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CSEE (Form 4) History — practice by topic

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History topics

Africa and the External World (4)Colonial Administrative Systems (4)Development of Social-Political Systems (3)Interactions Among the People of Africa (3)Sources and Importance of History (3)Changes in Political, Social and Economic Policies in Africa After Independence (2)Crises in the Capitalist System (2)Development of Economic Activities and Their Impact (2)Evolution of Man, Technology and Environment (2)Social Economic Development and Production in Pre-colonial Africa (1)

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Tanzania's 2025 general election falls in which millennium?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Britain introduce indirect rule in her African colonies?Read the answer and worked solution →Before losing her colonies after the First World War, Germany administered them using:Read the answer and worked solution →During which period was man a scavenger?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Tanzania's 2025 general election falls in which millennium?

  1. The 2nd millennium
  2. The 3rd millennium
  3. The 20th millennium
  4. The 21st millennium
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Correct answer: B. The 3rd millennium

1. Millennia under the Gregorian calendar are counted in blocks of a thousand years. 2. The 3rd millennium began on 1 January 2001 and runs to 31 December 3000. 3. The year 2025 falls inside that span, so it is in the 3rd millennium. 4. The 2nd millennium ended on 31 December 2000, so 2025 is past it. 5. Answering the 21st confuses the century with the millennium — 2025 is in the 21st century but the 3rd millennium. _Source: NECTA CSEE 2023 History 012, Question 1: Multiple Choice Items, item (i)_

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Why did Britain introduce indirect rule in her African colonies?

  1. To educate Africans about human rights
  2. To stop the aggressiveness of the Germans
  3. To reduce the costs of administration
  4. To maximise industrial development there
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Correct answer: C. To reduce the costs of administration

1. Indirect rule governed through existing African authorities rather than European officials. 2. Using Africans to administer fellow Africans meant far fewer costly European staff. 3. Britain set aside little money for maintaining her colonies, so this suited her budget. 4. Colonial states did not aim to promote human rights or the rule of law; they aimed to exploit African natural and human resources. 5. Industrialising Africa would have defeated that purpose, since Africans were meant to supply raw materials and buy European manufactures. _Source: NECTA CSEE 2023 History 012, Question 1: Multiple Choice Items, item (ii)_

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Before losing her colonies after the First World War, Germany administered them using:

  1. indirect rule through local chiefs
  2. the French policy of assimilation
  3. direct rule by German officials
  4. joint rule shared with Britain
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Correct answer: C. direct rule by German officials

1. The colonial powers differed in how they governed, though all were exploitative. 2. Germany used a direct rule policy, administering through her own officials. 3. Britain used indirect rule, governing through existing African authorities. 4. France used assimilation, seeking to make colonial subjects culturally French. 5. After Germany's defeat her colonies passed to Britain, France and Belgium, which changed the system from direct rule to indirect rule and assimilation. _Source: NECTA CSEE 2023 History 012, Question 1: Multiple Choice Items, item (ii)_

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