HISTORY F1 ANNUAL 2020

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

HISTORY EXAMINATION - FORM I

TIME: 2 HOURS 2020

INSTRUACTIONS:

1. This paper consists of three section A,B, and C

2. Answer ALL questions in section A and B and only TWO in section.

3. ALL writing must be in black or blue ink.

4. ALL answers must be written in spaces provided

5. Write your names clearly on every page.

SECTION A:

1. For each of the following items choose the best answer from the given alternatives and write its letter in the box provided.

i. An AGE refer to:

(a) A period of ten years

(b) an average difference of years between parents and their children.

(d) one continuous event lasting for a number of years

ii. The main reason for the decline of the Trans-Sahara Trade in the 16^th century was the :

(a) European invasion

(b) rise of the Indian trade

(d) rise of the savannah states

iii. One important effect of iron technology in Africa was:

(a) expansion of heavy industries

(b) expansion of agriculture

(d) increase of migration to new areas.

iv. The ability of the early man to walk by using two limbs is known as:

(a) Adoption (c) evolution

(b) Bipedalism (d) revolution

v. The most important region where capper mining and processing activities took place was:

(a) Mwenemutapa (c) Sofala

(b) Yoruba (d) Katanga

vi. One among the following correctly defines the term history:

(a) how colonialists conquered Africa

(b) the existence of ujamaa in traditional African societies.

(d) man’s activities against nature through various stages of development

vii. The following were among the important trading centre’s in western Sudan.

(a) Fez,Gao and Hausa

(b) Kano, Meroe and Gao

(d) Walata, Kilwa and Jenne.

viii. The following is one of the methods used in obtaining gold in African societies

(a) shaft method (c) titration

(b) pottery (d) ornaments

ix. The Egyptians are believed to be the discoveries of:

(a) magic’s and pyramids (c) magic’s and numbers

(b) calendars and numbers (d) calendars and magic’s

x. Fire was discovered during:

(a) middle stone age (c) early stone age

(b) late stone age (d) iron age

Answers:

1)	2)	3)	4)	5)	6)	7)	8)	9)	10)

2. (a) Match the items in List A with those in List B by writing the correct letter against the corresponding question number in the table provided.

LIST A

LIST B

(i) Experts of trade in the Southern route during East African long distance trade

(ii) Exchange of goods with goods

(iii) The African societies which lived on hunting.

(iv) Good examples of black smiths

(v) Trade centers central Africa.

(vi) Some of the early famous salt sources in Africa.

(vii) Experts in hunting elephants in East Africa

(viii) Pastoral societies in Africa

(ix) Middle men during Trans-Saharan Trade

(x) Interlacustrine region

A. A century

B. Barter system

C. Carbon-14

D. Industrialists

E. Pare, People of Uvinza and Karagwe

F. Berbers

G. Kamba

H. Kikuyu

I. Maasai and Fulani

J. Buhaya,Buganda,Karagwe and Bunyoro

K. Taghaza, Bilma, and Uvimza

L. Khotakhota

M. Hadzabe,sani (Bushmen) and Pymies

N. yao

Answers:

(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)	(v)	(vi)	(vii)	(viii)	(ix)	(x)

(b) Arrange the mixed-up historical information from the first to the last by writing its roman number of each statement in the table provide:

(a) The improvement of some tools and the discovery of fire therefore increased man’s ability to control his environment.

(b) Fire was discovered during middle stone age.

(d) The middle stone age began from around 750,000 BC to about 50,000 BC

(e) During this period man improved his stone tools in they were now smaller, sharper and easy to handle.

Answers:

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)

SECTION B: (40 marks)

3. (a) The years and the important historical events that took place are as shown in the table below.

Write the letter of the year against the corresponding event in the table provided:

EVENT

YEAR (AD)

(i) The Berlin conference

(ii) The Arusha declaration

(iii) The discovery of the skull of earliest man in Olduvai Gorge

(iv) Opening of Suez Canal

(v) Introduction of Multiparty system in Tanzania

A. 1840

B. 1914

C. 1967

D. 1884-1885

E. 1869

F. 1959

G. 1992

H. 1995.

Answers:

EVENT	(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)	(v)
YEAR (AD)

(b) Write the missing historical facts

(i) The leader of Zulu Kingdom was known as______________

(ii) Rusinga Island and Nsongezi are both historical sites found in__________________

(iii) The Fulani and the Maasai mostly practicedl _____________________

(iv) Tanganyika was a ________________ colony.

(v) The first president of Zanzibar was_______________________________

4. Write TRUE if the statement is correct or FALSE if the statement is not correct.

(i) The Yao, Nyamwezi and Kamba were not participants of long distance trade.

(ii) Introduction of exchange relation stasted after 19^th century.

(iii) Microlithic tools were achieved during middle stone age.

(iv) Charles Darwin is the father of Creation.

(v) Oral traditions stone history in the mind of man.

(vi) Written records are very expensive.

(vii) Musenms manage the past items undera single building.

(viii) Homo habilis lived between 150,000 and 75,000.

(ix) A.D. means after the birth of Christ.

(x) History is a record of human activities.

Answers:

(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)	(v)	(vi)	(vii)	(viii)	(ix)	(x)

SECTION C: (30marks)

Answer only TWO questions

5. Write a short essay on Trans-Sahara Trade under the following guideline:

(i) Meaning

(ii) Participants (people involved)

(iii) Commodities (items of the trade)

(iv) Factors for its rise

(v) Effects

(vi) Conclusion

6. Give the meaning of the following terms and examples if necessary

(i) Historical site

(ii) Mixed farming

(iii) Blacksmiths

(iv) Evolution

(v) Archieves

7. Write a short essay on East Africa long Distance Trade. Under the following guidelines:

(i) Meaning

(ii) Participants

(iii) The main Commodities

(iv) The main caravan routes

(v) Effects of the trade

(vi) Conclusion

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