THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENTS’ OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
RUVUMA REGION
FORM FOUR PRE-NATIONAL EXAMINATION
012 HISTORY
Time: 3 Hours Wednesday 25th September, 2024 P.M
Instructions
1. This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions
2. Answer all questions from section A and B and two questions from section C
3. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklets
SECTION A (16 marks)
1. For each of the item (I-X) choose the correct answer from the alternatives and write its letter
beside the item number in the answer sheet provided.
(i) Millennium is a period of ……………………………………
A. 10 years
B. 200 BC
C. 100 years
D. 1000 years
E. 2 millenium
(ii) Scholar who works on the past remain through archaeology excavation and scientific
analyse is known as…………………..
A. Archaeology
B. Kinjekitile
C. Louse leakey
D. Charles Darwin
E. Non
(iii) Scientific method used to identify archaeological findings whose ayes is called
A. Time line
B. Clan family
C. Carbon 14
D. Clan
E. Time chart
(iv) Olduvai gorge is famous for ………………….
A. Oral tradition
B. Zinjanthropus
C. History
D. Carbon 14
E. Museum
(v) Which of the following is not definition of history?
A. Is the record of past events
B. Is the study of past and future events
C. Is the study of past activities of chemical and movement
D. Deals with the nature of the world
E. Is the study of human nature
(vi) The following are the ways of sequencing historical sites………………
A. Language study, museums and historical sites
B. Potassium argon and carbon 14
C. Time line, time chart and carbon 14
D. Time chart, time line, time graph and family tree
(vii) The following is the smallest unit of African society……………………….
A. Clan
B. Family
C. Tribe
D. Community
E. Societies
(viii) Which among of the following are types of oral sources…………….
A. Riddles, proverbs, jokes
B. Oral tradition and test monies
C. Audio visual and anthropology
D. Written records and oral traditional
E. Cultural practices and narration of the past events
(ix) Tanganyika colonized by two European countries which were…………………….
A. Germany and Italy
B. Germany and France
C. British and Germany
D. Germany and USA
E. USA and League of nation
(x) Chama cha Mapinduzi was born in 5/2/1977 by joined two political parties that
were………………
A. TANU and ZPPP
B. TANU and ASP
C. TANU and UTP
D. TANU and CCM
E. ANC and TANU
2. Match the historical explanations in LIST A with corresponding leaders involved in its
formation in LIST B by writing its letter beside the item numbers.
LIST A LIST B
(i) The nationalists political party in Mozambique A. FNLA
(ii) Political party struggled for liberation in Namibia B. CPP
(iii) A nationalist political party in Zanzibar C. TANU
(iv) Nationalist party organized Guerilla war in Kenya D. ZANU PF
(v) Nationalist party in Algeria led by Ahmed Ben Bella E. ASP
(vi) The nationalist party which led Ghana independence F. KANU
struggle formed in 1948 G. UPC
H. FRELIMO
I. RENAMO
J. SWAPO
SECTION B (54 marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
3. (i) Why did the colonialist introduced colonial education in Africa…………………
(ii) Present the reasons for the introduction kings African Riffles…………………….
(iii) how did the discovery of fire changed the life of early men………………………….
(iv) Why African nationalism took place strongly during 1940s
(v) Why Europeans called African a dark continent?
(vi) In what sense, tribalism is dangerous in the Agenda of African unity?
4. Arrange the following historical events in a chronological order by writing number 1 to 6
(i) Before 1800 AD African and its interior were not known to the outside world
(ii) The interior of Africa was exposed to European world after the work of the agent of
colonialism.
(iii) Europeans took interest in African strategic areas with fertile soil, minerals and
navigable rivers
(iv) Reports of the existence of snowcapped mountains in the interior of Africa attracted
great interest in the continent.
(v) People like DR. Living stone, Mungo park, worked greatly to acknowledge their
mother countries about the richness of African continent.
(vi) By 1880’s many European nations rushed and grabbed parts of African continent
claiming they were areas of their influence.
5. Draw a sketch map of Africa and locate the following by using roman number
(i) A country were diamond and gold were discovered in 1867 and 1886 respectively.
(ii) A country in East Africa which used Armed struggle to archive her independence
(iii) A country in West Africa which was not colonized by any state from Europe.
(iv) The country which white setters declared their own independence
(v) A country where Maninka resistance took place.
6. African countries have been suffering socially, economically and politically as a result of
being members of the united nations. Substantiate this statement by using six points.
7. In six points, explain how colonial system was able to recruit labour in their economic
activities.
8. Why was multiparty system introduced in Tanzania in the early 1990’s not before or after?
Use six points.
SECTION C (30 marks)
Answer two (02) questions only from this section
9. One of major proof of the contact between the people of Eastern of Africa and Asia, Middle
East and Far East are the outcomes of such contacts which some still seen to the present day.
With examples, explain six (06) major outcomes of such Historical interaction
10. There is still a scar in the world history due to those with power failed to control themselves
so as to promote peace and security of the world because of their ambitions. How Africa was
affected by the second major capitalist crisis in the 20th century. Provide six points.
11. Salt is talked less as if is not best revolution than the discovery of precious minerals in
human history although people from every corner of the earth and some from far distance
met where salt was made or extracted to prove the importance of salt in pre- colonial Africa.
Elaborate six (06) uses of salt to the people of Africa before the coming of Europeans in
Africa.
