KIBAKWE SECONDARY SCHOOL
HISTORY FORM TWO
HOLIDAY PACKAGE
INSTRUCTIONS
1. All answers must written in spaces provided.
Answer all question in this section
1. For each of the following items choose the best answer from given alternatives and write its letter in
the box provided.
(i) Examples of mixed farming societies in pre-colonial Africa were:-
(a) Hehe, Digo, Maasai and Matumbi
(b) Karamajong, Pokot, Fipa and Hadzabe.
(c) Nyamwezi, Nyakyusa, Ndorobo and Chagga.
(d) Sukuma, Sangu, Kurya and Fipa.
(ii) The three main economic activities in pre-colonial Africa societies were:-
(a) agriculture, handcrafts and trade.
(b) carpentry, pottery and salt making.
(c) industries, gathering and fishing.
(d) lumbering, harvesting and salt making.
(iii) In East Africa the Ntemi System of political organization was developed in the 18 th C among the
(a) Nyamwezi, Masai, Gogo and Kamba.
(b) Sukuma, Gogo, Swahili and Ngoni.
(c) Sandawe, Buganda, Nyamwezi and Sangu.
(d) Hehe, Sukuma, Nyamwezi and Sangu.
(iv) Local trade among Africa societies become possible when
(a) Iron tools increased.
(b) People produce less than their needs.
(c) One society became more powerfull than others.
(d) Commodities are available.
(v) The following were commodities from North Africa during the trans-Saharan trade
(a) Salt, gold, ivory and spices.
(b) Salt, dates, guns, spices and horses.
(c) Horses, skin, slaves, kolanuts and ivory.
(d) Horses, camels, spices, gold and ivory.
(vi) Australophithecus means _______________________________________
(a) man with ability.
(b) Upright man.
(c) Southern ape man.
(d) Thinking man.
(vii) The following are the functions of moran except to:-
(a) Control religion and solve the problem.
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(b) Defend and expand their territory society.
(c) Protect the whole society.
(d) Travel with their herds for searching pasture and water.
(viii) Among the impacts of social interactions between the people of Africa are:-
(a) Intermarriages.
(b) Expansion of trade.
(c) International trade.
(d) Integration.
(ix) Man lived by hunting and gathering mainly in the:-
(a) Early Stone Age.
(b) Middle Stone Age.
(c) New Stone Age.
(d) Middle and New stone age.
(x) The term “Boer trek” was meant for
(a) the movement of Ngoni people from interiors to the cape of South Africa.
(b) The movement of Dutch people from Holland to South Africa.
(c) The movement of Dutch farmers from Cape to the interiors of South Africa.
(d) The settlement of British settlers to the Cape.
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2. (a) Match the items in list A with those in list B by writing the correct letter bellow the
corresponding question number.
LIST A LIST B
(i) Walking on two foot. (a) Participated in slave trade in East Africa.
(ii) Centralized feudal state in intercustrine (b) 1795.
region. (c) Racial segregation
(iii) Barter trade system (d) Hijra.
(iv) Stone tools (e) The scientific method used in showing dates.
(v) Carbon 14 (f) Caravan route.
(vi) Ngoni invasion (g) Pebbles and chopping.
(vii) Kilwa, Malind, Pate (h) Mfecane.
(viii)Isike, Mirambo, Mkwawa (i) Exchange of good by good.
(ix) Starting dates for muslims (j) Zwangendaba.
(x) One of the effect of Boer trek (k) Famous city states.
(l) Nyarubanja.
(m) Buganda.
(n) Bunyoro.
(o) Bi-pedalism.
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B
(b) The following sentences are mixed up. Arrange them in a chronological order from the first to
the last by writing its roman number for each statement in the table provided.
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(i) The movement was almost impossible so the caravan season was suitable mainly during
the dry season and at the end of heavy rains.
(ii) They collected commodities from the interior and walked along distance with their slaves
carring ivory and other commodities to the coast.
(iii) The traders penetrated into the interior of East Africa to find ivory and slaves.
(iv) When the rain season began the rivers were full and the soft pieces of land were changed
into mud.
(v) Following changes of seasons and period of walking long distances, the traders had to
settle down somewhere up country.
Answers
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Answer All questions in this section
3. (a) The years and important historical events that took place in the East Africa are shown in the
table below. Write the letter of the year against the corresponding event, in the table provided.
EVENTS YEARS
(a) fall of Fort of Jesus (a) 5000 BC.
(b) Mombasa city was established on independent sheikhdom (b) 200 BC.
(c) Jon Van Rubeck (c) 1492.
(d) The start of contact between Africa, Middle East and for East. (d) 1498.
(e) Vasco-Da gama reached the Coast of East Africa. (e) 1698.
(f) 1741.
(g) 1652.
(h) 1845.
(i) 1847
(b) Write the missing historical facts.
(i) There are two theories of origin of man which are ____________________________ and
______________________________________
(ii) A decade is a period of _____________________________________ years.
(iii) _____________________________________ is the first mode of production in which major
means of production are owned and shared by all members of society.
(iv) _______________________________________ was the movement of Boers from the cape
north word in search of new land.
(v) A place in which remains of human are preserved is called
________________________________
4. (a) Draw a sketch map of East Africa and mark the following historical sites.
(i) Olduvai Gorge (ii) Rusinga Island (iv) Kondoa (v) Nsogezi
(b) State the historical significance of the sites mentioned in (a) above.
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SECTION C (40 Marks)
5. Write an essay about the Portuguese invasion along the Coastal area of East Africa.
(i) Background of Portuguese rule.
(ii) Reasons for Portuguese invasion.
(iii) Positive and negative impact.
6. Briefly explain the impact of early trade contact between East Africa, Far East and Middle East across
the Indian Ocean.
7. Differentiate the following historical terms:
(i) Archieves and Oral tradition.
(ii) Feudalism and communalism.
(iii) Age and Generation.
(iv) Homo Habilis and Homo Eractus
