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History Paper 2 Question Paper

History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

311/2
HISTORY & GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2011
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)

History & Government
Paper 2

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

• This paper consists of three sections: A, B and C.

• Answer all questions in section A, three questions in section B and any two questions in section C.

• All answers must be written in the separate answer sheets

This paper consists of 2 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that both pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. What is the name used to refer to the remains of man’s past material culture. (1mk)
2. Distinguish between oldowan and Acheulian tools. (2mks)
3. Identify one archeological site where remains of Homo Habilis were found. (1mk)
4. State two disadvantages of human transport. (2mks)
5. Give one reason for the decline of Kilwa in the 15th C (1mk)
6. List two main functions of the Lukiiko in the Buganda kingdom. (2mks)
7. Name the treaty that was signed between Samori Toure and the French in 1896 (1mk)
8. Name two dictators in Europe who emerged after the first world war apart from
Adolf Hitler. (2mks)
9. Identify two functions of the Emirs in the British indirect rule in Northern Nigeria. (2mks)
10. Name two ways in which Christian Missionaries facilitated the process o f colonization
in Africa. (2mks)
11. State two demands of United Gold Coast Convention to the British Colonial
administration in Ghana. (2mks)
12. Name two provinces lost by Germany during the first world war. (2mks)
13. Name two weapons used during the cold war. (2mks)
14. Identify the main role of the security council of the United Nations. (1mk)
15. Identify the main reason why USA joined the allied powers during the second world war. (1mk)
16. Name one English speaking member country of the Economic Community of west
African state (ECOWAS) apart from Nigeria. (1mk)

SECTION B. ( 45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions in this section.
17. (a) State five characteristics of Homo Sapiens. (5mks)
(b) Explain five ways in which Homo Erectus attempted to improve his way of life. (10mks)

18. (a) What factors led to the Agrarian Revolution in North America. (5mks)
(b) Explain five positive effects of scientific inventions in industry. (10mks)

19. (a) What were the contributions of former colonial masters in the development of
African states. (5mks)
(b) Explain five reasons why the British used indirect rule to administer Northern Nigeria.(10mks)

20 (a) Name three colonies in North Africa which were colonized by France during the 19th C.(3mks)
(b) Explain six factors which facilitated European Colonization of Africa in the 19th C. (12mks)

SECTION C. ( 30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions in this section.

21 (a) State three ways in which centralization of authority contributed to the success of
Buganda Kingdom. (3mks)
(b) Describe the political organization of the Asante empire during the 19th C. (12mks)

22 (a) Name three founding leaders of the non-aligned Movement. (3mks)
(b) Explain six achievements of the non- Aligned movement. (12mks)

23 (a) Name three earliest pan-Africanists of the 19th C. (3mks)
(b) Explain the challenges facing COMESA. (12mks)

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