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INSTRUCTIONS. MsomiBora.com
1. This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of 10 questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A, B and only two questions from section C.
3. Unauthorized materials and programmable calculators are not allowed in the examination room
4. All writings should be in blue or black ink pen except diagrams should be in pencil

SECTION C. (15 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section
1. Read careful the questions (i-x) and then choose the most correct letter and write on the
answer sheet provided.
(I) Jackline is not aware if the Earth rotates on its own axis from west to east. Imagine you
want to educate her, which factor among the following will prove to her
A. During the night stars are fixed at one position but are in motion
B. Circumnavigation of the Earth
C. Aphelion and perihelion
D. The varying length of day and night
E. When moving in vehicles objects move in opposite direction
(II) When making a well, as geographers you had to go deep until to the underground layer
of water-bearing permeable rock. What is that layer?

A. Aquifer D. Mantle layer

B. Aquiclude E. permeable rock
C. Hard pan

(III) Haika is a good cartographer. In relation to Geography, what can we term that knowledge
applied by Haika?

A. Practical D. cadastral
B. Physical E. Engineering
C. Regional

(IV) The organization that has a duty in Tanzania of managing and controlling environment is
called.

A. NEMC D. NEMA
B. EIA E. EIC
C. NMC

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(V) Mwajabu is the animal keeper who keeps animals while moving seasonally with her cattle from
low land areas to high land area to find water and pastures. What is that system applied by
Mwajabu?

A. Zero grazing D. nomadism

B. Sedentary E. transhumance
C. Semi-nomadism

(VI) Kadege and Anna was debating on the section of a river charaterized by a sharp v-shaped
valley and interlocking spurs. As you are familiar with that select the correct answer to educate
them.

A. The old stage D. The mature stage

B. The middle stage E. The young and middle stage
C. The young stage

(VII) Naisianda is an expert of physical geography under the wind action. She taught form three
students the wind erosional features. What among the following features are the one?
A. Inselbergs, cliffs and barchans
B. Rock pedestals, yardangs and zeugens
C. Ventifacts, sand dunes and deflation hollows
D. Seif dunes, barchans and transverse dunes
E. Inselbergs, cliffs and barchans
(VIII) The tourists reported enjoying the temperature of Ihefu wetlands in Mbeya at 1500
meters above the sea level, which is 32 oC. They also planned to travel from Ihefu to Unguja in
Zanzibar, which is at the sea level. What might be the temperature experienced by the tourists
at Zanzibar?
A. 230C B. O.60 C C. 90 C D. 410 C E.190 C
(IX) The form three students were coming back from the ground; they saw the valley with water.
After a short distance they saw the vertical hole where water disappears into the ground
beneath. Which is the name of the feature according to river erosion?
A. Dry valley C. Swallow holes
B. Grikes and Clints D. Doline

(X) The national census which is going to be conducted on August this year will involves counting
people wherever they are on the day of enumeration. What is that kind of census is that.

A. De jure D. Vital registration

B. Quinquennial E. Decennia
C. De facto

2. Match the item in LIST A with those items in LIST B by writing the correct letter on the answer sheet
provided.
LIST A LIST B

i. The vegetation consists of deciduous forest in A. Equatorial climate region

lowland and coniferous forest in highlands B. Mediterranean climate region

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ii. This is the cold climate of the world C. Polar Climate region
iii. Natural vegetation is very scanty and consist of D. Warm temperate Eastern
mostly thorny scrubs bushes and cacti. Margin climate region
iv. It is found between 5o and 20o north and south E. Tropical desert climate region
of the Equator F. Tropical maritime climate
v. Rains often come in the afternoon and are region
accompanied lighting and thunderstorms. G. Tropical grassland climate
region

SECTION C. (55 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section
3. Study carefully the map extract of KIGOMA Sheet 92/3 and answer the following questions.
a) Comment the settlement pattern of the mapped area
b) Show any two methods which have been used to determine the elevation of the mapped
area.
c) Find the area of the Lake Tanganyika from latitude 60 northward of the mapped area
d) Examine any four land use of Kigoma area
e) Describe any two major supportive contents of the mapped area

4. Katamba was inside the house where he observed a house shaking due to the vibration of the
earth’s surface caused by natural forces operating beneath the Earth's crust. Answer the
following questions to complete the descriptions.
a) What environmental hazard experienced by Katamba?
b) What is the instrument used to measure the intensity of the hazard named in (a) above?
c) Describe briefly the four causes of the hazard in (a) above
d) Describe the four effects of the Hazard named in (a) above

5. Study carefully the data provided for the production of sisal in Kigoma and then answer the
following questions.

YEARS 2003 2004 2004 2005 2006

PRODUCTION (000 70 160 120 210 185

TONNES

i. Write any four procedures which might be used to draw the graph above
ii. Present the data above by deviation line graph
iii. Write down any two other methods which can be used
6. Suppose you want to conduct a geographical research on waste management in your society
and your interest is to know waste management practices by residents, design a questionnaire
which will enable you to get relevant information or data for your research or study.
7. Lovedock produced a photograph of African continent by satellite vertically from the aircraft.
After the production of the picture he provided to his students in geography examination with
the following questions. Imagine you were the one, answer those questions.
a) What type of the photograph is that?
b) What are the three characteristics of the photograph in (a) above?

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c) Comment on the scale of the photograph given in (a) above
d) What are the importance of that photography over other type of the photograph (3
points)
e) Give any three similarities between the photograph named (a) and the map

SECTION C. (30 Marks)

Answer two questions in this section
8. The people of Tanzania conduct different activities to sustain their socio-economic needs for
their daily life. However, they don’t achieve due various hindrances. (supply six points)
9. ‘’Migration in a country like Tanzanian be an asset or liability’’ Verify this statement by giving six
point.
10. Despite the fact that, survey is regarded as a wastage of time by many people but it is vital
activities in geographical areas. Support the answer by giving six points.

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