DARASA LETU ONLINE TEST PROGRAM

HISTORY FORM ONE - TEST 01

MARCH- 2020
TOPIC 1: SOURCES AND IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY

Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions from section A, B, and C.
3. Time: 2 HOUR

SECTION A: (30 MARKS)

Answer all questions to the following questions to this section.
1. Multiple choices: Choose the most correct answer.
i. Which of the following is NOT a historical site in Tanzania?
A. Isimila.
B. Olduvai gorge.
C. Kondoa Irangi.
D. Kalenga

ii. The places which are created for preserving historical information are called
A. archives
B. archaeology
C. oral traditions
D. museums

iii. The duration of one thousand years (1000 years) is called

A. a millennium
B. a decade
C. a century
D. a week

iv. Which is not true about History?

A. History is the study of change in the process of material production
B. History shows man’s struggle against nature
C. History shows the changing relationship between human beings in the course of material
production
D. History is the record of human activities

v. In history the following present the year when Jesus Christ was born
A. Year ZERO
B. Anno Domino (A.D)
C. Before Christ (BC)
D. Decade

vi. ……….is the advantage of oral tradition and historical site sources
A. Bringing gaps left by other sources
B. Poor location
C. Confusion in interpretation
D. Easily fade away

vii. A historical sources handled down by word of mouth from one generation to another can be
referred to…..
A. Linguistic studies
B. Oral tradition
C. Anthropology
D. Archaeology

viii. Which of the following is the famous local museum in Tanzania?

A. Olduvai Gorge
B. Bagamoyo
C. Kalenga
D. Kondoa

ix. A secondary school student can gather historical facts about the pre-colonial African societies
by listening to the elders who witnessed a certain event happened, what is the name of the source
used?
A. Museums
B. Archives
C. Oral tradition
D. Witten record

x. Which source of history is suitable for both educated and non-educated people among the
following?
A. Oral Tradition
B. Museums
C. Written records
D. Archives
 2. Matching item. Choose the correct answer on list B that match with questions
in List A.

LIST A LIST B
i. Museum a) Finding dates for remains of animals or plants which died
ii. Dr. Louis Leaky beyond 5000 years ago.
iii. Oral tradition
iv. Carbon 14 b) It deals with excavation of past remains
v. Decade c) is the duration of one hundred years
vi. Anthropology
vii. A site where the skull d) Is scientific study and analysis of language
of early man
e) is a duration of ten years
discovered in 1959
viii. Order of events f) Buildings where information and objects are preserved.
ix. Archaeology
x. Linguistic g) Archaeologist

h) Olduvai Gorge

i) Is the study of cultural system

j) passing information by word of mouth

k) includes Time graph, Time chart, Time line, and Family tree

3. Write T if the statement is correct or F if the statement is not correct

i) Museums are places for tourist and study tour
ii) Oral tradition is not the way of obtaining historical information
iii) Archaeology is the only method of obtaining historical information
iv) Linguistic is not a study and analysis of language
v) Written records are documents which comprises written historical information
vi) Through Archives Illiterate people can get information
vii) All years before zero are called (B.C) meaning (Before Christ)
viii) A century – is the duration of thousand years (1000 yrs)
ix) Nsongezi, Biggo, Ntubi, Rusinga island, Magosi and Ishago are the historical sites found in
Uganda.
x) The one specializes in archeology is called ARCHAEOLOGIST.

SECTION B: (20 MARKS)

Answer the following questions according to the given instructions

4. Fill in the blank below by providing missing historical facts.

a) The scientific study of past human remains is called…………

b) ……….is the study of the society’s cultural system, beliefs, ideas etc.

c) ………The special building where information and objects are preserved.

d) The scientific method of determining dates is called……………..

e) …………Is the place where collection of private and public documents and old records are
preserved.

5. Fill the blank space to the questions pertaining to Historical sites in Tanzania
Historical sites The region found Kind of remains found

i) …………… Arusha The skull of earliest man discovered

ii) Ismila ….…………… Stone Age Site

iii) Kondoa irangi Dodoma ………………………

iv) …………… Lindi Ruins of early coastal city

v) Bagamoyo Coastal region (Pwani) …………………………

SECTION C: (50 MARKS)

Answer all questions from this section

6. a) How historical events can be determined?

b) Draw time graph and show at least five historical events since independence of Tanganyika

7. Draw the map of East Africa then show seven historical sites
8. Mention five importance of studying history.

9. a) Outline seven sources of historical information.

b) Mention advantages of museum

10. Mention advantages and disadvantage of Oral Tradition

Prepared by Faragha Nasson

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