THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA, ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
EXAMINATION

112/1 HISTORY 1

(For Both School and Private Candidates)

Duration: 3 Hours Year: 2026

Instructions

1. This paper consists of seven (07) questions.
2. Answer a total of five (5) questions. Question one (1) is compulsory.
3. Each question carries twenty (20) marks.
4. All writing should be in black or blue ink, except for drawings which must be in pencil
5. You should not write any notes in this question paper.
6. Communication devices and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the examination room.
7. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

Answer five (5) questions. Question 1 (one) is compulsory.

1. In six points, account for the challenges facing agricultural development in Tanzania.

2. With vivid examples, analyse any six developments which were attained by pre-colonial Africa societies by the 15^th Century.

3. In six points, show how colonialism widened the gap in development between Africa and Europe.

4. Describe three causes of American Civil War and, in three points, explain how the war sharpened the context for Black nationalist movement.

5. In six points, show the rationale of revolutionizing colonial agricultural sector in the colonies after 1945.

6. Examine six problems that faced African colonial labourers after 1945.

7. Had it not been the decline of European capitalism after the Second World War, colonialism in Africa would have persisted to date. In six points, refute this statement.

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA, ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION

112/2 HISTORY 2

(For Both School and Private Candidates)

Duration: 3 Hours Year: 2026

Instructions

1. This paper consists of seven (07) questions.
2. Answer a total of five (5) questions. Question one (1) is compulsory.
3. Each question carries twenty (20) marks.
4. All writing should be in black or blue ink, except for drawings which must be in pencil
5. You should not write any notes in this question paper.
6. Communication devices and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the examination room.
7. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer sheet(s).

Answer five (5) questions. Question one (1) is compulsory.

1. Examine six circumstances that prompted the preparation of the Brandt Report (1980) on the Third World Poverty.

2. Assess six contributions of the Scientific Revolution to the development of Capitalism in Europe between 1600s and 1850.

3. Explain six roles played by Benito Mussolini in building a fascist state in Italy.

4. The Berlin Congress of 1878 was inevitable. Validate this statement by giving six points.

5. In six points, show how the world was affected by the Chinese Communist Revolution.

6. In six points, assess the impact of the New Deal to the USA economy during Great Depression.

7. Why the relationship between the Eastern and Western blocs began to improve after 1953? Explain by giving six points.