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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

ORGANIZATION OF HEADS OF NON-GOVERNMENT SECONDARY
SCHOOLS-TANZANIA (OHONGSS-T)
MWANZA & KIGOMA REGIONS
FORM TWO MOCK ASSESSMENT- MAY, 2023

012 HISTORY
Time: 2:30 Hours Thursday 25th May, 2023 A.M
Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions. All answers must be written in the spaces provided.
3. Section A and C carry fifteen (15) marks each and section B carries seventy (70)
marks.
4. All writings must be in blue or black ink except diagrams which must be in pencil.
5. All communication devices, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not
allowed in the Mock Assessment room.
6. Write your Mock Assessment Number at the top right corner of every page.
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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) Mr. Akilimali has three children; Amani, Amina and Azimio. How do we
historically call the average difference of age between Mr. Akilimali and his
three children?
A. Century
B. Generation
C. Millennium
D. Decade

(ii) Why are the explorers, traders and missionaries also called ‘agents of
colonialism”?
A. Because they opposed colonialism
B. Because they brought colonial education into Africa
C. Because they paved the way for colonialism
D. Because they spread colonial culture into Africa

(iii) Which among the following creatures made and used Oldowan stone tools?
A. Homo erectus
B. Homo sapiens
C. Australophithecus
D. Homo habilis

(iv) Pili’s great grandfather engaged in iron-smelting to earn his living. What is the
appropriate name for Pili’s great grandfather’s occupation?
A. Blacksmith
B. Iron smelter
C. Sculpture
D. Artist

(v) The closure of the Zanzibar slave market in 1873 was a result of the following
treaty:
A. The Frere Treaty
B. The Moresby Treaty
C. The Hamerton Treaty
D. The Heligoland Treaty

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(vi) The following are the examples of pre-colonial African societies which
practiced permanent crop cultivation in Tanzania except:
A. Chagga
B. Sukuma
C. Haya
D. Nyakyusa

(vii) Bahati belongs to the tribe in which children belong to their mother’s clan.
Bahati’s tribe is historically termed as:
A. Patrilineal
B. Matrineal
C. Maternal
D. Age set system

(viii) The mode of production in man’s history which was characterized by absence
of exploitation was known as;
A. Communalism
B. Slavery
C. Capitalism
D. Feudalism

(ix) One of the following is not an effect of the early contacts between East Africa
and the middle East:
A. Introduction of Islamic laws into East Africa
B. Intermarriage between Africans and foreigners
C. Equal gains from the trade between Africans and foreigners.
D. Introduction of crops such as cloves and cinnamon.

(x) Which of the following chartered companies operated in Central Africa?

A. The Royal Niger
B. The Universities Mission
C. The British South Africa Company
D. The Imperial British East Africa Company

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

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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) These are places where remains of past human A. Written records
activities and cultures are found.
B. Museums
(ii) These are documents that provide historical C. Ethnographic records
information.
D. Historical sites
(iii) These are places where documents and old
written records are kept. E. Oral testimonies

(iv) These are places or buildings in which F. Archives

historical objects are kept. G. Oral traditions
(v) These are narrations of the past that are
provided by people who witnessed the event or
the process being examined.

ANSWERS:
List A (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

LIST B

SECTION B (70Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
3. Briefly explain the following terms with examples where necessary.
(i) Dr Louis Leakey
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(ii) Iron smelting
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(iii) Assegai
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(iv) Kaffir wars

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(v) Rent in kind

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4. Arrange the following sentences in a chronological order by writing their roman

numbers below the corresponding position in the table provided.

(i) Slavery was the first exploitative mode of production which was based on
private ownership of property.
(ii) Up to the end of the 19th century, the Hadzabe, the Sandawe, the Teso, the
Dorobo, the Khoisan and the Mbuti were still practicing this mode of
production.
(iii) The earliest mode of production was based on collective ownership of the
means of production and equal distribution of the gains.
(iv) This mode of production was followed by feudalism, which was based on
land and cattle ownership.
(v) Pre-colonial African societies passed through three modes of production.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

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5. Briefly, answer each of the following questions:

(i) Why was the first mode of production called primitive communalism?
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(ii) How did humans obtain food during the old stone age?
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(iii) Why did the Portuguese use tricky methods instead of an open war to conquer
the East African coast?
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(iv) Why did the explorers explore the interior of Africa in the 19th century?
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(v) How did camel promote the Trans-Saharan trade?

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6. Differentiate the following:
(i) Creation and evolution theory
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(ii) Slave trade and slavery.
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(iii) Shifting cultivation and permanent crop cultivation.
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(iv) Nyarubanja and Ubugabire
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(v) Stone Age and Iron Age.
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7. Study carefully the following sketch map of Africa and then name the countries
shown with the roman numbers (i) –(v)

(a) A country labelled with (i) where Mfecane war occurred from 1818 to 1838.
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(b) A country labelled with (ii) where the kingdom with the ruler entitled
“Kabaka” was found.
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(c) A country labelled with (iii) where Mzilikazi and then King Lobengula formed
a state known as Ndebele Kingdom.
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(d) A country labelled with (iv) where the Mandika people organized themselves
to form a state known as Mali Empire.
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(e) A country labelled with (v) whose people’s religious cult was known as
“voodoo”
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8. Briefly describe five (5) reasons that made the Afrikaners to move from the Cape to
the North, and North Eastern part of South Africa.

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9. In 1498, the East Africans witnessed the coming of Portuguese explorers such as
Vasco Da Gama and Barthlomew Diaz who were sponsored by Henry the
Navigator the Portuguese Prince. What do you think were five (5) motives that
influenced the Portuguese to come and control the East African coast by the 15th
century?

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SECTION C (15Marks)
Answer question ten (10)

10. The emergence and consolidation of centralized states in pre-colonial Africa was
contributed by many factors”. Discuss this statement by giving six (6) points.

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