THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL

GOVERNMENT

FORM TWO JOINT EXAMINATIONS PRIVATE AND GOVERMENTS

SCHOOLS (JEPGOS): FEBRUARY & MARCH 2024

HISTORY SERIES-01
(For Both School and Private Candidates)

Monday, 26th February, 2024 P.m. YEAR 2024

time 02:30H
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions
3. Section A and C carry fifteen (15) marks each and section B carries seventy (70) marks
4. All writing must be written in the space provided.
5. All answers must be in blue or black ink
6. Cellular phones, calculator and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
7. Write your name at the top right corner of every page.
SECTION A (15 Marks)
Answer all questions.

1. For each of the item (i) – (x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write its letter
in the box provided.
i. Mzee Laizer is a Maasai livestock keeper who moves from one place to another searching for
water and pasture for his cattle. This movement of Mzee Laizer is known as:-
A. Pastoralism
B. Nomadic pastoralism
C. Sedentary pastoralism
D. Permanent pastoralism.

ii. Mr Juma was a land owner in Buhaya and Karagwe. He used that economic activities; therefore
Mr. James system was known as:-
A. Ubugabire system.
B. Umwinyi system
C. Busulo and Mvunjo
D. Nyarabanja system

iii. There was a debate between form one and two students over the correct set of centralized states
found in Western Sudanic Zone. Assume you are a participant, show your argument of the
correct set of that states

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 A. Songhai, Mali and Buganda.
B. Dahomey, Mwenamutapa and Oyo.
C. Ghana, Mali and Songhai.
D. Benin, Asante and Dahomey.

iv. Some of the weapons used by the Ngoni were;

A. Clubs, cow hide-shield and gunpowder.
B. Short stabbing spear, gun-powder and clubs.
C. Guns clubs and short stabbing spear.
D. Short stabbing spear, clubs and spears

v. The history teacher at Kaizerage Secondary School was in the class and provided the following
definition; “Is the study of society’s cultural system, behavior, beliefs and ideologies” this
definition is for which concept among the following?
A. Anthropology
B. Archives
C. Historical site
D. Oral tradition.

vi. The economic factors for interactions among the people of Africa were:-
A. Migration, marriage and trade.
B. Need for new land, trade and agriculture.
C. War, fishing and medicine.
D. Trade, music and dances and war.
vii. Local trade among the African societies became possible when:-
A. Iron tools had decreased.
B. One society became more powerful than the other.
C. People could produce less than their needs
D. People could produce more than their needs.

viii. One of the problems of written records as a source of historical information is that, they
A. Are given by elders
B. Are mostly reliable
C. Can be used by literate people only
D. Serve as stores of variety of information.

ix. East African societies belong to major four language groups which are:-
A. Khokhoi, Nilotes, San and Cushites
B. Khoisan, Nilotes, Cushites and Bantu.
C. Bantu, Ndorobo, Hadzabe and Sandawe
D. Karamajong, Nilotes, Cushites and Khoisan.

x. The pre-colonial mode of production which existed in Africa were:-

A. Socialism, feudalism and capitalism
B. Slavery, feudalism and communalism.
C. Slavery, feudalism and communism
D. Socialism, slavery and capitalism.

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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. A person who guides people in a museum. A. Historian
B. Preservationist
ii. A person who study language scientifically.
C. Linguistic
iii. A person who has the job of collecting and storing the materials in D. Museum curator
E. Museumist
an archives.
F. Archivist
iv. A person who works to prevent old building from being destroyed. G. Archaeologist
H. Anthropologist
v. A person who study the remains of past materials.
I. Archivistian
J. Linguist

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SECTION B (70 Marks)

Answer all questions
3. Briefly explain the following terms
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4. Arrange the following sentences I a chronological order writing their roman numbers below the
corresponding position in the table provided.
i. The stages are primates, Austrolopithecus Africanus, Homo sapiens.
ii. Charles Darwin was an English man who proposed the theory of evolution of man in
1809 – 1882.
iii. Generally evolution of man goes simultaneous with man’s physical and mental changes.

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 iv. Evolution of man is gradual change and development of man from a simple to a more complex.
v. There are five stages of human evolution according to Charles Darwin.

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5. Briefly, answer each of the following questions

i. How medicine led to interaction among the pre-colonial societies?
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ii. Explain how Iron technology contributed to the rise of centralized states in Africa.
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iii. Why the first mode of production in Africa was known “Primitive communalism?
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iv. Why Dr. Louis Leakey and his wife Mary Leakey are popular in East Africa?
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v. The Ngoni succeeded in defeating other communities because of using the “Scorched earth
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6. Differentiate the following
i. Slavery and primitive communalism
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7. Study this drawing and answer the questions which follow.

a. The theory which explain the drawing above is called …………………………………………...

b. A person who proposed a theory above 7(a) was known as ……………………………………….
c. The stage whereby man resembled with a true man of today was called …………………………..
d. Was a stage whereby man was full moving upright
e. The process whereby man started to walk using two limbs was known as ………………………..

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8. Briefly, describe five (05) economic factors for interaction among the people of pre-colonial era.
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SECTION C (15 Marks)

Answer question ten (10)

10. Mapambano is a village that found at Ikungi district where its people live peacefully without any
exploitation of man by man and practice collective ownership of the major means of production. As a
Historian relate the life circle of Mapambano villagers production by describing its six (06)

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