THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA

CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION

012             HISTORY

(For Both School and Private Candidates)

Time: 3 Hours          Wednesday, 07^nd 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 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)   The average differences of age between parents and their children is called

1. period.
2.  age
3. family tree.
4. timeline. 
5. generation. 

(ii)  The first creature to walk in an upright fashion was called

1. Homo Erectus.
2. Primates.
3. Homo Sapiens. 
4. Hominids.
5. Homo Habilis. 

(iii)  Archaeological findings whose ages are beyond 5,000 years are determined by

1. using archives.
2. using carbon 14.
3. remembering events. 
4. using time charts.
5.  narration of past events. 

(iv)  What was the achievement of man during the Middle Stone Age?

1. Discovery of fire
2. Development of bipedalism
3.  Domestication of animals 
4. Making and using pebble tools
5. Discovery of iron

(v)  Which one among the following places did people paint and draw in the caves?

1. Sofala
2.  Karagwe
3. Kondoa Irangi
4. Tabora
5. Bagamoyo 

(vi) Trading contacts between East Africa and Asia in the 16^th  centuries were disturbed by 

1. Berlin conference resolutions.
2. activities of agents of colonialism.
3. expulsion of the Portuguese.
4. effects of the First World War.
5. Portuguese invasion. 

(vii) Who was the greatest ruler of Mali.

1. Askia Mohamed
2. Mansa Kankan Musa
3. Osei Tutu  
4. Uthman dan Fodio
5. Suni Ali

(viii) The making of goods and services available for human needs is known as

1. consumption. 
2.  production.
3. consolidation. 
4. interaction.
5.  transition.

(ix) Which one of the following was the immediate consequence of the development of Triangular trade?

1. Decolonization of African countries
2. Disruption of trans-Saharan trade
3. Scramble and partition of Africa
4. Adaptation of the Open Door Policy
5. Implementation of indirect rule policy

(x) America defeated her colonial master in 

1. 1873.
2. 1884. 
3. 1945.
4. 1776. 
5. 1918.