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History And Government Form 1 Question Paper

History And Government Form 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2006

IGUNGA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT FORM 1 MID-YEAR EXAMINATION

SECTION A (25mks)

Answer all the questions

1. What is the meaning of democracy (1mk)

2. Give two theories that explain the origins of man (2mks)

3. List three stages in the evolution of man (3mks)

4. Why is Africa regarded as the cradleland of mankind (2mks)

5. State three reasons why the study of government is important (3mks)

6. Name any two types of tools that were used during the stone age period (2mks)

7. Give three limitations of using oral tradition to reconstruct history (3mks)

8. What are fossils (1mk)

9. List three methods that can be used for dating fossils (3mks)

10. Give three reasons why early agriculture developed along river valleys (3mks)

11. Give two causes of food shortages in developing countries (2mks)

SECTION B (45MKS)

Answer any THREE questions

12
a. State FIVE advantages of using written records as a source of historical information (5mks)

b. What is the importance of studying history (10mks)

13
a. What were the uses of fire during the middle stone age (7mks)

b. Explain briefly the culture of early man during the new stone age (8mks)

14
a. State the factors that led to the beginning of agriculture in Mesopotamia (5mks)

b. What were the effects of early agriculture on the people of Mesopotamia (10mks)

15
a. Identify changes that marked the Agrarian Revolution in Britain (5mks)

b. Explain the effects of the Agrarian Revolution in the USA (10mks)

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