THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION

012                   HISTORY

(For Both School and Private Candidates)

Time: 3 Hours                              Thursday, 02^nd 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 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) - (x), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.

(i) 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.

(ii) 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.

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

1. plantation 
2. peasant 
3. co-operative 
4. settler
5. pastoralism.

(iv)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.

(iv)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.

(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 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.

(x) 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.