
Candidate's No……………………
SECTION A (30 Marks)
1. For each of the following items choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write its letter
in the box provided.
(i) Which were the pastoral societies that existed in pre-colonial East Africa?
A. Masai, Nandi, Turkana and Karamajong
B. Nandi, Kikuyu, Sambaa and Hadzabe
C. Nyakyusa, Nandi, Karamajong and Makonde
D. Turkana, Gogo, Sukuma and Kikuyu
(ii) The following were some of the commodities used as currency in precolonial Africa:
A. Copper rods, books and bronze
B. iron ore, silver and wood
C. paper, gold and copper
D. salt, cloth and cowrie shells
(iii) Homo-sapiens lived in one of the following periods:
A. Early Stone Age
B. Iron Age
C. Late Stone Age
D. Middle Stone Age
(iv) Identify the society in Kalahari desert which is still practicing primitive communal mode of production:
A. Dorobo
B. Khoikhoi
C. Mbuti
D. Teuso
(v) Among the given sets of areas below, one was an important salt making centre in Africa:
A. Axum and Meroe
B. Axum and Uvinza
C. Meroe and Taghaza
D. Taghaza and Uvinza
(vi) What was the outcome of mineral discovery in South Africa?
A. Depopulation of Cape Town
B. Introduction of religious groups
C. Migration of indigenous people
D. Political matters ignored