HISTORY FORM ONE NEW NECTA FORMAT

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION

AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES

COMPETENCE BASED ASSESSMENT

HISTORY FORM ONE

ANNUAL EXAMINATION

– 2023

012

Time: 2:30 Hours

Instructions

  1.                   This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions
  2.                 Answer all questions
  3.                 Section A and C carry fifteen (15) marks each and Section B carries seventy (70) marks
  4.                 All writing must be in blue or black in
  5.                 All answer must be written in the spaces provided
  6.                 Cellular phones, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the assessment room

SECTION A (15 Marks)

 

 

  1.        For each of the items (i) – (x), choose the correct answer from given alternatives and write its letter in box provided.
  1. Which source of historical information consists of memorized stories? Tales, riddles, narratives and Prayers
  1. Written record
  2. Oral tradition
  3. Museum
  4. Historical sites
  1. Mr. Abasi is a history teacher at Bunda secondary. He asked form two students to name oldest skill discovered by Dr. Louis Leakey in 1959. Which response did students give
  1. Homo erectus boisei
  2. Australopithecus boisei
  3. Ardiphtecus boisei
  4. Zinjathropus boisei
  1. Many students at Majengo secondary school do not apply life skill in their daily school life. Which one of the following would be possible consequence?
  1. Increase of chaos and Misunderstanding at school
  2. Increase in peace and harmony at school
  3. Low rate of Crimes and improper behavior in students
  4. Lack of conflicts and Misunderstanding among students
  1. Ability of an individual to love and appreciate oneself is called
  1. Empathy
  2. Self-esteem
  3. Assertiveness
  4. Self-control
  1. One of the source used to construct history is oral tradition but it is not enough to construct history because
  1. It is cheap
  2. Both literate and illiterate can use
  3. It is more live source
  4. Can give false information
  1. One of the methods used to ensure soil fertility under permanent crop cultivation was irrigation. The shadoof irrigation was practiced in
  1. Chagga of Kilimanjaro
  2. Egypt
  3. Khoisan of South Africa
  4. Kamba of Kenya
  1. Which technological advancement developed during middle stone age
  1. Discovery of iron
  2. Discovery of Agriculture
  3. Discovery of fire
  4. Discovery of fossils of Zinjathropus
  1. Identify a scientific method used to determine date
  1. Family tree
  2. Carbon 14
  3. Recalling events
  4. Story-telling
  1. In Kondoa – Irangi the rock panting show the beginning of settled communities. In the Sahara Desert pointing and pictures show that;
  1. They were moving from stone age to iron age
  2. They started cultivating in late Stone Age along Nile.
  3. They started hunting and gathering in old stone age
  4. They had started forgiving iron tools around Meroe and Axum
  1. The source of history which is used to reconstruct history both material and Immaterial is called
  1. Anthropology
  2. Linguistic
  3. Oral traditions
  4. Ethnographic sources

 

  1.        Match the historical description in LIST A with corresponding historical terms in LIST B by writing the letter of correct response below item number.

 

LIST A

LIST B

  1. These are places where remains of past human activities and cultures are found
  2. These are documents that provide historical information
  3. These are places where documents and old written records are kept
  4. These are places or buildings in which historical objects are kept
  5. These are Narrations of past that are provided by people who witnessed the event or process being examined
  1. Written record
  2. Museums
  3. Ethnographic record
  4. Historical site
  5. Oral testimonies
  6. Archives
  7. Oral Traditions

 

SECTION B (70 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section

  1.        Briefly explain the following historical terms
  1. Dr. Louis Leakey
  2. Iron smelting
  3. Rent in kind
  4. Capitalism
  5. Old warn tools

 

  1.        Arrange the following sentences in a chronological order by writing their roman number below the corresponding position in table provided
  1. Slavery was the first exploitative mode of production which was based on private ownership of property
  2. Up to the end of 19th C, the Hadzabe, Sandawe, Teso, Dorobo, the Khoisan and Mbulu were still practicing this made of production
  3. The earliest mode of production was based on collective ownership of means of production and equal distribution of the gains
  4. This mode of production was followed by feudalism which was based on land and cattle ownership
  5. Pre-colonial African societies passed through three modes of production

 

  1.        Briefly answer each of the following questions.
  1. Why was the first mode of production called primitive communalism?
  2. How did human obtain food during the Old Stone Age?
  3. How archaeological remains were obtained
  4. Relate the discovery of fire and discovery of iron
  5. Homo Sapiens was advanced human being.

 

  1.        Differentiate the following historical phenomenon
  1. Mixed farming and shifting cultivation
  2. Kingship Organization and Age-set Organization
  3. Feudal lords and Tents
  4. Creation and evolution Theory
  5. Stone age and Iron Age

 

  1.        Study carefully the following Sketch map of East Africa and then answer questions that follow
  1. Which group of people settled at point A
  2. Name the Iron site labeled by letter B?
  3. Which name was given to historical site labeled by letter C?
  4. Name the Iron site labelled by letter D?
  5. Which name was given to site labelled by letter E?
  1.        Historians say that the second mode of production was characterized by exploitative means. Explain using five points.
  2.        James does want to study history because he thinks it’s a waste of time. Use five points to prove to him on importance of studying it.

 

SECTION C (15 Marks)

  1.   The emergence and consolidation of centralized states in pre-colonial Africa was contributed by many factors. Discuss this statement by giving six (6) points.

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