THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA

CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION

012 HISTORY

(For Both School and Private Candidates)

Time: 3 Hours Year: 2023

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions.
2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C.
3. Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, section B fifty four (54) marks and section C carries thirty (30) marks.
4. Communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
5. All drawings should be in pencil.
6. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

SECTION A (16 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

1. For each of the items (i) – (x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.

(i) Tanzania is expected to conduct the next general election in 2025. In which millennium will this general election be conducted?

1. 20th millennium
2. 21st millennium
3. 2nd millennium
4. 25th millennium
5. 3rd millennium

(ii) Why did the British introduce indirect rule in their African colonies?

1. To educate Africans about human rights
2. To stop the aggressiveness of the Germans
3. To reduce administrative costs
4. To encourage the Africans to accept the rule of law
5. To maximize industrial development in the British colonies

(iii) In which period was man a scavenger?

1. Late Stone Age
2. Early Stone Age
3. Middle Stone Age
4. New Stone Age
5. Iron Age

(iv) Which of the following statements best describe Meroe, Engaruka and Ugweno?

1. Centralized states in Africa
2. Chiefdoms that resisted the intrusion of colonialism in Africa
3. Early salt mining centres in Africa
4. Major iron centres in Africa
5. Historical sites where the fossils of the ancestors of man have been found

(v) Which one of the following comprises the Bantu communities of East Africa?

1. Kikuyu, Kamba, Somali and Luo
2. Kikuyu, Kamba, Baganda and Nyamwezi
3. Baganda, Luo, Kalenjin and Banyoro
4. Baganda, Basoga, Banyoro and Luo
5. Nyamwezi, Makonde, Chagga and Maasai

(vi) The following were the weaknesses of one-party system except:

1. It encouraged authoritarianism
2. It lacked checks and balances on government
3. It discouraged alternative opinions
4. It operated without opposition parties
5. It promoted national unity by minimizing conflicts

(vii) What was the responsibility of the young boys among the Maasai who aged between 8 and 18 years old?

1. To travel far with the herd in search of pasture and water
2. To raid neighboring herds in order to increase the size of their herds
3. To protect livestock against enemies and wild animals
4. To settle all disputes emerging in the pastoral society
5. To graze and milked cattle

(viii) Which of the following led to the rise of Nazism in Germany?

1. Franco-Prussian war
2. Heligoland treaty
3. Cold war
4. Versailles treaty
5. Second World War

(ix) Why did the Portuguese rule in East Africa decline?

1. Attacks from the Zimba warriors
2. Scramble and partition of East Africa
3. Emergence of the Second World War
4. Effects of the Great Economic Depression
5. Abolition of slave trade along the coast of East Africa

(x) Which statements are true on the characteristics of communalism?

1. Nobody benefited at the expense of the other.
2. There was specialization.
3. The society was highly stratified.
4. Nobody was given special privileges because of their lineage or wealth.

1. (i) and (ii)
2. (i) and (iii)
3. (i) and (iv)
4. (ii) and (iii)
5. (iii) and (iv)