TOPICAL BASED QUESTIONS AND EXAMINATIONS HISTORY FORM 1
TOPIC 1: SOURCES AND IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING HISTORY
1. Which one of the following is not true about history?
2.History as a subject can be explained as:
3. The source of historical information which is useful to both literacy and illiteracy is
4. The process of handing down historical knowledge by using a word of mouth is
5. A hundred years makes a
6. Which of the following are the most used sources of history in Tanzania schools?
7. One of the following is not a museum in Tanzania
8. The places which are created for preserving historical information are called
9. Which of the following is not a historical site in Tanzania?
10. Which of the following is the famous local museum in Tanzania?
11. In areas such as kondoa Irangi painting and drawing in caves give evidence of the activities of
12. Which of the following are included in archives?
13. The people whose work are to study and explain remains that show man’s physical development and the tools he made and used are called?
14. Who discovered the skull of the earth’s ancestor of man in Olduvai Gorge?
15. Which of the following are included in the museum?
16. The average difference in age between parents and their children is called?
17. Archaeological findings whose age are beyond 5000 years are determined by
18. Which of the following is an early iron site in east Africa?
19. Why is it expensive to use archaeology?
20. Which among the following includes the methods used in showing chronological order of events?
Match the item in list A with the correct response in list B
LIST A
1. A site in Kenya that contains remains of man’s physical development and tools he made and used.
2. Collection of public and private documents
3. The year of the lord
4. Famous archaeologist in Tanzania
5. The year in which sultan Seyyid Said shifted his capital to Zanzibar
6. Poems, riddles, and songs
7. A historical site along the coast of east Africa where slaves were sold by Arab settlements.
8. Discovery of the skull of early man
9. Duration of one thousand years
10. Before common era
LIST B
A. Oral Tradition
B. Louis Leakey
C. Millenium
D. BCE
E. Bagamoyo
F. Rusinga Island
G. 1840
H. Anno Domino
I. Prof. Chami
J. Archives
SOURCES AND IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY.
SECTION A.
1. Choose the best alternatives from the choices given below;
i) Olduvai gorge is famous for………………
Oral traditions
Archaological findings
Archival activities
Sedentary farming.
2. The people who studies historical remains are called;
Biologists
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Geologist
3. Which of the following sources of history can illiterate people not benefit?
Museums
Historical sites
Written sources
Linguistics
4. A century is a period of;
10 years
100 years
1000years
10000 years
5. Which of the following is not a way of determining dates
Family tree
Recalling events
Counting
Carbon 14 dating
(vi) Which of the following is not a source of History?
Oral tradition
Google search
Archeology
Achieves
(vii) One disadvantages of linguistic as source of history is that
Information is from multiple source
One understands little about communities
Does not reveal links between people
Learning a language consume time and money.
(viii) One advantage of written sources of history is that;
Give right information always
Record details of important people only
One can easily get valuable and rare information
It is limited to few people in society.
(ix) Which is not a measure of time in history?
Decade
Century
Millenium
Month
(x) A period of one thousand years is called?
Life span
Decade
Millenium
Century
2. Write T for the true statement and F for false statement.
a) Recalling events is always reliable in history because the person cannot forget________
b) Carbon 14 dating can determine year age__________
c) The 21st Century is counted from 2000 to 2099__________
d) In a chronology of key events in Tanzania, the years of recent events should appear at the top of time chart______________
e) The study of human remains is called Anthropology__________
f) Bias is one sided opinion about something____________
g) Oral evidence is gathering the information using newspapers___________
3. Match the items in List B with that in List A.
LIST A | LIST B |
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A: A period of 1000 year ______
B: Year divided in 365 days or 366 in a leap year C: Year after birth of Christ__________ D: Carbon 14 dating___________ E: Recalling events to determine dates_______ |
4. (a) What is Oral tradition?
(b) Write four advantages of Oral traditions
5. (a) Write three disadvantages of archival information as a source of history.
(b) Write down two disadvantages of historical sites as source of history.
6. Explain four different types of evidence of history.
7. Briefly explain three functions of archives as a source of history
8. Discuss the main four ways of determining dates used by historians.
TOPIC : 2 EVOLUTION OF MAN, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
1. MULTIPLE CHOICES
(i) Who advocated the theory of human evolution?
Dr. Leakey
Early man
Olduvai Gorge
Charles Darwin.
(ii) In creation theory, human being is considered as
Creation like other animals
Primates
Homo habilies
God’s creation
(iii) In his archeological work which led to discovery of skull of the first man. Dr Leakey was assisted by:
Charles Darwin
Zinjathropus
Earlier man
Marry Leakey
(iv) Which of the theory of origin of life below is not scientific?
Creation theory
Organic evolution theory
Big bang theory
Comorian theory.
(v) Microliths are:
Sharper smaller and lighter stone tools of late stone age period
Small iron age tool found at Olduvai
Tiny stone age tools of middle stone age
Stone tools found in Engaruka
(vi) The evidence of middle stone tools is found in parts of:
East Africa rift valley
Ukerewe Islands
Isimila
None of above
(vii) With fire man could?
Cultivate desert areas
Run faster than before
Roast his food and live in colder areas
Burn all forest and make desert
(viii) Which of the following was called able man?
Home Habilis
Homo Erectus
Primate
Zunjathropus
(ix) Which is not a feature of primates?
Hairly body
Bipedalism
Quadrapedalism
Lived in forests.
(x) Which is not a characteristic of Homo sapiens?
Large brain capacity
Less thick jaws and jaw muscles
Highly skillful and manipulative of environment
Worked using four Limbs.
2. Match the item in LIST A with their correct response from LIST B. Write down letter of correct response in space provided.
LIST A | LIST B |
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A: Homo erectus
B: God C: Primate D: Homo Habilis E: Homo sapiens F: Charles Darwin G: Zunjathropus H: Clever creatures
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3. Write T for true statement and F for false statement.
Stones were first weapons to be used by man
During earlier stone age man resembled apes
Human being in earlier Stone Age lived in permanent settlement.
Man had greater mastery of the environment during late stone age
One of sites of earlier Stone Age tools found in central African is Olorgesaile.
The body of Homo habilis was more hairly than that of Homo erectus.
The theory of creation and that of evolution of man are sometimes similar.
It was better for man to use stone tools than iron tools
Art and cultural diversity emerged before 100,000 years ago
During the Iron Age people did not have permanent shelter.
SECTION C:
4. (a) Mention (4) four human characteristics that made man different from the other Primates.
(b) Fill the spaces below
- Human beings during earlier stone age lived in_________
- Two main activities of man during earlier stone age was_______ and __________
- Hand axes which were used by early man have been found in _____________ and _________
5 (a) Name four uses of tools by man in Old Stone Age period.
(b) Mention three ways used by early man to get food.
6. Show the different between tools used by man during the middle stone age and those of old stone age.
7. (a) Explain how fire was discovered
(b) Explain the contribution of fire to man
8. Mention the difference between the following
a) Stone Age
b) Iron Age.
TOPIC : 3 DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
1. MULTIPLE CHOICES
(i) Chief engineering of East African slave trade on the East African Coast was:
Tippu Tip
Nyamwezi
Seyyid Said
Oman Arabs
(ii) The most famous African Traders in Trans – continental trade who were based on Coast at Angola were?
The Nyamwezi
Imbangala and Vimbundu
Mwanamutapa traders
Msiri and Nyunguyamawe.
(iii) The leaders of Ghana, Mali and Songhai obtained horses and guns from
North Africa
Europe
Arabia
The Southern Coast
(iv) One of the famous salt mining – places for the Trans – Saharan trade was:
Janne
Gao
Taghaza
Southern
(v) Audaghost was a trading town in the ……. Route of the Trans – Saharan trade.
Western
Central
Eastern
Southern
(vi) Sundiata was the founder of:
The Trans – Saharan Trade
Mali Empire
Songhai Empire
Ashanti Empire
(vii) The Berbers wee famous traders in the_______
Inter – continental trade
Trans – Saharan trade
The long – distance trade in East Africa.
The West African slave trade.
(viii) Walata was a trading town found in:
West Africa
Central Africa
East Africa
North Africa.
(ix) Among the advantages of internal trade was
People in the community got goods
Increased income for the people
Stimulated the production of trade goods
All of the above
(x) Trade developed in African societies mainly because_____
There was surplus production
There was good leadership
The presence of trade routes
There was a need for it.
3. Write T for true and F for false against each of the statements below.
a) Mulattoes were another name for Europeans who settled in West Africa________
b) University of Timbuktu was a product of the spread of Islam to Western Sudan_________
c) Mansa Musa of Mali was a famous ruler who made a pilgrimage to Mecca__________
d) The major beasts of burden used by traders across the Sahara were horses_________
e) The gold used in the central African Trans – continental trade was mined at Katanga_________
f) Msiri was a ruler in the Congo during the slave trade period_______
g) The caravan slave trade in East Africa was financed by Indian Banyans who lived in Zanzibar______
h) The long distance trade was slow moving due to Africa’s level or productive forces________
i) The absence of middlemen was an important feature of local trade in East Africa_____
j) The Kissi of Southern Tanganyika was famous basket makers____
4. Define the following words:
a) Technology
b) Development
c) Agriculture
d) Environment
5. List two types of Agricultural practices that were carried out by East Africans societies. Mention any two.
6. Mention any four advantages of Agriculture in these societies in question 5.
7. What factors contributed to the rise of Trans – Saharan Trade?
8. Which goods were most needed and traded during Trans – Saharan Trade? Mention any five goods.
9. What were the important uses of Iron? Give any two.
10. Basing on your knowledge on the African pre- colonial trade, write down two reasons why you think trade is important in our society.
TOPIC : 4 DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL POLITICAL SYSTEM
1. MULTIPLE CHOICES
(i) Social organization in which clan inheritance was based on father and all children belonged to father was known as;
Patrilineal societies
Family
Matrilineal
Kingship
(ii) The name give to masai home stead was;
Moran
Manyalta
Ndemi
Oloiboni
(iii) Ntemiship system was practiced by
Sukuma
Nyamwezi
Gogo
All of the above
(iv) The following factors led to state formation except;
Trade
Colonization
Good climate fertile soil
Migration
(v) One characteristic of centralized system was
Clan controlled by Comal of Elders.
Clan paid tribute to monarchy
Small in term of population and geographical distribution.
Political autonomous villages.
(vi) The following are factors that led to emergence of Ghana Kingdom except.
Specialization of labour
Introduction of camel as means of transport
Prosperity of Trans – Saharan Trade.
Introduction of Iron Technology.
(vii) The Kimbu Empire was found in which country?
Tanzania
Ghana
Mozambique
Mali
(viii) The factors which led to grown a Buganda Kingdom were:
Geographical location
Centralized power
Taxation
All of the above.
(ix) One feature of Decentralized system is?
Presence of clan controlled by Kings of Queen.
Clans pay tribute to monarchy
Centralized system which solved social disputes.
All of the above.
(x) Which of the following practiced matrilineal clan organization?
Chagga
Embu
Kamba
Pare
2. Match the item in LIST A with their correct response from LIST B by writing the letter of correct response in space provided after each item in List A
LIST A | LIST B |
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A: Feature of communal societies
B: Mali Empire C: Egypt D: Ghana Empire E: State Organization F: Timbuktu and Sankore G: Decentralized states H: Songhai Kingdom. |
3. Fill blanks below;
a) In order for state organization to come into existence the society had to be able to produce___
b) Under centralized system, clans had to pay tribute to ______
c) The ancient Kingdom of Ghana existed between __________ and _________ centuries.
d) A Mali leader who went to pilgrimage to Mecca was________
e) The fall of Songhai was greatly caused by the_________
SECTION C:
4. Briefly explain the political organization of:
a) Centralized states
b) Decentralized states.
5. Discuss factors which led to collapse of Ghana Empire
6. Describe fire factors that gave rise to centralized states in Africa.
7. Explain six factor that led to growth of Buganda Kingdom.
8. Why was Ghana Kingdom able to stay powerful for a period of time?
9. Describe the characteristics of centralized political system.
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