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Borabu- Masaba District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Borabu- Masaba District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2009

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2009
21/2Hours
BORABU DISTRICT INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOLS
JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 2009
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2009
21/2Hours
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 2 Printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the
Papers are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
SECTION A: 25 MARKS
1. Give the meaning of the word Homo-Erectus. (1mk)
2. What is Stone Age period in human history? (1mk)
3. Give one advantage of currency trade over barter trade. (1mk)
4. State two characteristics of Macadamized roads. (2mks)
5. State two characteristics of human rights. (2mks)
6. State two reasons why the British used direct rule in Zimbambwe. (2mks)
7. Identify two social reasons which contributed to colonization of Africa. (2mks)
8. Give two reasons why the Baganda collaborated with the British. (2mks)
9. State one disadvantage of using petroleum as a source of energy. (1mk)
10. Give two effects of scientific inventions on medicine. (2mks)
11. Give the main advantage of a cell phone. (1mk)
12. Name two Senegalise commune where assimilation policy was applied intensively. (2mk)
13. Name two countries which formed the triple Entente Alliance before the outbreak of the First World
War. (2mks)
14. Give one founder member of the O.A.U. (1mk)
15. Name one house of the Indian parliament. (1mk)
16. Identify the role of the Asantehene of the Asante Empire. (1mk)
17. Name two permanent member states of the UNO Security Council. (2mks)
SECTION B: 45 MARKS
Answer three questions in this section
18. (a) State three factors which led to the development of agriculture during the late
Stone Age period (3mks)
(b) Explain six agricultural changes which were introduced in Britain during the Agrarian
Revolution (12mks)
19. (a) Give five problems which the trans-Saharan traders faced (5mks)
(b) Describe how the Trans-Saharan trade was organized (10mks)
20. (a) Identify five factors that have hindered industrialization in the third world countries (5mks)
(b) Explain five factors that have led to industrialization in the USA. (10mks)
21. (a) Name three African leaders who contributed to the struggle for majority rule in South Africa.
(3mks)
(b) Explain six factors which led to the rise of African Nationalism in South Africa (12mks)
SECTION C: 30 MARKS
Answer two questions.
22 (a) Identify three economic activities of the Shona during the pre-colonial period. (3mks)
(b) Describe the political organization of the Mwene Mutapa kingdom during the pre-colonial
period. (12mks)
23. (a) State three objectives of COMESA. (3mks)
(b) Explain six benefits of COMESA to the member states. (12mks)
24. (a) Identify three ways in which one become a member of the British parliament. (3mks)
(b) What is the role of the Queen in the British government? (12mks)
END

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