THE
THE UNITED
UNITED REPUBLIC
REPUBLIC OF
OF TANZANIA
TANZANIA
PRESINDENT’S OFFICE
PRESINDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
KALIUA DISTRICT COUNCIL
FORM FOUR JOINT MIDTERM TEST, MARCH 2024
GEOGRAPHY
Time: 3 Hours
Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and two (2) questions from section C.
3. Section A carries fifteen (16) marks, section B fifty-four (54) marks and section C
carries thirty (30) marks.
4. Map extract of KASAMWA (sheet 32/4) is provided.
5. Programmable calculators, cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are
not allowed in the examination room.
SECTION A (16marks)
Answer all questions.
1. For each of the following item (i)- (x), choose the correct answer from the given
alternative and write its letter in the answer booklet
(i) Juma and Aisha had a discussion about layers of the atmosphere which
characterized by 16 kilometers -thick at the equator and its temperature
decreases with an increase in altitude as an expert of geography help
them.
A. Troposphere B. Thermosphere
C. Stratosphere D. Mesosphere E. Exosphere
(ii) Suppose you are living in urban center and you are interested in
keeping livestock. What type of livestock keeping would be suitable for
you?
A. Nomadism B. Ranching
C..Transhumance D. Pastoralism E. Sedentary
(iii) Form four students at IGONDA village (750 W, 780N) were watching the
football on TV at 7:30 pm on Tuesday. At what time and day people in Itumba
Village (450E, 060S) will be watching the same match?
A. 3:30 am Wednesday B. 12:30 pm Tuesday C. 11:30 am
Wednesday D. 3:30 pm Wednesday E. 09:30 am Tuesday
(iv) 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 you
prove on your explanation?
A. During the night stars are fixed at one position but are in motion
B. Season of the year C. Aphelion and perihelion
D. The varying length of day and night
E. When moving in a vehicle objects move in opposite direction
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(v) Robert is living near the mountain within the time he noticed the bending of
truck of trees and fences downward the slope. Identify the type of process
occurred
A. Land slide B. Mudflow C. Soil creep
D. Rock fall E. Soil erosion
(vi) Kadege and Anna were debating on the section of a river characterized by a
sharp V-shaped valley and interlocking spurs. As you are familiar with those
p henomena , select the correct answe r t o educate t hem .
A. The old sta ge B. The m iddle st age C. The youth
stage
D. The mature stage E. The young and middle stage
(vii) Suppose you want to carry out a field study on factors which use to
classify the climate of the place, what are best components of weather
y ou are going t o consider?
A. Te mperature a nd rainf all B. Temperature and cloud
cover
C. Rainfall and sun shine D. Cloud cover and humidity
E. Sun shine and humidity
(viii) The national census which was conducted on August 2022 involved counting
people who had stayed in the household during the night of enumeration.
W h at kind of census w as that?
A. D e jure B. Quinq uennial C. Vital registration D. DeFacto
E. Decennial
(ix) Form three students at Chonde Secondary school conducted a survey in
Kondoa district and identified different types of soil erosion. Which one of
t he following is not a type of soi l erosion?
A. lateral eros ion B . Shee t ero sion C. Splash
erosion D. Rill erosion E. Gully erosion.
(x) Mr Kakulum and his students visited a certain geographical area in Tanzania
and saw the thick forest, tree dwellers, animals and people who were
engaging in cultivating trees and coffee. What type of forest will you suggest
among the following?
A. Mangrove forest B. Mediterranean forest C. Tropical monsoon forest
D. Equatorial rain forest E. Coniferous Forest
2. Match the item in list A with the response in list B by writing the letter of
the correct response in the answer sheet provided.
LIST A LIST B
A. Soil texture
I.Have particles of intermediate size between sand B. Clay soil
and clay C. Soil
II.Size of individual particles composing a soil structure D.
III.Vertical cross section of a soil from the Soil PH
Surface to the underlying rock E. Soil porosity
IV.A measure of alkalinity or acidity of a soil F. Components of
V.Inorganic matter, organic matter water and soil G. Soil profile
air. H. Silt soil
VI.The amount of pore spaces in the soil I. Soil density
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SECTION B(54marks)
Answer all questions
3. Study the map extract of KASAMWA (sheet 32/4) provided and then answer
following questions.
(a) Comment on the settlement patterns on the mapped are(b) Show any two methods
which have been used to determine the elevation of the mapped area
(c) Find the distance af the road from grid reference 360865 to 402900 in km
(d) Examine four land use of Kasamwa area.
4. a) In any research, the researcher must observe Ethical issues during data
collection. As you researcher briefly explain at least four ethical issues that a
researcher must consider during data collection and outline five Essentials of
a good questionnaire
5. After learning different types of simple land survey students were asked to explain
fruits of studying of chain survey but only Yoweli failed to explain. Assume you are a
student who understood the lesson, how will you help him to explain fruits of chain
survey?
(Any six points).
6. Study carefully the following photograph and then answer the questions that follow:
(a) With two (2) evidence, name the type of the photograph.
(b) What is the name of the dominant vegetation shown on the foreground of the
photographed area?
(c) With one (1) evidence from the photograph, suggest the climate of the
photographed area.
(d) In three (3) points, show how vegetation’s depicted on the photograph adapt to the
climatic conditions of the climate named in (c) above.
(e) Name the feature appearing on the background of the photograph and describe
the geomorphic process responsible for its formation.
7. Carefully study the following statistical graph showing sisal production (in tons) in Tanzania from
1998 to 2001 and answer the question that follows
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a. With vivid reason, what type of graph is this?
b. Construct The Graph Which Shows Increasing and Decreasing of
Value of geographical phenomenon.
c. Outline five procedures that are used to prepare the graph you have
constructed in 7(b) above.
8. Kalama 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 and on
the earth’s crust.
Answer the following questions to complete the descriptions
(a) What environmental hazard experienced by Kalama?
(b) What is the instrument would be used to measure the intensity of the hazard
named in (a) above?
(c) Describe four causes of the hazard in (a) above.
(d) Explain four effects of the hazard named in (a) above.
SECTION C: (30 Marks)
Answer two (02) questions from this section
9. The Minister for national resources and Tourism in Tanzania has been so much
active in promoting tourism sector. Due to the economic significance of it, though
there are negative impacts to our country. Elaborate this statement by giving six
points.
10. Tanzania population is growing dramatically as government succeeded in
mortality rate reduction and health sector in general. Comment on the
statement that “population growth is a double edge sword”.
11. Human activities enable the livelihood but in other hand they destroy the environment. Justify
this statement by using six points.
