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Bungoma District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Bungoma District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2009

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST 2009
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS.
JOINT INTERSCHOOLS EVALUATION TESTS
JISET
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
2 ½ HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES.
_ This paper consists of THREE sections: A, B and C.
_ Answer ALL the questions in section A, THREE questions from section B and TWO questions
from section C.
This paper consists of 4 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the pages are printed as indicates and no
questions are missing.
SECTION A (25 marks)
Answer ALL the questions in this section in the answer sheets provided
1. State two advantages of Anthropology as a source of information on history and government.
(2marks)
2. Give two cultural practices of Homo-Sapiens. (2marks)
3. State two ways in which the River Nile contributed to the development of early agriculture in
Egypt. (2marks)
4. State two inventions that improved textile manufacturing industry in Britain during the
Industrial Revolution. (2marks)
5. State two factors that facilitated the spread of iron working knowledge in Africa. (2marks)
6. What was the main contribution of Alexander Graham Bell in the field of communications?
(1mark)
7. Identify two trade routes which connected trading centers in the Western Sudan and North Africa
during the Trans-Saharan trade. (2marks)
8. Identify one factor that led to the growth of Athens as an urban centre. (1mark)
9. What was the title of the king / emperor of the Shona Kingdom? (1mark)
10. State one way in which European nationalism contributed to colonization of Africa.
(1mark)
11. Mention one provision in the Buganda agreement of 1900 on land. (1mark)
12. State one effect of Direct Rule in Zimbabwe. (1mark)
13. State one way in which the attainment of Ghana’s independence contributed to the liberation of
other African countries. (1mark)
14. Identify the main cause of the Cold War. (1mark)
15. Give two achievements of COMESA. (2marks)
16. State one disadvantage of Federal System government. (1mark)
17. Give two names of houses or chambers in the Indian parliamentary system. (2marks)
SECTION B (45 marks)
Answer any THREE questions from this section on the answer sheet provided
18. (a) State three factors that facilitated the Scientific Revolution in Europe in the 19th
century. (3marks)
(b) Explain the positive impact of scientific inventions on medicine. (12marks)
19. (a) What five factors undermined the Trans-Saharan Trade. (5marks)
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(b) Explain five ways in which West African communities benefited from the Trans-Saharan
Trade. (10marks)
20. (a) State five reasons why Lewanika of the Lozi collaborated with the British. (5marks)
(b). Discuss the results of African collaboration. (10marks)
21. (a) State five objectives of the Non-Aligned Movement. (5marks)
(b) Explain the factors that undermine the activities of the non-aligned movements since 1947.
(10marks)
SECTION C (30 marks)
Answer any TWO questions from this section on the answer sheet provided
22. (a) Describe the social organization of the Baganda during the pre-colonial period.
(5marks)
(b) Describe the political organization of the Mwene Mutapa Kingdom during the pre-colonial
period. (10marks)
23. (a) State five causes of the Second World War. (5marks)
(b) Explain five effects of the Second World War on Europe. (10marks)
24. (a) Identify three sources of the British Constitution. (3marks)
(b) Explain six factors that limit parliamentary supremacy in Britain. (12marks)

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