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MZUZU CITY EXAMINATIONS

2023 FORM 3 END OF TERM 2 EXAMINATION
HISTORY
(100 marks)
Subject Number: M081
Tuesday March 14 Time allowed: 2 hrs 10:30-12:30 pm

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3. Answer all the questions on this each
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4. Follow instructions for each section

carefully.
5. In the table provided on this page,
tick against the question number you
have answered.
6. Hand in your completed question
paper when time is called to stop
writing
 SECTION A (20 marks)

Answer all questions in this section by encircling the correct answer

1. .The following were similarities C. The area had good grazing

in the social organization of the land for their livestock
Lomwe and the Yao except
D. It was a good raiding area for
A. Both followed matrilineal livestock
system of inheritance
4. Which of the following were
B. Both were defeated By positive impacts of the Ngoni
Nyamazana on the indigenous people

C. Both did not come to Malawi 1.The Ngoni united local

under a single political leadership people against colonial rule
2.The Ngoni promoted
D. Both developed the concept of
christianity
paramount chief in Malawi
3.The Ngoni introduced judicial
2. Which of the following was a system
Lomwe sub group 4.The Ngoni protected people
against slave trade
A. Nsamala
A . 1,2 and 4
B. Manyawa
B. 2,3 and 4
C. Tuta
C. 1,3 and 4
D. Khumalo
D. 1,2 and 3
3. Which of the following was a
factor that attracted the Lomwe 5. What term was used to describe
to settle in the Southern part of the political instability or wars
Malawi? in the Natal region of South
Africa during the 19th century
A. Weakness of the local people
A. Ndebele
B. The place was rich in trade
items such as ivory B. Nxaba

C. Mfecane
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areas to collect trade items for the
6. Which of the following were
King.
similarities between Ngoni and
Ndebele societies C. Making treaties with
middlemen to collect more resources.
1. Both crossed Limpopo river in
1837 D. Demanded tributes from the
Europeans.
2. Both were patrilineal societies

3. Both were ruled by

unchallenged monarchs 9. Which of the following was a local
factor for the increase in Ivory trade
4. Both practised polygamy
in Central Africa?
A. 1,3 and 4
A. It was a profitable business.
B.1,2 and 4
B. African ivory was easy to
C. 2,3 and 4 curve.

D. 1,2 and 3 C. There was a great need to

make Ornaments in Asia.
7.Name the Portuguese who travelled
between Sofala and Zimbabwe D. Ivory was plentiful in Africa.
between 1511 and 1515 ?
10.Which of the following reasons
A. Fransisco d'Almeida best explains why Islam did not make
much progress in Karonga ?
B. Fransisco Barreto
A. There were no wandering
C. A ntonio Fernandez Muslim missionaries
D . Vasco Da Gama B.A bsence of traditional
8. Which one of the following was a elements in the Ngonde culture
step taken by African chiefs to meet similar to Arabic customs.
high demand for gold? C. The British influenced the
A. Travelling to the coast to Ngonde people to resist Islam
meet buyers
 D.karonga was highly populated 13.Why were the colonial
than Nkhotakota administrative policies on Northern
Rhodesia less severe on Africans than
11.The following was a reason why
those of Southern Rhodesia?
Chiwere Ndhlovu welcomed Dutch
Reformed Church in his area A. Chiefs in the area were
submissive to the Portuguese
A. Source of prestige
B. There were few Europeans
B. He expected financial benefits
in Northern Rhodesia
C. He hoped that the missionaries
C. Majority of Christian
would provide him with firearms
Europeans were already there
D. He feared internal rebellion by
D.The queen had more direct
Chingwaru Ngwaru and Malunda
control over Northern Rhodesia

14. How was the occupation of North

Eastern Rhodesia achieved?

12.Why did Cecil John Rhodes send A. By signing treaties

John Moffat to negotiate with
B.Through conquest
Lobengula on behalf of the British?
C. Through religion
A. John Moffat was already
known by Lobengula and Lobengula D.Through arbitration
would easily listen to him
15. On what grounds did the
B. John Moffat was a good Portuguese claim Nyasaland as their
orator who could easily convince territory?
Lobengula
A. They were following
C. John Moffat was a son of Portuguese missionaries
Robert Moffat, a missionary such that
B.They were interested in the
he could not cheat
well being of the people
Lobengula
C. They had treaties with
D. John Moffat had already chiefs along the Lake and Shire River.
done a similar task before
 D.They had defeated chiefs in 18. Which of the following agencies
the shire highlands supplied labour to South Africa from
Malawi?
16.Which of the following were
causes of Chilembwe uprising? A. Rhodesia Native Labour
Bureau
1. Chilembwe was influenced
by the USA government B.Witwatersrand Native
Labour Association
2. Land alienation in the Shire
highlands. C. Robert Williams and
company
3 .Effects of the second world
war D.Northern Rhodesia Native
Labour Bureau
4. Thangata system
19. Why was the best land left in the
A. 1 and 2
hands of European settlers in
B.2 and 3 Nyasaland?

C. 3 and 4 A. African farmers were only

interested in practicing shift
D. 2 and 4 cultivation.
17. Which of the following was the B.The Europeans had
aim of non disturbance clause in economic resources unlike the
Nyasaland? Africans
A. It enabled the BSA C. Most of the Africans were
company implement its projects uneducated to monitor land issues
B. It protected Africans D.Most of the Africans were
living on settlers' land disrespectful to the Europeans
C. It protected European 20. Which one was a positive impact
investors in Nyasaland of labour migration in Nyasaland
D. It paved way for the 1.Introductio of foreign goods
almagation of Nyasaland
2.Political consciousness
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and 4 C. 1, 2 and 3
4. Source of income
D.1, 2 and 4

SECTION B (60 marks)

Answer all questions in this section

21a.Mention any two groups of the Yao that migrated into Malawi (2 marks)

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b. In what way was Southern Malawi an ideal place for the Yao settlement?
Explain any two points. (4 marks)
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c. Describe how each of the following factors led to the migration of the Lomwe
from Mozambique

i. Harsh treatment by the Portuguese government

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ii. Need for economic gains
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d. List down any two negative impacts which the Ngoni had on the indigenous
people
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e. Why did the Maseko Ngoni decide to leave the following places and start
migrating again?

i. Domwe hills
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ii. Songea
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f.Describe any two social classes of the Ndebele

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22 a. Explain two reasons for the Portuguese victory over the Arabs in the Land of
Zanj
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b. Mention two other European countries which provided competition to the

Portuguese interest in control of gold in Central Africa
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c. Explain any two positive impacts of slave trade in Central Africa

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d.Apart from the efforts of Jumbe,what other factors facilitated the spread of
Islam in Nkhotakota?
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e. Explain any two problems which were encountered by the UMCA at Magomero
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f. List down any two strategies used by David Livingstone to open up Central
Africa for missionary work
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23 a. Describe any two factors that led to British interest in the Southern Rhodesia
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b. state two terms of Moffat Treaty

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c. Why did the following groups of people resist British occupation in North
Eastern Rhodesia?

i. Ngoni of Mpezeni
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ii. Bemba
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d. Explain any two factors that influenced Lewanika to invite the British to settle in
his area
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e. List down two European countries which competed with Britain in the
colonization of Nyasaland
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f. Why did Sir Harry Johnston introduce the following polices during the colonial
rule?

i. Certificate of claim
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ii. Non disturbance clause
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SECTION C

Essay questions

Answer only one question in this section. Answer the question in an essay
form. Failure to answer the questions in an essay form will lead to automatic
loss of seven marks.

24. Discuss the factors that led to the rapid spread of Islam among the Yao in
Malawi (20 marks)

25. Discuss the impact of labour migration on Nyasaland (20 marks)

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