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Masinga District Mock - History Paper 2 Question Paper

Masinga District Mock - History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

NAME: ………………………………………………………. INDEX NO: ..…...……………………….
SCHOOL: ……………………………………………………. Candidate’s signature: …………………
Date: …………………………………….
311/2
History and Government
Paper 2
July/August
2 ½ Hours
MASINGA DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 2011
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/2
History and Government
Paper 2
July/August
2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
a) This paper consists of three sections A, B and C.
b) Answer all the questions in section A, three questions from section B and two questions from
Section C in the answer booklets provided.
This paper consists of 2 printed pages.
Candidates should check to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer ALL the questions
1. State one characteristic of Homo Sapiens. (1 Mark)
2. State two similarities between early agriculture in Mesopotamia and Egypt. (2 Marks)
3. Give two ways in which industrial Revolution contributed to European expansion to Africa. (2 Marks)
4. Identify the main aim of Berlin conference between 1884 and 1885. (1 Mark)
5. Name one African leader who was one of the founder of Non-aligned movement. (1 Mark)
6. State two economic ways in which the Treaty of Versailles signed in 1919 affected Germany. (2 Marks)
7. State two demerits of oral sources of history. (2 Marks)
8. Identify the main method of trade in Africa during pre-colonial period. (1 Mark)
9. State two functions of the Lukiiko of Buganda Kingdom during the pre-colonial period. (2 Marks)
10. Which organization was formed in 1994 to re-place the Preferential Trade Area? (1 Mark)
11. State one result of the wheel among Sumerians. (1 Mark)
12. State one factor that facilitated the growth of Asante kingdom. (1 Mark)
13. State one contribution of Christian Benard of South Africa in the field of medicine. (1 Mark)
14. Other than personal assimilation, state two other forms of assimilations. (2 Marks)
15. State two social reasons for the coming of Europeans to Africa in the 19th Century. (1 Mark)
16. State two advantages of a cinema. (2 Marks)
17. Name two sources of the British labour force in the industries during the 18th and 19th centuries.
(2 Marks)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any THREE questions from this section
18. a) State five reasons why African leaders collaborated with the Europeans. (5 Marks)
b) What led to the downfall of Samori Toure after keeping the Frenchmen at bay for 15years.(10 Marks)
19. a) Why did the British use indirect rule in Northern Nigeria. (5 Marks)
b) Explain five factors that favoured the success of FRELIMO nationalists during their struggle for
independence in Mozambique. (10 Marks)
20. a) What are the advantages of use of metal over stone as a material for making tools. (5 Marks)
b) Explain five ways through which the development of iron technologically affected Africans
communities in the pre-colonial period. (10 Marks)
21. a) State five disadvantages of open field system in Europe before the Agrarian revolution. (5 Marks)
b) Explain the effects of agrarian revolution in Europe. (10 Marks)
SECTION C (30MARKS)
Answer any TWO questions from this section
22. a) What were the aims of UNO at its inception? (3Marks)
b) Explain six problems that UNO has faced in its effort to achieve world peace. (12Marks)
23. a) State three characteristics of British direct rule as applied in Zimbabwe. (3Marks)
b) Explain six factors which contributed to the rise of Japan as an industrial power after the Second World War. (12Marks)
24. a) What were the causes of the 1st world war (1914 – 1918). (5Marks)
b) Explain the results of the 1st World War. (10Marks)

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