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THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MOSHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE
012 HISTORY
FORM TWO MOCK EXAMINATION
Monday 4 July 2022 Am
th Time: 2:30Hours

INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of three sections A, B, and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A, B and C.
3. All writing must be in blue or black ink.
4. All answers must be written in the space provided.
5. Cellular phones, calculators and unauthorized materials are not allowed in
examination room.
SECTION A (15 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section

1. F or each of the following items (i - x) Choose the best answer from the given
alternatives and write its letter in the space provided.
i. Which method was used to obtain salt during the pre-colonial era
a) Evaporating water from the sea water
b) Mining and evaporating reeds
c) Mining salt from bearing rocks
d) Boiling and evaporating bowls
ii. What was the main reason for the rise of Mfecane war in South Africa?
a) The struggle to control gold mines
b) The invasion of boers
c) The struggle to control land
d) The pressure of apartheid policy
iii. Which of the following African societies developed Ntemiship system in East Africa
by the 15th century?
a) Nyamwezi and Ndorobo
b) Nyamwezi and Sandawe
c) Nyamwezi and Chagga
d) Nyamwezi and Sukuma iv. Which of the following was an important
change in the evolution of man?
a) Walking with all four limbs
b) Development of the brain
c) Walking with fore limbs
d) Gathering and hunting

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v. Which of the following is an early iron site in East Africa?

a) Olduvai Gorge b) Kondoa Irangi c) Engaruka d) Meroe

vi. One of the effects of Seyyid Said’s rule in Zanzibar was:

a) Introduction of Christianity
b) Establishment of clove Plantations
c) Legalized Dutch settlement at the Cap
d) Introduction of legitimate
vii. In which century was the Zanzibar slave market closed?

a) 15th century b)18th century c) 19th century d) 20th century

viii. The system of land ownership in Buhaya was known as:

a) Ubugabire b) Umwinyi c) Nyarubanja d) Busulo

ix. The reason of abolition of slave trade was:

a) Legitimate trade and Boer trek

b) Religious wars and industrial revolution
c) Economic and humanitarian reasons
d) Good weapons and economic reasons

x. Four main language groups to which East African communities belong are:

a) Sandawa , Cushites, Bantu and Nilotes and Bantu

b) Dorobo, Cushites, Nilotes and Bantu
c) Khoisan, Cushites Nilotes and Bantu
d) Khoikhoi, San , Nilotes and BaIntu

Qn. No i Ii iii Iv v vi vii viii ix x

Answer

2. Match the items in list A with those in list B by writing the correct latter in the
space provided
LIST A LIST B

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A.
Age
i. B.
19th century
The period when man made and used pebble C.
ii. 17TH century
and chopping tools
The society in the interlacustrine area in D. 18th century
which the Busulo and Nvunjo were forms of
iii. E. New stone age
feudal relations
The people who were the first to make and Mwanamutapa
iv. use iron tools in Africa F.
The period when Portuguese came in East Early stone
v. G. age
Africa
The period when the Dutch established their Generation
permanent settlement at the cap H.
I. 15th century

J. Century
K. Anno domino
L. Tutsi
M. 21st century
Answers:
Iterm No. i ii iii iv V

Answer

SECTION B (70 MARKS)

3. Briefly explain the following terms

i. Historical sites
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ii. Slavery
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iii. Boer Trek
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iv. Communalism
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v. Golden stool
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4. Arrange the following sentences in a chronological order by writing their Roman
numbers in the table provided:
i. Regular Trade contacts between East Africa and the middle East Began in the 8th
century ii. Effective Omani Control was established during the second half of the 19th
century iii. Trade contacts led to the growth of East African coastal city states iv.
Later this prosperity was disturbed by the Portuguese invasion

v. In 1698 the Omani Sultanate to defeat them.

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Answer

5. Complete each of the following statements with the correct historical facts

i. What caused the rapid expansion of white settlement to the southern African interior
in the late of 1830’s
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ii. In which country is Nsogezi historical sites found ………………………….……………..
iii. Learning about the past by digging up and studying objects found in the ground is
known as…………………………………………………………………………………………...
iv. The basic and simplest Unity of social organization in the early agricultural societies
was…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
v. The feudal relations that existed along the east African coast were known as
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6. Study this drawing and answer the questions that follow;

i. Which trade in west Africa expanded in the 19th Century due to the
introduction of the means of transport shown in the drawing?

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ii. Why the type of animals shown on the drawing was preferred by the traders
as the means of transport across the desert?
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iii. Which Trade led to the decline of the type of the trade that used the animals
shown in the drawing?
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iv. Name the earliest kingdom in the western Sudanic zone which expanded due
to the trade named in (i) above
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v.Through which desert was the long distance trade linking west Africa and
North Africa using the animals shown on the drawings conducted?
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7. What were the effects of the discovery of fire during the middle stone age? Give
five points.
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8. Write five causes of Ngoni Migration .
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9. During pre-colonial and colonial rule they were emergence of varies state formation
in Africa. List five factors for state formation in East Africa.
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SECTION C 15 MARKS
10. What were the social factors for interactions in Pre- colonial African communities?
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