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Kisumu District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Kisumu District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2007

311/2
HISTORY AND
GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS.
JULY / AUGUST 2007.
KISUMU DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST (KDJET)
Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education (KCSE) 2007
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST 2007.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES.
_ This paper consists of THREE sections; A, B and C.
_ Answer ALL questions in section A, THREE questions from section B and TWO questions
from section C.
_ Answers to all questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
SECTION A(25MKS)
Answer all questions in this section
1. Identify two sources of information which historians have used to write the history of Africa.
(2mks)
2. Give two sub-species of Homo-Sapiens. (2mks)
3. In what ways did the discovery of X-ray improve the health of man? (1mk)
4. State two limitations of early forms of water transport. (2mks)
5. State two sources of energy used during the industrial revolution in Europe. (2mks)
6. Identify one form of message that could be relayed by the use of drum beats in ancient times.
(2mks)
7. What is silent trade? (1mk)
8. Identify two ways in which industrial revolution contributed to the colonization of Africa.
(2mks)
9. List two members of commonwealth in West Africa. (2mks)
10. Name two members of the Axis powers during the event of the 2nd world war. (2mks)
11. Name two agencies of the United Nations Organisation that deal with health problems. (2mks)
12. Give two functions of the international court of justice. (2mks)
13. State two economic challenges that Tanzania has faced since independence. (2mks)
14. Identify two factors which limit parliamentary supremacy in Britain. (2mks)
SECTION B ( 45MKS)
Answer any three Questions from this section
15. (a) State any three agricultural practices used in Europe before the agrarian revolution. (3mks)
(b) Explain the impacts of the Agrarian revolution in Europe. (12mks)
16. (a) Identify three trade routes which connected Western Sudan to North Africa. (3mks)
(b) Explain the factors that contributed to the decline of the Tran-Saharan Trade. (12mks)
17. (a) State three social activities of the Buganda in the pre-colonial period. (3mks)
(b) Explain the functions of the Lukiko in the kingdom of Buganda. (12mks)
18. (a) State three functions facing Johannesburg as a modern a city. (3mks)
(b) Explain the functions of Johannesburg as city. (12mks)
SECTION C ( 30MKS)
Answer two Questions
19. (a) Give three positive effects of indirect rule. (3mks)
(b) Describe the main features of indirect rule as applied in Northern Nigeria. (12mks)
20. (a) State three features of cold war. (3mks)
(b) Explain six effects of cold war. (12mks)
21. (a) Give five possible reasons for the federation of U.S.A. (5mks)
(b) Explain measures taken to limit the powers of the president. (10mks)

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