Hist 245:History Or Religion In Africa Question Paper
Hist 245:History Or Religion In Africa
Course:Education
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2013
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 1ST TRIMESTER 2013 (SCHOOL BASED) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : EDUCATION
UNIT CODE : HIST 245
UNIT TITLE : HISTORY OF RELIGIONS IN AFRICA
TIME : 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any three questions
Question One
State five reasons why people practice religion.
(5 Marks)
Explain five major African traditional practices.
(10 Marks)
Describe the African concepts of spirits.
(5 Marks)
Question Two
Explain five factors that facilitated the spread of Christianity in Axum in Ethiopia.
(10 Marks)
Explain five factors that hindered the spread of Christianity in the kingdom of Benin in West Africa.
(10 Marks)
Question Three
Explain the contribution of Christian missionaries in the following areas in Kenya. (20 Marks)
Evangelization.
Education.
Health.
Agriculture.
Question Four
Explain why Islam is regarded as a social system.
(10 Marks)
Explain the impact of spread of Islam in Africa.
(10 Marks)
Question Five
State five methods used to spread Islam religion in Africa.
(5 Marks)
Explain the reasons why the Africans were easily converted to Islam than Christianity.
(10 marks)
How did the introduction of Christianity and Islam affect the traditional African religion?
(5 Marks)
Question Six
Describe the impact of Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity. (20 Marks)
Question Seven
Discuss the factors that led most Egyptians to convert to Islam after that country was conquered by the Arab Muslims in the 7th century A.D. (20 marks)
Question Eight
Give an account of the contribution of the following persons to Christianity in Africa
Tertullian.
(5 Marks)
St. Augustine.
(5 Marks)
Jacobus.
(5 Marks)
Cyprian.
(5 Marks)
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