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Kisumu District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Kisumu District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2008

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Paper 2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
July / August – 2008
Time: 2 ½ Hours
KISUMU DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TESTS - 2008
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
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Paper 2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
July / August – 2008
Time: 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.
Answers to all the questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
This paper consists of 3 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the
Pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
SECTION A (25 Marks)
Answer ALL the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. List two forms of Oral traditions. (2 mks)
2. State two uses of acheuliam tools. (2 mks)
3. Mention two agricultural practices used in Europe before the agrarian revolution. (2 mks)
4. State the main contribution of Alexander Flemming in the field of medicine. (1 mk)
5. Give one way by which poor transport hinders industrialization in the third world countries.
(1 mk)
6. Give two advantages of currency method of trade. (2 mks)
7. State results of the construction of the Suez Canal. (2 mks)
8. Define indirect rule as a colonial system of administration. (1 mk)
9. State the main cause of the cold war. (1 mk)
10. Give two achievements of Pan – Africanism. (2 mks)
11. Identify two political challenges that have been faced by the Democratic Republic of Congo since independence. (2 mks)
12. State two functions of the security council of the UNO. (2 mks)
13. Outline two ways in which the Versailles treaty of 1919 affected Germany. (2 mks)
14. Identify the role religion played in the Chimurenga war of 1896 – 1898. (1 mk)
15. Give two functions of the electoral commission of India. (2 mks)
SECTION B
Answer any three questions from this section
16. a) Identify three ways in which early man used stone tools. (3 mks)
b) Explain six ways in which early agriculture changed the lives of early people. (12 mks)
17. a) Give five factors that contributed to the development of the Trans-Atlantic trade.
(5 mks)
b) Discuss any five impacts of the Trans-Atlantic trade. (10 mks)
18. a) Identify ways in which the steam engine contributed to the growth of industries in Europe
during the 19th Century. (3 mks)
b) Explain factors that led to Japan becoming an industrial power after the 2nd World War.
(12 mks)
19. a) What were the terms of the Berlin Conference of Nov. 1884 – Feb. 1885. (5 mks)
b) What were the impacts of partition of Africa on Africans? (10 mks)
SECTION C
Answer any two questions from this section
20. a) Outline the social organization of the Shona during the pre-colonial period. (5 mks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Shona Kingdom during the pre – colonial period.
21. a) State five methods used by nationalists in Ghana in their struggle for independence.
(5 mks)
b) Explain five challenges Nationalists in South Africa faced in the liberation struggle.
(10 mks)
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22. a) State factors that led to the rise of non – aligned movement in the 1940’s. (3 mks)
b) Explain problems the non – aligned movement has faced since its inception. (12 mks)
END

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