History F.I

ASSESSMENT NUMBER .......................................
CHRIST THE KING SECONDARY SCHOOL

TERMINAL EXAMINANATION
HISTORY: - FORM ONE
TIME: 2:30 HOURS MAY– 2024
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions
2. Answer all questions in the spaces provided
3. Section A carries fifteen (15) marks, section B caries seventy (70) marks, and section C
carries fifteen (15) marks
4. All writing must be in blue or black ink
5. Cellular phones, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
assessment room.
SECTION A (15 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section
1. For each of the items (1) – (x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and
write its letter in the box provided.
(i) Which of the following sites represents the early Stone Age?
A. Bagamoyo
B. Isimila
C. Olduvai Gorge
D. Kilwa
(ii) During which period did the pre- colonial Tanzanian communities engage in
painting and drawings found at Kondoa Irangi .
A. Late stone age
B. Old stone age
C. Industrial age
D. Early stone age
(iii) Into which major periods is Stone Age divided?

A. Four
B. Two
C. Three
D. Five
(iv) Ten years make

A. A decade
B. Generation
C. A centre
D. Millenium
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(v) Nsongezi, Ntusi, Bigo and Magosi are among the sites found in
A. Uganda
B. Tanzania
C. Kenya
D. Rwanda
(vi) My grandmother used to tell me about the past events occurred when she was
young. Which source of information used by her
A. Cultural practice
B. Oral tradition
C. Archives
D. Story
(vii) Why is it expensive to use archaeology?

A. it needs experts and advanced technology
B. it neglects the use of carbon 14
C. it rejects the use of fossils as evidence
D. it needs historians who can memorize events
(viii) Which of the following is a scientific method of determining dates?

A. Archaeology
B. Carbon 14
C. Time graphs
D. Time charts
(ix) Discovered the skull of the earliest ancestors of man in Olduvai gorge
A. Louis Leakey
B. Charles Darwin
C. Carl Peters
D. David Living Stone
(x) Which of the following is not a source of History?
A. Oral tradition
B. Google search
C. Archaeology
D. Archives
2. Match the historical explanations in List A with the correct historical terms in list B by
writing the letter of the correct response below the corresponding item number in the
table provided.
LIST A LIST B
(i) Based on super natural power created A. Stage of evolution of man
everything in the world B. Historical sites
(ii) Walking by two limbs C. Old skull
(iii) Ardipithecus D. Archives
(iv) As a fossil found in Olduvai gorge E. Century
(v) A period of one hundred year F. Evolution theory
G. Bipedalism
H. Creation theory
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I. Decade
LIST A i ii iii iv
LIST B
SECTION B (70 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section
3. Briefly explain the following terms
(i) Shifting crop cultivation ………………………………………………………

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(ii) Iron Age
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4. Arrange the following sentences in a chronological order by writing their roman numbers
below the corresponding item position in the table provided.
(i) These activities enabled man to obtain his needs from nature
(ii) Man’s basic needs consist of food, clothing and shelter
(iii) The actions man takes upon nature have one major aim
(iv) History is a record of human activities
(v) They aim to change natural objects into a condition of satisfying human needs
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5. Briefly answer each of the following questions
(i) Why shifting crop cultivation was common in savannah areas in pre-colonial
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(ii) How people discovered iron during the iron Age?

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(iii) Explain how man hunted wild animals for food during the old stone Age.
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(iv) How environmental factors determined the kind of crops cultivated in pre-colonial
Africa? ……………………………………………………………………………..
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(v) Why domestication of plants and animals took place only in late stone Age and
not early stone Age
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6. Differentiate the following
(i) Oldowan tools and Sangoan tools
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(ii) Theory of creation and theory of evolution
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(iii) Iron smelting and iron forging
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(iv) Homo sapiens and homo sapiens sapiens

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(v) Intercroping and crop rotation
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7. Study the diagram of human evolution carefully and then answer the questions below
(i) Which creature during the human development had firstly developed elementary
speech? ……………………………………………………………………..
(ii) Which creature was the systematic tool maker? …………………………………..
(iii) Which creature was walking by two limbs with his back straight? ………………
(iv) Which creature was also known as a true man of today? …………………………
(v) Which creature was discovered in the eastern part of South Africa? ……………...
8. What changes did iron- working bring to the pre-colonial Africa societies? ( in five points
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9. Draw a sketch map of Tanzania and locate the following iron sites using roman numbers
(i) Karagwe (ii) Engaruka (iii) Ugweno (iv) Ntuha (v) Kalambo falls
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SECTION C (15 Marks )

Answer question ten (10)
10. What were the effects of the discovery of fire during the middle and late stone Age
(Give six points )
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ASSESSMENT NUMBER .......................................

CHRIST THE KING SECONDARY SCHOOL

SECTION A (15 Marks)

(iii) Into which major periods is Stone Age divided?

(iv) Ten years make

(vii) Why is it expensive to use archaeology?

(viii) Which of the following is a scientific method of determining dates?

SECTION B (70 Marks)

(i) Shifting crop cultivation ………………………………………………………

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

5. Briefly answer each of the following questions

(ii) How people discovered iron during the iron Age?

(iv) Homo sapiens and homo sapiens sapiens

SECTION C (15 Marks )

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