FORM TWO HISTORY MIDTERM-2 EXAMS

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE REGIONAL  ADMINISTRATION

AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES 

COMPETENCE BASED  ASSESSMENT

HISTORY FORM TWO

MID TERM EXAMS-AUG – 2023 

TIME 2:30 Hours

 

Instructions:

1.  This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of 10 questions.

2.  Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

3.  All writing must be in black or blue pen.

4.  All communication devices are not allowed in the examination room. 5. Write your examination number at the top right corner of every page.

 

 

SECTION A (MARKS 15)

1. For each of the items (i) – (x) choose the answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number.

i) The abolition of slave trade in 19th century was followed by:

a)          The Berlin conference of 1884-1885

b)         The development of legitimate trade

c)          The formation of UNO

d)         The Great depression of 1923-1929

(ii)      One of the following East African coastal city states was located in present day Mozambique, hence directly received gold from Mwenamutapa in 15th century

a)          Lamu

b)         Kilwa

c)          Sofala

d)         Zimbabwe

(iii)    In evolution of man, the use of tools and bi-pedalism were accompanied by the development of man’s;

a)          Agriculture

b)         Brain

c)          Limbs

d)         Trade

(iv)     Which of the following marked the end of Portuguese rule in east Africa?

a)          The rise and fall of coastal city states

b)         The coming of sultan Seyyid Said to Zanzibar

c)          The fall of fort Jesus in Mombasa

d)         The coming of Europeans to east Africa

(v)       The process by which people act on nature while at the same time they enter into relationship with one another is called:

a)          Means of production

b)         Object of labour

c)          Productive forces

d)         Relations of Production

(vi)     Gao was the trading centre which developed into a large empire known as:

a)          Soghai

b)         Asante

c)          Mali

d)         Ghana

(vii)  The Hamarton treaty was about:

a)          Allowing the sultan of Zanzibar to buy slaves from the interior

b)         To forbid the sultan of Zanzibar to sell slaves outside his dominion

c)          To forbid the sultan of Zanzibar to sell slaves outside farther north than Lamu and

Mogadishu

d)         Allowing the sultan to sell slaves to the rich slave traders in Arabia.

(viii)        Among the evidences of the earliest commercial contact between east Africa and the middle and Far East as far back as 200 BC is:

a)          Existence of large Asian shops along the coastal areas

b)         The periplus of the Erythrean Sea written by Greek traders

c)          Existence of Arabic words in the Swahili language

d)         Growth of towns along coastal area.

(ix)     The following is one of the methods used to obtain gold in African societies:

a)          Shaft and planning methods

b)         Pottery and ornaments

c)          Ornaments and shaft

d)         Planning method and pottery

(x)       Local trade among African societies became possible when:

a)          One society became more powerful than others

b)         Iron tools had increased

c)          People produced less than their needs

d)         d)People could produce more than their needs

2.                  Match the items in List A with those in List B by writing the correct letter against the corresponding letter

 

List A

 

List B

i. ii. iii. iv.

v.

Homo habilis

Australopithecus

Homo sapiens sapiens

Homo erectus

Homo sapiens

a)

b)

c)

They lived approximately between

150,000 and 20,000 year ago

They lived approximately between 1.9 million and 300,000 years ago They lived approximately between

400,000 and 70,000 year ago

 

 

d)

They lived approximately 2.5 and 1.6 Million years ago.

 

 

e)

They lived approximately between 300,000 and 500,000 years ago.

 

 

f)

They lived about 6.9 million and 1,200 years ago.

 

 

g)

Human ancestor who lived from about 4.2 to 2.0 million years ago.

SECTION B (MARKS 70)

Answer all questions from this section

3.  Iron Age was a period when human beings started using iron tools and weapons, in which ways Iron Age people differ from the Stone Age people? Give five points

4.  To interact is to spend time with people in a way you have an effect on each other. For example, you can interact with teacher in the classroom. You listen and take notes as the teacher teaches you ask question where you do not understand and the teacher answer them. Long before the coming of colonialist Africans were interacted socially. How far this is true? Give five points

5.  Gulukwa kwa lala is a village that found at Ilala district where its people live with exploitation of man by man and land was owned by a few rich and powerful people. As a historian relate the life of Gulukwa kwa lala villagers with pre-colonial mode of production by describing its five characteristics.

6.  (a) One student was talking about the event that took place in the 15th Century, the event that crossed three continents namely; Africa, Europe and America; what was the event a student was talking about?

(b) What factor gave to rise of 6 (a) above

7. (a) Boers trek was a migration by Boers families from cape of the interior of South Africa in order to escape from the British. With five points Describe reasons which made Boers to escape the southern cape 1830 and 1850

(b) Yusuph and John were arguing that “Museum has no significance. Yusuph argued that Museum has no significant to our nation while John opposed him. What do you think were five point used by John against her friends

8.  Abolition of slave trade means “Stopping of selling and buying human beings as commodities in the market. In West Africa they were abolished slave trade earlier than East Africa. Explain why it was difficult to abolish slave trade in East Africa than in West Africa.

9.  Use specific examples, how expansion of Ngoni People during the 19th century affected the people of east Africa and West Africa.

SECTION C (15 MARKS)

10.  When you get to Kariakoo market; you will find Tanzanians getting into contact with the people from India, china and Arab. This contact believed to be started as early as 200BC. What were the consequences brought with that contact?

 

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THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

FORM TWO  EXAMINATIONS  SEPTEMBER 2022

NEW NECTA FORMAT

 

012                                                              HISTORY 

 

Time: 2.30 Hours                                                                                                 SEPT 2022

Instructions 

 

  1.                This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions. 

 

  1.                Answer all questions in sections A and B and two(2) questions from section C. 

 

  1.                All writing must be in blue or black ink. 

 

  1.                All answers must be written in the spaces provided. 

 

  1.                Cellular phones, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room. 

 

  1.                Write your Examination Number at the top right corner of every page. 

 

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY 

QUESTION NUMBER 

SCORE 

EXAMINER’S INITIALS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 

 

 

TOTAL 

 

 

 

SECTION A (15 Marks)

 

Answer all questions in this section. 

 

  1.                For each of the items (i) – (x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write its letter in the box provided. 

  1.               Which of the following is not true about the importance of history? 
    1.                 It helps to understand physical systems that affect everyday life
    2.                It helps to know the origin of man and his achievement
    3.                 It helps to understand where we come from and where we are going 
    4.                It helps to understand levels of development at different stages of man

 

  1.             One of the effects regarding the coming of Europeans in West Africa was: 
    1.                 The distortion of the Trans – Saharan Trade in West and North Africa
    2.                The introduction of iron technology in West and North Africa
    3.                 The growth of Western Sudanic states
    4.                The failure of Trans - Indian Slave trade 

 

  1.           The growth and expansion of Songhai Empire was a result of : 
    1.                 Geographical position and Tropical favorable climate of an area
    2.                Expansion of Gao Empire through conquering neighboring states
    3.                 The emergence of Mansa Musa as a strong leader
    4.                Development of iron technology.

 

  1.           The growth and expansion of Ethiopian empire started from the 4th century under the reign of: 
    1.                 King Menelik II        c.  King Theodore  
    2.                King Solomon           d.  King Ezana

 

  1.             The Boers who trekked away from the Cape colony in the 1830s were known as: 
  1.                 Voortrekkers             c.  Isandlahwana
  2.                Africana Bond           d.  Khoisan

 

  1.           The abolition of slave trade in 19th C was followed by: 
    1.                 The development of mercantilism capitalism
    2.                The formation of UNO
    3.                 The development of legitimate trade
    4.                The Berlin conference.

 

  1.         The development of classes in Pre – Colonial African societies was possible in: 
    1.                 Hunting and gathering societies
    2.                Areas where productive forces had developed
    3.                 Areas with heavy rainfall with thick forest land
    4.                Arid areas where pastoral societies settled

 

  1.      The following are the methods of dating historical events EXCEPT 
    1.                 By carbon 14                    c.  By studying language
    2.                By order of events            d.  By oral traditions

 

  1.           One of the key characteristics of feudal mode of production in pre-colonial African societies was: 
    1.                 Tributary payments        c.   Absence of surplus production
    2.                Communal ownership     d.  Static in changing

 

  1.             Resistance against Portuguese intrusion was mainly made by Feudal Lords and rich traders in the coastal city states. Others who joined the resistance were: 
    1.                 Arabs and local chief’s                   c.  Zimba and Segeju
    2.                Ngoni and Yao of East Africa        d.  Kamba and Yao

 

 


  1.                Match the items in List A with those in List B by writing the correct letter below the corresponding question number in the table provided. 

List A 

List B 

  1.               The Dutch made permanent settlements under Jan van Riebeek at the cape 
  2.             Land of free slaves  
  3.           Predominant pastoralist societies in East Africa 
  4.           Dutch farmers in South Africa 
  5.             The first important towns for iron smelting in Africa 

 

  1.              Slavery 
  2.               Feudalism 
  3.               Maasai, Karamojong and Nandi 
  4.              Vasco da Gama 
  5.               Liberia 
  6.                Boers 
  7.              Meroe, Axum and Nok
  8.              Kinjeketile Ngwale
  9.                 Karl Peters 
  10.                 The Kwavi

K .Msiri, Mlozi and Tippu Tip  

  1.               1752 
  2.             1652 
  3.              The British 
  4.              Chancellor Bismarck 

 

 

SECTION B (70 Marks) 

 

Answer all questions in this section 

 

  1.                Write True if the statement is correct or False if the statement is not correct in the space provided. 

 

  1.               The commercial contacts between Africa, Middle East and Far East began as early as 200BC ___________ 
  2.             The wealth of Kilwa depended heavily on trade of gold from Mwenemutapa Kingdom______ 
  3.           Africa had no political organizations before the arriving of the colonialists_________ 
  4.           One of the contributions made by Seyyid Said in Zanzibar was the introduction and development of clove plantations_________ 
  5.             African continent would have no history if Europeans would have not come___________ 
  6.           Explorers had the role of spreading religion in Africa__________ 
  7.         Primitive communalism is an oldest social relation in history of man___________ 
  8.      Over long period of time salt became an important item in trade activities among Africans___________ 
  9.           All the time man struggled to control his environment so as to meet his basic requirements____________ 
  10.             The arrival of the Nguni speakers in East Africa was an outcome of Mfecane wars in West Africa___________ 

 

  1.                Briefly explain the following terms: 

 

  1.              Age set Organization  

             ________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

 

  1.             Stone Age 

           _____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________        _____________________________________________________________

 

  1.              Archive 

            ________________________________________________________________            ________________________________________________________________           ________________________________________________________________

 

  1.             Capitalism  

            ________________________________________________________________             _________________________________________________________________      _________________________________________________________________

 

(e)       Ngoni migration 

             __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________             _________________________________________________________________

 

 

  1.                Arrange the following sentences in a chronological order by writing their letters in the table provided below. 
    1.              They grabbed Khoikhoi and Xhosa agricultural land and cattle. 
    2.             The Boers never trusted the British administration at the cape, they moved away Northwards in increasing number. 
    3.              British got effective control and established administration at the Cape in 1806. 
    4.             In the 15th century, the Portuguese were the first to arrive in South African cape on their way to India. 
    5.              After 150 years later, the Dutch East Indian Company decided to establish a fort at Table Bay. Gradually they spread and settled further in the interior. 

 

                                  Answers 

1 s t

2 n d

3 r d

4 t h

5 t h

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1.                (a) Complete each of the following statement with correct historical facts. 
    1.               __________________is a system which the inheritance of a child based on mother side. 
    2.             A place or building where information and objects are preserved and kept is called__________ 
    3.           ____________was a famous Hehe leader who fought against Germans   
    4.           The study of human   socio-cultural systems, beliefs and ideas is known as_________________ 
    5.             ________________was the result of intermarriages between Arabs and Bantu speaking people 

(b)  Briefly explain the following:

  1.                Evolution .................
  2.              Patrilineal society ..........
  3.           Communalism ...........
  4.           Afrikaans ............
  5.             Mansa Musa . .....
  1.                Study this drawing and answer the questions which follow. 

 

 

  1.              The theory which explains the drawing above is called__________________________
  2.             A person who proposed a theory above 7(a) was known as______________________
  3.              The stage whereby man resembled with a true man of today was called____________         

(d)    _____________was a stage whereby man was fully moving upright. 

(e)    The stage whereby man started to walk using two limbs was known as___________

8.  Give the meaning of the following terms:

(i) Trans-Saharan Trade

(ii) Colonialism

(iii) Historical site

(iv) Industrial Revolution

(v) Mixed farming

 

9. Write a short essay about Age-set organization using the following guidelines: (i) Meaning of (i) Age-set organization

(ii) Societies which practiced this system

(iii) Groups involved in this system

(iv) The roles of Moran in that society

(v) Roles of the elders in the society

 

SECTION C (15 Marks)

 

10. Explain six effects of the Trans- Saharan trade for the West African societies. 

 

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THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES

HISTORY MID TERM EXAMINATION

FORM TWO-AUG/SEPT 2021

 Time: 2:30Hours

Instructions.

  1.                This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of 10 questions
  2.                Answer all questions in section A and B and TWO questions from section C.
  3.                Section A carries 40 marks, while section B and C carries 30 marks each.
  4.                All answers should be written in the spaces provided.
  5.                All communication devices, calculators and any unauthorized material are not allowed in examination room.
  6.                Write your number on every page of your answer booklet.

 SECTION A (35 Marks)

 Answer All questions in this section.

  1.                For each of the items (i)-(x), choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.

(i) The period marked by intense competition and warfare among European states was known as:-

  1.              Industrial capitalism
  2.               The age of mercantilism
  3.               Industrial revolution
  4.              Iron Age

(ii) The Dutch settlement was established at the Cape in 1652 because:

  1.              The Dutch were great racialists.
  2.               The Dutch were welcomed by the Khoisan.
  3.               They wanted to supply the foodstuffs for ships sailing to and from the East Indies.
  4.              They wanted to initiate relationship with the British.

(iii) Gao was a trading centre which developed into a large empire known as:

  1.              Songhai
  2.               Asante
  3.               Mali
  4.              Ghana

(iv)The effect of European penetration to West Africa was: 

  1.              Introduction of iron industry.
  2.               Distortion of the Trans-Saharan Trade
  3.               Development of Western Sudan states
  4.              Abolition of Triangular trade

(v)A source of historical information which contains remains that show man's physical development activities and tools he used is:

  1.              Museum
  2.               Oral tradition
  3.               Archives
  4.              Historical sites

(vi) The following historical eventinvolved the continents of Africa, America and Europe between 15 th and 19 th centuries.

  1.                  Trans Saharan
  2.                    The Boer Trek
  3.                   Triangular slave trade 
  4.                   East African long distance trade 

(vii)The important effect of iron technology in Africa was:

  1.              Expansion of heavy industries
  2.               Increase of civil wars
  3.               Increase of migration in Africa
  4.              Increase of agriculture and population

(viii)An important feature in the East African coastal commercial life was the Indian Banyans who were:

  1.              Capitalists from France
  2.               Gold miners from France
  3.               Slave Caravans
  4.              Traders and money lenders

(ix)In evolution of man, the use of tools and bi-pedalism were accompanied by the development of man's:

  1.              Agriculture
  2.               Brain
  3.               Limbs
  4.              Trade

(x)  The major cause of Ngoni migration from South Africa during the 19th century was:

  1.              The death of Zwangendaba in 1845
  2.               Population pressure leading to scarcity of resources such as fertile land and pasture 
  3.               Expansion of trade especially Trans-Sahara trade
  4.              Failure of vassal states to pay tributes

2. (a) Choose the correct statement in List A and match it with a relevant statement in List B.

LIST A

LIST B

(i) Chikole, Kotakota, Ujiji and Tabora.

(ii) An explorer who is said to have served two European imperialist powers seeking colonies in Africa

(iii) System of life where few people or inpiduals are allowed to own the major means of production.

(iv) Diamond digging

(v) Hadzabe, Pygmies and Khoisans

(vi) Venda, Mashona, Mang'anja

(vii) Audaghost

(viii) Sumangum

(ix) Nilometer

(x) Christopher Columbus

  1.              H. M. Stanley
  2.               Discovery of USA
  3.               British governor in Kenya
  4.              Slave centers in the interior
  5.               Capitalism
  6.                Helped the people living along the Nile to be aware of floods.
  7.              Culture of Nilotic group
  8.              Salt trading centre in Ghana
  9.                 Good examples of blacksmiths
  10.                 African societies which lived on hunting
  11.              People who fought against European occupation in North Africa.
  12.               Founder of Ghana Empire
  13.             Kimberly
  14.              Johannesburg

3. In the space provided writeTRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is not correct.

(i)Rusinga Island, Isimila and Nsongezi are historical sites found in Tanzania .

(ii)Hunters and gatherers differed from crop cultivators because hunters and gatherers entirely depended on nature for their livelihood .

(iii)The main function of Ntemi (Chief) was to settle land and social conflicts.

(iv)The Boer-trek was caused by lack of rainfall .

(v)Explorers were sent by capitalists to assess the wealth of Africa .

(vi)Tippu Tip was the most notorious and famous slave trade organizer in East and Central Africa .

(vii)The Moroccan invasion led to the rise of Sudanic empires .

(viii)The people called Bantu speak different related languages with moderate modification .

(ix)Rabai in 1846 was a home of freed slaves from America and the Caribbean.

(x)Salt making by trapping and evaporating sea water was much practiced by most of the African societies in the interior .

4. briefly explain the following terms

  1. Oral tradition
  2. Creation theory
  3. Middle stone age
  4. Regional trade
  5. The Benin Empire

SECTION B (30 Marks) Answer all questions in this section. 

Arrange the following sentences in chronological order by writing their roman numbers in the table provided.

 (i) The Portuguese merchants disturbed the gold trade in the early 16th century. 

(ii) Now gold was exported to Portugal and other Western countries. 

(iii) The deviation of trade brought conflicts between Arab traders and Portuguese merchants. 

(iv) As a result, Arab traders with the assistance from Oman Sultanate expelled Portuguese merchants from East Africa coast in the end of 17th century. 

(v) Mwanamutapa empire was the main supplier of gold to Arab traders based at Sofala

6. Complete each of the following statements with correct historical facts.

  1.  A community in Kenya which participated in Long distance trade...............
  2. Nandi Leader who resisted against colonists................
  3. Another name for triangular trade.........................
  4. A  society where by the husband moved to the wife’s family and children of the new family belonged to the mother’s (wife’s clan). 
  5. Intelligent man that large brain capacity.....

7.  Study the sketch map below and answer the questions that follows:-

List the missing historical sites labelled (i) - (v)on the sketch map. 

SECTION C (30 Marks) Answer two (2) questions from this section.

8. Write a short essay about the Ghana Empire using the following hints or guidelines:

(i)Where and when was the Ghana Empire established?

(ii)Who was the founder of this empire?

(iii)What factors led to the decline or fall of the empire?

9. Using the following guidelines, write an essay on Mfecane.

(i)What was it?

(ii)Where did it take place?

(iii)Who were involved?

(iv)What were the causes? 

(v) What were its effects?


10. What were the effects of the discovery of fire during the Middle and Late Stone Ages? (Give six points)

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