Park
  4. Richard Lander

(vi)Trade. across the Sahara desert was one of the main causes for:

  1. The fall of Songhai Empire
  2. Spread of the Jihads
  3. The rise of Ghana Empire 
  4. The rise of Oyo Kingdom

(vii)Which of the following is correct about Mwenemutapa Kingdom?

  1. Copper production
  2. Architectural skills
  3. The famous forest state during the 16th century 
  4. Good participation in Trans Saharan Trade

(viii)Before the 15th century, Africa was called a "Dark continent" because:

  1. It was not known to European capitalists
  2. Its people were black
  3. There were all demanded raw materials
  4. It had no development

(ix)The following are functions of a Moran, except:

  1. To protect the whole society
  2. To travel in search of water and grass
  3. To defend and expand the protectorate
  4. To control religion and solve land conflicts

(x)One of the roles played by European Missionaries in the colonization of East Africa was:

  1. Introduction of colonial administration in various parts of East Africa
  2. Exploring East Africa in order to find the existing wealth
  3. Fighting Africans and putting them under colonial domination
  4. To influence Africans to be colonized

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