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Thika District Mock - History Paper 2 Question Paper

Thika District Mock - History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2011
2 ½ HOURS
THIKA PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS EXAMINATION – 2011
KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
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 in section B
and two questions from Section C.
_ Answers to all questions must be written in the answer booklet
provided
_ Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the
pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
_ This paper consists of 3 printed pages.
Answer all the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. Give one disadvantage of use of anthropology as a source of
information on history and government. (1mk)
2. Identify two processes of evolution of early man. (2mks)
3. State two reasons why early agriculture started near water bodies.
(2mks)
4. State two features of the Macadam roads. (2mks)
5. Name one limitation of use of fire and smoke as a form of early
communication. (1mk)
6. Identify two cultural consequences of meroe’s growth as an early
urban centre. (2mks)
7. Give the reason why Egypt was of strategic importance to Britain
during the colonization period. (1mk)
8. Who waged a seven year war against France from 1891 – 1898 in
French West Africa? (1mk)
9. Give two duties of the Native Affairs Department in Zimbabwe
during the colonial period. (2mks)
10. State one contribution of Nyerere towards the attainment of
independence in Mozambique. (1mk)
11. Name the underground movement that spearheaded the armed
resistance in South Africa during the Apartheid system. (1mk)
12. Give two reasons why the league of nations failed. (2mks)
13. What is the acronym of UNHCR? (1mk)
14. Who was the founding leader of the Non-Aligned Movement?(1mk)
15. State two factors that contributed to the collapse of E.AC. in 1977
(2mks)
16. What is Ujamaa as applied in Tanzania? (1mk)
17. Give two ways in which one can become a member of the House of
Lords in Britain.
SECTION B
Answer any THREE questions from this section in the answer booklet
provided.
18a) State three disadvantages of barter system of trade. (3mks)
b) Explain the factors that led to the established of the Trans-Saharan
trade. (12mks)
19a) What were the changes that marked the Agrarian Revolution in
Britain? (5mks)
b) Describe the effects of the Agrarian Revolution in the U.S.A(10mks)
20a) State the functions of the Omanhene in the pre-colonial period.(3mks)
b) Explain six factors that led to the rise and growth of the Asante
Empire. (12mks)
21a) State five factors that facilitates scientific revolution in Europe.(5mks)
b) Discuss the positive contributions of scientific inventions on industry.
(10mks)
SECTION C – 30MKS
Answer any Two questions from this section in the answer booklet
provided.
22a) Why did the Versailles treaty fail to bring lasting peace to the warring
parties? (5mks)
b) What were the social results of the first World War? (10mks)
23a) State the objectives of the Pan-African Movement. (5mks)
b) Describe the challenges faced by the Pan-African Movement(10mks)
24a) Outline the role of the civil service in the U.S.A. Government.(5mks)
b) Explain the merits of the Federal Government in the U.S.A. (10mks)

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