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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

FORM FOUR SPECIAL SCHOOLS SYNDICATE JOINT EXAMINATION, 2022

012 HISTORY

Time: 3:00 Hrs Tuesday 20-September-2022 PM

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of nine (9) questions.
2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and three (3) questions from section C.
3. Cellular phones and any unauthorized material are not allowed in the examination room.
4. All drawings should be pencil
5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer sheet(s).

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 SECTION A (20 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

1. For each of the items (i)-(xv), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and
write its letter beside the item number in the answer sheet(s) provided.

i. Cultural practices through which historical information can be obtained include

A. Archaeology, museums and archives
B. Museums, archives and religion
C. Archaeology, funerals and riddles
D. Superstitions, religion and riddles
E. Narration of the past events, stories, songs and poems.

ii. The Niger and Congo basins occupied a special position in the imperialist scramble for
Africa because?
A. River basins were potential means of providing trade link between East Africa
and West Africa.
B. Both river basins were potential for agriculture and could be used as means of
transport.
C. The rivers were potential for generation of hydroelectric power
D. Both rivers contain fresh fish for the whites
E. Both rivers were used as a border demarcation.

iii. The method of making salt through boiling and evaporating underground water was
common in___________.
A. Katanga
B. Tanga
C. Bunyoro
D. Uvinza
E. Meroe

iv. Which of the following best explains the Old Stone Age?
A. Man made industrial machines
B. Man established social institutions
C. Man ate cooked food
D. Man made tools like hand axe
E. Man domesticated crops and animals

v. An anthropologist studies
A. The remains of the past
B. The languages
C. Cultural aspects of the societies
D. Historical sites

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E. Great men

vi. The formation of independent churches in Africa during the colonial period aimed at;
A. Accepting European civilization
B. Eliminating poverty in Africa
C. Provision of social services to few Africans
D. Protesting against colonial exploitation and humiliation.
E. Encouraged Africans to grow cash crop.

vii. The formation of Independent Churches in Africa during the colonial period aimed at
A. Accepting European’s civilization mission
B. Eliminating poverty and European backwardness
C. Determining the common policies of the colonial masters.
D. Imposing new Agricultural methods and forced labour
E. Protecting against colonial exploitative and oppressive system

viii. The core idea of the French Revolution were;

A. Slave trade, colonialism and Neo-colonialism
B. Market, raw materials, and cheap labour
C. Communalism, slavery and feudalism
D. Fraternity, Liberty and equality
E. Scramble, partition and bogus treaties

ix. The Ngoni invasion of East Africa was caused by;

A. The French in South Africa
B. The Portuguese in East Africa
C. Conflicts in the Southern Africa
D. Weakness of the people of East Africa
E. The Maasai of East Africa

x. African countries have tried to bring about real independence through______

A. Setting up new factories and political instabilities in Africa
B. Improving communication system and military coups
C. Expanding education and agricultural practices
D. Establishing heavy industries and free market economy
E. Expanding agricultural production and administering Trust Territories

xi. Which among the following is not the principal organ of the United Nations?
A. The General Assembly
B. The Trusteeship Council
C. International Food Organization
D. The Security Council
E. The Secretariat

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 xii. Before the outbreak of the First World War, the following African countries were
German colonies
A. Angola, Rwanda, Burundi and Mozambique
B. Rwanda, Tanganyika, South West Africa and Angola
C. Tanganyika, Angola, Burundi, Rwanda and South West Africa
D. Angola, Burundi, Tanganyika and South West Africa
E. South West Africa, Tanganyika, Burundi and Rwanda

xiii. Special name given to the people works in Museums is _____________

A. Archeologist
B. Anthropologist
C. Museum curator
D. Museum keeper
E. Museum gardener
xiv. A form of domination in which independent nation is controlled by strong nations
economically, socially and politically
A. Flag independence
B. Imperialism
C. Colonialism
D. Neo- colonialism
E. Capitalism
xv. The idea of forming an Organization of Non- Aligned Countries originated at______
A. Bandung Afro-Asian Congress in 1955
B. Bandung Afro-Asian Congress in 1961
C. Belgrade Yugoslavia in 1955
D. Belgrade Yugoslavia in 1961
E. United Socialist Union of Russia in 1961

2. Match the items in List A with the correct responses in List B by writing the letter of the
response beside the item number. The options in List B can be used once, more than once or not
at all.

LIST A LIST B

i. 1889-1898 A. Martin Kayamba

B. Hehe resistance against Germany
ii. 1896-1905 C. OAU
D. Hassan bin Omary Makunganya
iii. A region grouping of countries from against Germany
West Africa E. Ahmed Sekou Toure
F. Kifle Wodajo
iv. An organization whose formation was G. Nandi resistance against British
facilitated by Pan -Africanism H. ECOWAS
I. COMESA
v. A person who separated from TANU

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and formed a new party which opposed
TANU’s multi-racial policy.

SECTION B (35 Marks)

Answer all questions from this section.
3. Briefly explain the following historical terms
i. How the constitutional change of 1977 enhanced development of democracy in Tanzania
ii. In what ways indirect rule was indirect during colonial period
iii. Why did British introduced direct rule in her settler colony.

iv. Why industrial sector said to be small and weak sector of colonial economy?
v. What lesson did the nationalists in Africa learn from the Independence of India –
1947?
vi. Use two reasons to show why peasant agriculture was not applied in Kenya by the
British.

4. Arrange the following jumbled statements in chronological order by writing number 1 to 6 beside
the item number.
i. The newly industrialized powers in the 19th century were Germany and France.
ii. Britain was the first country to industrialize and she dominated the World’s industrial
production.
iii. By so doing Britain was referred to Workshop of the World.
iv. During the period of industrial capitalism the capitalists manufactured goods in large
quantities.
v. This wealth enabled them to invest in new and modern machines.
vi. This was possible because they had accumulated much wealth from commerce and
agriculture.
5. Draw a sketch map of the New East African Community and locate by using letters A, B, C, D, E
and F.
i. A country which became independent in 2011.
ii. A member state in which the current EAC Secretary General comes from.
iii. A country in which the Constitutional changes has allowed the current President to stay
in power until 2024.
iv. A place where the civilization of cradle mankind originated.
v. The island which was the centre of slave market during colonial period

SECTION C (45 Marks)

Answer three (3) questions from this section.

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6. Explain six factors for the development of the Trans-saharan trade in West and North Africa.
7. The Second World war was just a turning point towards the development of African Nationalism
.Substantiate this statement by using six points.
8. With relevant examples, show the challenges facing the New East African Community. Give six
points.
9. Examine six conditions which led to change of political and economic ideology after
independence.