4. (a) Arrange the following statements in chronological order by using number 1 to 5 to write
beside the item number.
(i) The further they pushed into the interior the more the African societies were affected
by this violence.
(ii) They killed, enslaved and robbed Africans of their land and cattle.
(iii) The African societies in the Mfecane area were already affected by two forces coming
from European expansionism of the time.
(iv) Their contact with Africans was constantly violent.
(v) First their was the penetration of white colonialists northwards from the cape as farmers
and cattle herders.
(b) In each item (i-v) there are four sentences which form a complete historical meaning. One
sentence is missing. Identify the missing sentence from the sentences given below each item
and write its letter beside the item number.
(i) 1. Just like their neighbours Uganda and Tanganyika, the Kenyans resisted the
imposition of colonial rule.
2. Here also some local rulers collaborated with the imperialists while others
adopted armed action against the enemy.
3. .
4. The Mazrui Arabs had earlier disputed the sovereignity of the Sultan of Zanzibar
over their territory.
5. In fact, they had hoped that after the departure of Imperial British East African
Company in 1893 they might regain their independence.
A The next major resistance was staged by Chagga in northern Tanganyika.
B The Mazrui dynasty and their supporters along the coast of Kenya led the
first armed uprising against British occupation.
C The Luyia of the Kavirondo collaborated with British and Germans in
South.
D The people finally resolved to get rid of this oppression and exploitation in
July 1905.
E The Masai were not attacked by several natural disasters especially cholera,
small pox and rinderpest during the time of resistance.
(ii) 1. The art of making iron was one of the most important discoveries for man’s
social and economic development.
2. The people who involved themselves in iron industry were called blacksmiths
who learned how to identify rocks containing iron ore.
3. .
4. In many societies for example, women were not allowed to go near furnaces
while iron processing was in progress.
5. African iron smiths were found among the Venda, Mashona, Mang’anja and
people around Kalambo falls.
