THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIATHE

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESINDENT’S OFFICEPRESINDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
KALIUA DISTRICT COUNCIL
FORM TWO PRE – MOCK DISTRICT JOINT EXAMINATION - MAY 2024
HISTORY
TIME: 2:30HRS.

SECTION A(15marks)

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 in the box provided.

(i) The History teacher at L school was in the clas and provided the following definitions,"Is the
study of society's cultural system, behavior, beliefs and ideologies" This definition is for which concept
among the following?

A. Archaeology
B. Archieves
C. Anthropology
D. Archaelogist
(ii) Mr. Adam is a history teacher at magogoni secondary school, during his lesson, he told the
students that "according to Charles Darwin, in his Theory of evolution of man from primates to
Homosapiens was associated with technological discovery like discovery of fire. Assume you are a
student in that class, tell him at which age that discovery occurred?

A. New stone age B. Early stone age

C. Late stone aage D.Middle stone age
(iii)One student was talking about the event that took place into 15th century. The event that crossed
three continents namely :Africa, Europe, America. What was the event a student was talking about?

A. Triangular slave trade B. Trans-Saharan trade

C. Indian ocean slave ttrade D. Legitimate trade
(iv) What is the name given to the Earliest system which permitted people to live together and
practice collective ownership of major means of production?

A. Capitalism B. Feudalism
C. Communalism D. Socialism

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 (v) Mzee laizer is a Maasai livestock keeper who moves from one place to another searching for
water and pasture for his cattles. This movement of Mzee Laizer is known as :-

A. Pastoralism
B. Nomadic pastoralism
C. Sedentary pastoralism
D. Permanent pastoralism
(vi) Mr Hassan was a land owner in Buhaya and karagwe, He used that for economic
activities,
Therefore Mr Hassan's system was known as :-

A. Ubugabire system
B. Umwinyi system
C. Busulo and Mvunjo D. Nyarubanja system
(vii) The president of the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan's Campaign for
Royal tours aim is the visitor's to know the name of the first European Explorer who saw the snow-cap of
Mountain Kilimanjaro. As a form two student mention the name of that explorer.

A. Dr Ludwig Krapf
B. Johannes Rebman
C. John Hanning Speke
D. Henry Morton Stanley
(viii) There was a debate between form one and form two students over the correct set of
centralized states found in Western Sudan zone. Assume you are a participant and show your argument of
the correct set of those states.

A. Songhai, Mali and Buganda

B. Dahomey, Mwenemustafa and Oyo
C. Ghana, Mali and Songhai
D. Benin, Asante and Dahomey
(ix) Into which Major periods is the stone age divided?

A. Four B. Three C. Two D. Five

(x) Important urban centers like Meroe in Western Sudan emerged as a result of

A. Improved agriculture
B. Salt making
C. Metal working
D. Ship building technology
I ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x

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 2. Match the historical descriptions in List A with the corresponding historical terms in List B by
writing the letter of the correct response below the item number in the table provided.
LIST A LIST B

i/Carbon - 14 A. Iron age

ii/Time line, time chart and family tree iii/It B. Private ownership of property
was built by the Portuguese iv/Examples of C. Fort Jesus in Kenya
historical sites D. Archaeology
v/A characteristic of slave mode of production E. Determine historical dates
F. Escaping of Ndwande
G. Is a method which is used mainly in
identifying archeological remains
B. Hermaton treaty
I. Bagamoyo, Kilwa and Ismila

SECTION B(70marks)

Answer all questions.

3. Briefly explain the following terms

i. Ngoni migration
ii. Bi-pedalism
iii. Golden stool
iv. Pharaoh
v. Boer trek
4. Arrange the following sentences in a chronological order by rewriting the sentences to bring the
historical meaning.
i. Due to their ruthless frequent attacks and rebellions from Arabs and Africans, Portuguese
collapsed and the life at the coast became under the Oman Arabs.
ii. The search of new sea routes to replace the land route was possible due to the invention
of ships and voyages that were supported by Prince Henry, the navigator son of King
John.
iii. The Portuguese sailor to reach in East Africa was Vasco Da Gama after assistance from
Prince Henry. iv. Portuguese were the first Europeans to visit the coast of East Africa in
their searching for sea route to India.
v. They decided to settle and conquer the coastal towns and controlled the trade in the area for
almost two centuries
I ii iii iv v

5. Using the given guidelines write short notes on Ngoni migration into East Africa.
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 i. Mention reasons for their migration. ii. When did they reach
East Africa. iii. Who were their leaders during migration.
iv. What were the effects of the coming of Ngoni to East Africa.
6. Defferentiate between the following terms as used in history ;
i. Local trade and regional trade.
ii. Stone age and Iron age
iii. Homo erectus and Homo habillis. iv. Archives and
Archaeology.
v. Centralized state and Decentralized state.
7. "Describe the weakness of the way of collecting information by using word of mouth in obtaining
historical information. "History teacher told form two students at Dr Matrida Buriani secondary
school as the way of doing revision. Assume you are among of those students give the answer to
the teacher.

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8. Running away from your enemies is one of the best weapon after taking any means to fight and
get victory. Explain five factors that encouraged the Portuguese to run away from East Africa in
1698.
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9. Study the sketch map of East Africa and then indicate the areas that reached feudal mode of
production in 19th century numbered from 1 up to 7.

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ii. ___________________________________________

iii. ___________________________________________

iv. ___________________________________________ v.

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vi. ___________________________________________

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SECTION C (15 marks)

Question number ten is compulsory.

10. In pre - colonial societies some areas such as Nok, Meroe and Axum became famous because they
specialized in Iron making. Critically examine the changes occurred to African society after
discovery of iron. (Five points)