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Kapsabet High School Pre-Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Kapsabet High School Pre-Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2009

Name………………………………………………… Index No. …………………….
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 2
March/April 2009
Time: 2 ½ Hours
KAPSABET HIGH SCHOOL-EVALUATION EXAMINATION – 2009
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 2
March/April 2009
Time: 2 ½ Hours
Instructions to Candidates
This paper consists of THREE sections A , B and C
Answer ALL questions in Section A, THREE questions from section A and TWO questions from
section C
Answer to all questions MUST be written in the answer sheet provided.
Candidates may be penalized for not following the instruction given in this paper
This paper consists of 3 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
Section A (25mks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. What is pre history? (1mk)
2. Give two disadvantages of the electronic sources of history (2mks)
3. Identify one term used to refer to man and all other manlike primates (1mk)
4. State the main invention of man in the middle stone age period (1mk)
5. Where in the world was maize first grown (1mk)
6. State two advantages of bicycle transport (2mks)
7. Mention two problems associated with the cell phone as a modern tool of communication (2mks)
8. state two disadvantages of the wind as a source of energy (2mks)
9. Identify the main contribution of Charles Darwin to the field of science (2mks)
10. State two factors that contributed to the growth of Meroe as an early urban center (2mks)
11. Give two symbols of national unity in the Shona kingdom in the 19th century (2mks)
12. Identify two types of constitution (2mks)
13. State two reasons why the Odwira festival was important to the Asante (2mks)
14. State the main characteristics of silent trade (1mk)
15. Name two former French colonies in west Africa (2mks)
16. Mention one type of democracy (1mk)
Section B (45mks)
Answer any three questions from this section
17. (a) What factors facilitated the development of early agriculture in Egypt (5mks)
(b) Explain the changes that marked agrarian revolution in Britain (10mks)
18. (a) Mention three duties of the Tuaregs in the Trans-Saharan Trade (5mks)
(b) Discuss the effects of Trans-Saharan Trade on the West African communities (10mks)
19. (a) Give five challenges that faced industrialization in south Africa (5mks)
(b) Explain why India has emerged as an industrialized state in the third world (10mks)
20. (a) Give three ways in which the missionaries contributed to the colonization (3mks)
(b) Explain the results of the partition of Africa by European powers in the 19th century (10mks)
Section C (30mks0
Answer any two questions from this section
21. (a) Mention five factors that aided the growth of Buganda kingdom in the 19th century (5mks)
(b) Expalin the role played by Lukiko in the Buganda kingdom (10mks)
22. (a) Give five principles of democracy (5mks)
(b) Explain five demerits of democracy (10mks)
23. (a) Mention five external factors that facilitated nationalism in Africa (5mks)
(b) Discuss the causes of nationalism in Ghana (10mks)

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