MONTROSE HIGH SCHOOL
HISTORY FORM ONE END OF YEAR EXAMINATIONS
MINUTES
1HOUR 15
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
NAME:
CLASS:
Circle the correct letter in pencil for your answer in Section A
SECTION A
1. Fossils are
A. Oral evidence
B. Documentary evidence
C. Physical evidence
D. Rock evidence
2. The history of a people is usually influenced by the
A. Environment they live in
B. Books they read
C. Historian who writes the history
D. Number of people within the community
3. The best way of collecting historical information is through
A. Television, archives and newspapers
B. Churches, oral tradition and archives
C. Oral tradition, written records and archaeology
D. Research, national parks and computers
4. People who can neither read nor write can pass their history to the next
generation by means of
A. Written records
B. Archaeology
C. Telephone
D. Oral tradition
5. In national archives we find
A. Mineral remains
B. Written materials
C. Human skulls
D. Spirit mediums
6. The development of man through stages from Zinjathropus right up to
present man is called
A. Anthropology
B. Evolution
C. Palaeontology
D. Revolution
7. The first tools made by Homo Habilis were called
A. Hand axes
B. Flakes
C. Pebble tools
D. Nearnderthals
8. The scientist who discovered the earliest remains of man in Tanzania
A. Karl Marx
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B. Dr Leakey
C. Charles Darwin
D. Dr Dart
9. Which of the following did man develop before the other three
A. Domestication of animals
B. Oral communication
C. Tool making
D. Cultivation of land
10.The earliest civilization in Africa began along the Nile River because the
A. Soil was good for agriculture
B. Pharaohs were good rulers
C. People believed in life after death
D. Egyptians worshipped the Nile
11.The pattern of life in ancient Egypt was marked by
A. The priests
B. The scribes
C. Invention of writing
D. Agricultural seasons
12.Places known to have been occupied by the San are easily identified by
A. Rock paintings
B. Bows and arrows
C. Domestic animals
D. Farming implements
13.The main difference between the San and the Khoi khoi is that the
A. San hunted wild animals while the khoi khoi did not
B. Khoi khoi believed in the supernatural while the San did not
C. Khoi khoi were herders while the San were not
D. San had chiefs while the khoi khoi did not
14.The states of the later Iron Age in Zimbabwe grew out of the leaders
ability to control the
A. Growth of population
B. Women and children
C. Religion and rainmaking
D. Mineral production and trade
15.The main purpose of the huge stone walls at Great Zimbabwe was to
A. Give rulers more privacy
B. Protect the state from invaders
C. Show the power of the state
D. Shelter people from wind and rain
16.The symbol of unity in the Mutapa State was
A. The kings crown
B. Livestock
C. Stone buildings
D. The royal fire
17.The Zansi in the Ndebele society were the
A. Sotho and Tswana
B. Khumalo from Nguniland
C. Shona absorbed into Ndebele society
D. Shangane of Soshangane
18.Which one of the following groups of people was the most powerful in
feudal Europe?
A. The vassals
B. The traders
C. The peasants
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D. The landlords
19.The meaning of A.D in relation to date is
A. After Death
B. Annual Days
C. Anno Domino
D. Ante Diem
20.The history of man is the history of class struggle. These words were said
by
A. Hegel
B. Karl Marx
C. Lenin
D. Mao-Tse-Tung
21.Human societies have followed the following order in their development
A. Socialism, capitalism, slavery, feudalism, primitive communism
B. Feudalism, primitive communism, capitalism, socialism, slavery
C. Primitive communism, slavery, feudalism, socialism, capitalism
D. Primitive communism, slavery, feudalism, capitalism, socialism
22.The study of remains from the past is known as
A. Anthropology
B. Archaeology
C. Psychology
D. Sociology
23.We study history in order to be
A. Learn from past mistakes
B. Good story tellers
C. More civilized
D. True socialists
24.Important skeleton findings were made in Africa at the
A. Jos Plateau
B. Kariba Gorge
C. Makarikari pans
D. Olduvai Gorge
25.Modern humans belong to the group called
A. Homo erectus
B. Homo habilis
C. Homo sapiens
D. Homosexuals
26.Which of the following skills did man develop first
A. Oral communication
B. Tool Making
C. Building shelters
D. Domestication of animals
27.Oral tradition is
A. The study of History
B. Believing in archaeology
C. Writing down the family history
D. The word of mouth
28.The Egyptians believed in
A. The second coming
B. Mohamed the prophet
C. Vadzimu
D. Life after death
29.Socially the Khoikhoi differed from the San in that they
A. Married at a later stage
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B. Never held any initiation ceremonies
C. Painted on cave walls and rocks
D. Cultivated crops
30.Which of the following was as a result of the introduction of iron in Central
Africa?
A. The slave trade
B. European colonization
C. Emergence of organized political units
D. Disappearance of wild animals
31.The main reason for Portuguese penetration into Mutapa State was to
A. Locate the kingdom of Prester John
B. Spread Christianity
C. Barter trade with Africans
D. Conquer African kingdoms
32.The destructive effects of Nguni incursions north of the Zambezi were felt
in
A. Botswana, Swaziland and Lesotho
B. Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania
C. Zambia, Malawi and Namibia
D. Malawi, Zaire and Tanzania
33.Mzilikazi moved from Nothern Transvaal into Zimbabwe because
A. Was advised by Robert Moffat to do so
B. Feared attacks from the Boers
C. Wanted to raid the Shona
D. Wanted to fight against the Nguni
34.The most important form of wealth in the States of South western
Zimbabwe was
A. Cattle
B. Gold
C. Grain
D.
Beads
35.Colonisation is defined as
A. being under foreign rule
B. being under the rule of ones nation
C. being under fire
D. being investigated
36.Zimbabwe was colonized because
A. It had difficult people
B. It had high crime rate
C. It had poor soil
D. it had fertile soil
37. Countries that were involved in the scramble are the following
A. Britain, Russia and China
and Japan
B. Russia, Czechoslovakia
C. Britain, Germany and Portugal
D. Germany, Portugal and
China
38. _____________betrayed Lobengula in signing the Rudd concession
A. uMtshede
uLotshe
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B. uMgandane
C. uNdiweni
Three social groups of the Ndebele state are
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D.
A. Abenhla, Abegoli, Abezansi
Amashona
B. Abenhla, Amahole,
C. Abezansi, Abenhla, Amahole
Abephetsheya
D. Amahole, Abenhle
40. In History the period A.D means
A. Actual Date
D. Anti Diom
B. After Death
C. Anno Domini
SECTION B
Fill in the correct answer in the spaces provided.
1 a) Which two archaeologists were involved in excavating the Olduvai
Gorge between 1920 and 1959
[2]
b) Give 4 advantages of archaeology
[4]
c) Describe the meaning of the term evolution.
[2]
d) Who was the founder of the Mutapa state?
[1]
e) Give 4 reasons that lead t the decline of the Mutapa state
[4]
f) Give the meaning of the term tribute
[1]
g) State military reforms introduced by Tshaka
[5]
h) Name three leaders who fled from Nguniland.
[3]
SECTION C
2a) Name the founder of the Ndebele State
[1]
b) Give 3 social groups within the Ndebele state
[3]
c) Give 3 reasons why the Europeans spread lies about Ndebele Shona
relations
and give 3 myths about the Ndebele Shona relations
[6]
3a) List 3 aims of Rhodes had for colonizing of Zimbabwe
[3]
b) Explain why European countries scrambled for Africa
[4]
c) Which 3 treaties were signed by Lobengula before colonization
[3]
