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Trans-Nzoia District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Trans-Nzoia District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2007

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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST
Time: 2 ½ hours
TRANS-NZOIA DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION-2007
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST
Time: 2 ½ hours
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper has THREE sections A,B and C.
2. Answer ALL the questions in section A, THREE questions from section B and two questions from
section C.
3. Answer all the questions on the answer sheets provided.
This paper consists of 4 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated
and no questions are missing
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION ON THE ANSWER
SHEET PROVIDED.
1. Give two chemical dating methods used by Archeologists to reconstruct history. (2mks)
2. Give two limitations of using written records as a source of African history. (2mks)
3. Name two urban centres which developed as a result of early agriculture in Mesopotamia.
(2mks)
4. Identify one agricultural machine invented in Britain between 1701 and 1900. (1mk)
5. State one common feature in cell phones. (1mk)
6. Apart from wood, name two other early sources of energy. (2mks)
7. Give two pull factors that facilitated European imperialism in Africa. (2mks)
8. Identify two roles of Asantehene of the Asante empire. (2mks)
9. State the contribution of religion in the maji maji rebellion. (1mk)
10. Why was Northern Nigeria a suitable ground for experimentation with indirect rule.(1mk)
11. Give two ways in which Kwame Nkurumah contributed to the liberation struggle in Africa.
(2mks)
12. Give the main factor that brought the cold war to an end. (1mk)
13. Give two short comings of the treaty of Versailles. (2mks)
14. Mention two benefits of international relations. (2mks)
15. Name the two houses of the British parliament. (2mks)
SECTION B. ( 45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section
16. a) Identify five factors that led to the development of early agriculture in Egypt. (5mks)
b) Explain the effects of early agriculture in Egypt. ( 10mks)
17. a) Identify the role played by the Tuaregs in the Trans-Saharan trade. (5mks)
b) Explain the results of the trans-Saharan trade in West Africa. (10mks)
18. a) Name three leaders charged along side Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia trial of 1964 by
apartheid regime in South Africa. (3mks)
b) Explain the role played by Nelson Mandela in the struggle for South African liberation.
(12mks)
19. a) State three factors that led to the formation of the common wealth of nations. (3mks)
b) Explain six benefits of the commonwealth of nations to its member states. (12mks)
SECTION C ( 30 MARKS)
ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION
20. a) State five causes of the second world war. (5mks)
b) Explain five effects of the second world war. (10mks)
21. a) State three problems facing the United Nations organizations. (3mks)
b) Explain six ways in which the United Nations organization has tried to promote world
peace. (12mks)
22. a) State the three types of elections in India. (3mks)
b) Describe how the government of India is organized. (12mks)

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