THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MOSHI DISTRICT COUNCIL
FORM FOUR PRE - NATIONAL EXAMINATON
012 HISTORY
TIME: 3:00Hours August 2024
Instructions
1. This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of 11 questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and two questions from section C.
3. Section A carries 16 marks, section B carries 54 marks and section C carries 30 marks
4. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination
room.
5. All writings should be in blue or black ink while drawings should be in pencil.
6. Write your examination number on every page of your answer booklets
SECTION A (16 Marks)
Answer All questions in this section
1. For each of the items (i) - (x), choose the correct answer from among the given
alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.
i. One among the following correctly defines the term History
A. How colonialists conquered Africa
B. The existence of Ujamaa in the traditional African societies
C. The study of activities by the heads of states and their government
D. Man’s activities against nature through various stages of development
ii. Why was there a big change in man’s life during the late stone age compared to
the early and middle stone age?
A. Due to the presence of wooden and stone tools
B. Because of the use of more improved tools and settlement
C. Due to the use of machines as instrument of labour.
D. Because of the production of pebble tools for farming.
iii. One of the important outcomes of the shift of man from walking by four limbs to
bipedalism was
A. Defending against enemies
B. Marking and using tools
C. Cooking and living in caves
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D. Hunting and gathering
iv. If your friend Shamsi asks you, “which feudal system of production was involved in
Buhaya?” What could be your answer?
A. Busulo
B. Ubugabile
C. Nyarubanja
D. Umwinyi
v. Which of the following is a scientific method of determining dates of the past remains?
A. Archaeology
B. Time charts
C. Carbon 14
D. Time graphs
vi. Which one was the first treaty signed for the abolition of slave trades in
East Africa;
A. Moresby treaty
B. Anglo-Germany Treaty
C. Harmaton treaty
D. Heligoland treaty
vii. The famous leader who led the Ngoni movement to East African
was:
A. Shaka
B. Ding swayo
C. Zwangendaba
D. mkilikazi
viii. people whose work is to study and explain the remains which show man’s physical
development, his activities and tools he made and used are known as:
A. Archeologist
B. Evolutionist
C. Biologists
D. Homo sapiens
ix. What did the golden stools which was possessed by Asante Empire in West Africa
symbolize?
A. Unity of the states
B. Myth of the state
C. Decline of the states
D. Wealth of the states
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x. The following is an example of a European explorer who provided very important
information about the people and wealth of East and Central Africa to the British
capitalists
A. Lacede de Almeide
B. David Livingstone
C. Henry Morton Stanley and Mungo park
D. Richard Lander
2 Match the statement in list A with correct statement in list B
LIST A LIST B
i. The scientific study of man past life A. Clan
experience that involve the digging up of B. Ambush and tricks
the land. C. Evolution
ii. The type of trade that succeeded slave D. Kaffir war
trade. E. Agriculture
F. History
iii. Ways used to obtain slaves
G. Family
iv. The war between the Boers and the
H. Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Xhosa. I. Home erectus
v. It involves the keeping animals and J. Homo sapiens
crops cultivation. K. Archaeology
vi. A group of people with a strong L. Legitimate trade.
common interest
SECTION B (56 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
3. Why were migrant labors more preferred by colonialists than other
forms of
labors?
4. Outline five factors for state formation.
5. Write shot notes on the main characteristics of colonial economy in Africa
during the colonial period. At least five points.
6. Explain shortly the features of second mode of the production.
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7. Arrange the following sentences in a chronological order by writing their roman numbers
in the table provided.
i. Regular trade contact between East Africa and middle East began in 8 century
ii. Effective Oman control was established during second half of the 19
Century
iii. Trade contact led to the growth of East African coastal city
states
iv. Later this prosperity was disturbed by Portuguese invasion.
v. In 1698 the Oman Sultanate collaborated with East African people to defeat them.
8. Draw the sketch map of Africa and locate the following on it by
using Roman numbers:
i. The country where majimaji erupted
ii. The country where Samuel Maherero mobilized his people against German dominated
iii. The country where Dedan Kimath lead movement
iv. The country where peasant Agriculture dominated during the colonial economy.
v. The country where San, Hosa, and Zulu originated.
SECTION C (30marks)
Answer only two (2) questions in this section.
9. The colonialist built different infrastructures in Africa like Roads, Railways, and
Hospitals. Why were most of railway lines constructed perpendicular to the coast? Six
point.
10.” The African leaders were against with the imposition of colonial rule in their areas.”
Describe why most of them failed in their reaction except Ethiopia.
11. Buganda was among the great kingdom in East Africa, how did it rise?
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