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: 2024

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 unauthorised 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) How long does a millennium last?

1. 10 years 
2. 100 years
3. 1000 years 
4. 10000 years 
5. 200 years

(ii) Which theories describe the origin of human beings?

1. Creation theory and Leakey's theory
2. Evolution theory and Social Development theory
3. Creation theory and Evolution theory
4. Revolution theory and Creation theory
5. Evolution theory and Human development theory

(iii) Why traders preferred the use of camels to horses during the Trans-Saharan trade?

1. They were resistant to desert conditions
2. They could walk easily in equatorial climate
3. They were faster during rainy seasons
4. They were bought cheaply compared to horses
5. They could survive without food and water for a short time

(iv) Which one of the following factors facilitated the rise and expansion of Buganda kingdom?

1. Good leadership of Mukama Kabarega
2. Strong standing army which was established by Sundiata 
3. Good fighting techniques learned from the Second World War
4. Good geographical and climatic conditions
5. Accumulation of wealth from Trans-Saharan Trade

(v) Why did the Dutch migrate from the Cape colony?

1. Due to introduction of apartheid policy
2. Due to abolition of slave trade in the Cape
3. Due to the rise of Shaka Zulu
4. Due to the emergence of the First World War
5. Due to the scramble for and partition of Africa

(vi) Which economic activities facilitated interactions in the pre-colonial African societies?

1. Fishing, agriculture, trade and metal working
2. War, trade, agriculture and medicine
3. Metal working, trade, war and fishing 
4. Medicine, music, metal working and trade
5. Agriculture, migration, fishing and music

(vii) The following are features of communalism, except:

1. Existence of exploitation
2. Low productivity
3. Collective ownership of the means of production
4. Absence of social classes 
5. Absence of exploitation

(viii) Which evidence will you give to justify that Africa benefitted from the early commercial contacts with the Middle and Far East?

1. Exploitation of resources
2. Emergence of slave trade and importation of clothes
3. Unequal exchange and introduction of new technology
4. Growth of coastal city states
5. Abolition of slave trade

(ix) Which statement explains the weakness of Berlin conference of 1884 - 1885?

1. It forced Germany to pay for damages of the war
2. It established clear borders in Africa after the First World War
3. It failed to recognize existing African political and cultural structures
4. It fulfilled the harsh orders given by Adolf Hitler
5. It based its decision on the Open Door Policy

(x) Which concept best indicates the situation where an independent country depends on foreign aids?

1. Colonialism 
2. Neo-colonialism
3. Mercantilism 
4. Scorched earth policy
5. Militarism