THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL
HISTORY FTNA 2018
SECTION A
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?
- Bagamoyo
- Isimila
- Olduvai Gorge
- Kilwa
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(ii)The goods imported to East Africa from Arabia and Persian Gulf includes:
- Glass, pottery and porcelain
- Beads, cloth and copper
- axes, swords and spear
- ivory, gold and palm oil
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(iii)One of the factors for the rise of states in the pre-colonial east Africa was:
- Diplomacy
- Agreement
- Moresby treaty
- Warfare
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(iv) The most important factor for interaction among people in Africa was:
- agriculture
- war .
- trade
- pastoralism
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(v) When did vasco Da Gama reach East Africa?
- 1884
- 1498
- 1652
- 1598
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(vi)Which one was the first treaty signed for the abolition of slave trade in East Africa?
- Moresby treaty
- Anglo-German Treaty
- Hamerton treaty
- Heligoland Treaty
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(vii)One ofthe characteristics ofman before the discovery ofiron technology was:
- involvement in slave trade
- establishment of industries for pebble tools
- reliance on industrials goods
- dependence on environment for survival
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(viii)Important urban centres like Meroe in western Sudan emerged as a
- improved agriculture
- salt making
- metal working
- ship building technology
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(ix)Europeans took labourers from Africa during the Trans- Atlantic slav trade because the Africans were.
- Weak but resistant to diseases
- sick but very strong
- unable to do any job
- strong and hard working
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(x)The western Sudanic states which engaged in the Trans- Saharan trade were:
- Mali, Songhai and Bunyoro
- Ghana, Asante and Buganda
- Oyo, Benin and Mwanamutapa
- Ghana, Mali and Songhai
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