THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
FORM FOUR SPECIAL SCHOOLS JOINT EXAMINATION
012 HISTORY
Time:3:00 Hours Wednesday 15/09/2021 PM
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of nine (9) questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and three (3) questions from section C.
3. Section A carries twenty (20) marks, section B thirty five (35) marks
and section C carries forty five (45) marks.
4. Write your Examination number on every page of your answer sheet(s).
5. All drawings should be in pencil.
5. Calculators and cellular phones are not allowed in examination room.
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SECTION A (20 MARKS)
1. For each of the following items (i-xv), choose the most correct answer among the given
alternative and write its letter to the space provided;
i) The scramble for and partition of Africa during the last quarter of the 19th c was due to
A. Rise of monopoly capitalism
B. Development of competitive industrial capitalism
C. Development of mercantilism
D. Development of primitive capitalism
ii) Which of the following European powers were involved in sugar crisis competition?
A. France and Germany
B. British an France
C. British and Mauritius
D. Mauritius and Portugal
iii) The economic activities system of goods and services which comprise activities such as trade,
manufacturing, agriculture and mining during colonial era is known as
A. Neo colonialism
B. Bureaucracy
C. Colonial Economy
D. Trans Sahara trade
iv) What is the supreme organ of the united Nation organization?
A. International court of Justice
B. General Assembly
C. Security council
D. Secretariat
v) The unilateral Declaration of independence (UDI) is the term used to denote
A. Settlers rejection in Rhodesia to be given self-rule by the British
B. Settlers in Rhodesia acquiring independence from Britain.
C. The white settlers in Rhodesia declaring their independence.
D. British refusing to give independence to settler in Rhodesia
vi) Between 8th and 10th centuries AD traders from far and middle East came to East Africa with the
help of
A. Monsoon wind
B. Ocean current
C. Prevailing wind
D. Mozambique current
vii) The family from which man involved is known as
A. Zinjanthropus
B. Homo Habilis
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C. Homo Sapiens
D. Primates
viii) The following was one of the characteristics of colonial education except
A. It was based on few people
B. It based on rudimentary curriculum
C. It segregated Africans
D. It reflected the interest of the Africans
ix) The Pre- Colonial modes of production which existed in Africa were;
A. socialism, capitalism and communism
B. socialism, capitalism and communalism
C. slavery, feudalism and communalism
D. slavery, feudalism and communism
x) Which is not true about History?
A. History is the study about changes in the process of material production.
B. History shows man’s struggle against nature
C. History is the record of human activities.
D. History is the study if great heroes
xi) Which of the following were the countries which used constitutional means to gain their
political independence?
A. Mozambique and Nigeria
B. Ghana and Zimbabwe
C. Kenya and Tanganyika
D. Uganda and Tanganyika
xii) In early agricultural societies the basic unit of social organization was
A. The chief
B. A clan head
C. The family
D. An extended family.
xiii) The Ngoni managed to defeat other societies during their migration because they used the
best fighting technique called
A. Assengai
B. Cow horn
C. Rugaruga
D. Well-disciplined army
xiv) Which of the following was an immediate cause of the First World War (WWI)?
A. Military alliance
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B. The rise of capitalism
C. The Assassination of Ferdinand Franz Archduke
D. Nationalism in Europe.
xv) The Nama and Herero upridsing of 1904-1907 in Namibia was under the following leaders
A. Maherero and Lobengula
B. Mkwati and Witbooi
C. Samora Toure and Kalonga Mazura
D. Witbooi and Maherero
2. Match the description in list A with corresponding names of the treaties in list B by writing
the letter of the correct response beside the item number in the answer sheet
LIST A LIST B
(i) The treaty that put legally and valid the A. Moresby treaty 1822
territory of Msovero under German B. The Moffat treaty 1888
control. C. The Berlin conference
(ii) The treaty that signed to close all 1884.
public slave market in the dominations D. Eternal friendship treaty
of the sultan. 1884
(iii) The treaty that defined to both Britain E. Freire treaty 1873
and German their respective sphere of F. Versailles treaty 1919
influence in East Africa. G. Helgoland treaty 1890
(iv) The treaty that prevented other foreign H. League of nations 1920
powers from occupying Zimbabwe. I. M 23 treaty 2012
(v) The peace treaty documents that were J. Devonshire white paper
signed by the allied power against 1923
German.
SECTION B. (35 marks)
Answer all questions in this section
3. Briefly answer the following questions :
i) Kinship or Clan organization
ii) The Kingdom of Ankole
iii) Age-set organizations
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iv) The French Revolution of 1789
v) Moresby Treaty 1822
vi) Agents of colonialism
4. Arrange the following historical statements in chronological order by writing number 1-6 beside the
item number.
i) Then latter was a member of a group of German capitalist desperately looking for colonies in
Africa.
ii) In fact he was a president of one of the societies formed in German to undertake the search for
colonies.
iii) German penetration in east Africa began with the treaty making activities of Carl Peters.
iv) He managed to sign over twelve treaties with the chiefs between Wami and Pangani river basin.
v) By the time of Berlin conference of 1884-1885, Carl peters was already in East Africa trying to
capture a sphere of influence for German imperialists.
vi) Carl Peters tricked the chiefs into signing treaties whose real implications were never explained.
5. Draw a sketch map of Africa and locate the following areas by using roman numbers:
1. A country where pyramids are found
2. A country where 1994 genocide took place
3. A country where the East African Court of Justice is situated
4. A country where the so called xenophobia takes place after the long journey of
apartheid
5. A country where Sir Richard Turnbull resided before becoming the governor of
Tanganyika.
SECTION C. (45 marks)
Answer three questions from this section. Each question carries fifteen (15) marks.
6. By using six points, explain how the Great Economic Depression affected the people of
Africa.
7. Explain six characteristics of the first non-exploitative mode of production.
8. With six points elaborate the effects of economic interaction among the people of Africa
during the pre-colonial period.
9. What were the problems which hindered the formation of strong African political unity after
independence? (Six points)
