THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION 

EXAMINATION

112/1 HISTORY 1

(For Both School and Private Candidates)

Time: 3 Hours   Wednesday, 04^thMay 2016 p.m.

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C.

2. Answer five (5) questions, choosing two (2) questions from each of the sections A and B and one (1) question from section C.

3. Each question carries twenty (20) marks

4. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.

5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

SECTION A (40 Marks) 

Answer two (2) questions from this section.

1. Analyse the characteristics of pre-colonial exploitative modes of production in Africa. (Give four characteristics in each mode of production).

2. Describe six factors for the development of State Organization in Pre-Colonial West African Societies.

3. By using six points, analyse the impact of the international trade on the development of European political, social and economic systems in the 15^th century.

4. Compare and contrast Black-Solidarity and Pan-Africanism. (Give three similarities and three differences).

SECTION B (40 Marks)

Answer two (2) questions from this section.

5. Explain six factors that influenced the choice of location of industries in Africa during colonial time.

6. Assess the impact of the expansion of transport and communication systems in the colonies after 1945 by using six points.

7. The year 1945 was the turning point towards nationalist struggles in Africa. Justify this statement by giving six points.

8. Show how the decline of European capitalism accelerated African decolonization and explain why USA developed the anti-colonial tradition. Give three points in each part.

SECTION C (20 Marks) 

Answer one (1) questions from this section.

9. Discuss the major problems facing the agricultural sector in Tanzania.

10. Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) are among the hurdles to Tanzanian social, political and economic development. Argue for this statement by giving six points.

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION

112/2 HISTORY 2

(For Both School and Private Candidates)

Time: 3 Hours Thursday, 05 th May 2016 a.m.

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C.

2. Answer five (5) questions, choosing two (2) questions from each sections A and B and one (1) question from section C.

3. Each question carries twenty (20) marks

4. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.

5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

SECTION A (40 Marks)

Answer two (2) questions from this section.

1. Explain six factors which accelerated the rise of merchant capitalism in Europe.

2. Examine six factors which favoured British industrial progress in the 18 th century.

3. In six points, show the contributions of philosophers in development of democracy in France in 1780s.

4. Analyse six reasons which accelerated European rivalries in Africa.

SECTION B (40 Marks)

Answer two (2) questions from this section.

5. Explain six factors which triggered off the rise of dictatorship in Japan.

6. Show how the agreements of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference activated extreme nationalism in Western Europe.

7. Analyse eight factors which led to the Great Economic BOom of 1920s in USA.

8. Why the thawing of cold war between the Eastern and Western blocs was frozen again in 1980s? Give six reasons.

SECTION C (20 Marks)

Answer one (1) questions from this section.

9. Analyse six reasons for the economic dependence of developing nations.

10. “Africa’s extreme poverty is partly attributed to historical phenomena”. Validate this statement by giving six points.