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History Form 2 Question Paper

History Form 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

THE 2011 K.C.S.E CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION
FORM TWO EXAMINATION JULY/AUGUST 2011

311/1 HISTORY

SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. Give two limitations of the written sources. (2mks)
2. Name the systems of government in which a ruler exercises total power over his subjects. (1mk)
3. Name the places where fossils of Kenyapithecus have been found in Kenya. (2mks)
4. Name one theory that explains the beginning of early agriculture. (1mk)
5. Name one community in Kenya which is linguistically related to the Iteso. (1mk)
6. State two functions of the council of elders (Njuri Ncheke) of the Ameru. (2mks)
7. Identify any two methods employed by Seyyid Said to promote long distance trade during the 19th Century. (2mks)
8. State two conditions that one has to fulfill in order to be naturalized as a Kenyan citizen. (2mks)
9. Give two disadvantages of animal transport. (2mks)
10. Give one traditional form of communication of sending a message over a wide area. (1mk)
11. Give two examples of major canals in the world. (2mks)
12. What are two disadvantages of wind energy? (2mks)
13. Give two inventions that contributed to food preservation. (2mks)
14. State the main contribution of Richard Arkwright in textile industry. (1mk)
15. Name two early urban centres which developed in Europe. (2mks)

SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer three Questions in the spaces provided.
16.
a. List the evidence used by archeologists to reconstruct activities of the past. (5mks)
b. Describe the culture of man during the stone age period. (10mks)

17.
a. State factors influencing Kilwa as an early urban centre. (3mks)
b. Explain factors that led to the decline of early urban centres in Africa. (12mks)

18.
a. State Five economic activities of the Ameru. (5mks)
b. Trace the migration and settlement of the Eastern Bantu. (10mks)

19.
a. Give reasons why the Akamba were involved in long distance trade. (5mks)
b. What were the effects of the long distance trade on the people of East Africa. (10mks)

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

20.
a. Give major inventions that revolutionized agriculture. (5mks)
b. Explain factors undermining scientific revolution in developing countries. (10mks)

21.
a. Give the uses of Bronze in the Kingdom of Benin. (5mks)
b. What were the consequences of Iron working technology on the continent of Africa. (10mks)

22.
a. Identify three ways through which a person may become a Kenyan citizen. (6mks)
b. Explain the reasons why the rights of citizens are very important in Kenya. (9mks)

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