THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL

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?

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 industrials 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