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Hist 111: History Of Kenya Up To 1895 Question Paper

Hist 111: History Of Kenya Up To 1895

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2010

COURSE CODE: HIST 111
COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF KENYA UP TO 1895
STREAM: SESSION I

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer ALL in questions in section A and TWO from Section B

SECTION A (30 Marks)
1.
a) Name six sources of history that can be used in the writing of a textbook on the history of
Kenya [3 marks]
b) Briefly show how the environment is important in understanding the history of the
Kenyan people [6 marks]
c) Name four Hunter-Gatherer communities during the pre-colonial period [2 marks]
d) Explain the reasons behind the migration and movement of the Bantu and Nilotic peoples
into Kenya? [4 marks]
e) What impact did the Cushites have upon the Highland and Plains Nilotes [5 marks]
f) What was the relationship between the Maasai and the Kikuyu [5marks]
g) To what extent can we argue that there is no pure ethnic community in Kenya? Support
your answer with examples [5 marks]

SECTION B (40 Marks)
2. Discuss the pre-colonial socio-political organization of the following communities:
a) The Luo [5 marks]
b) The Nandi [5 marks]
c) The Kikuyu [5 marks]
d) The Mijikenda [5marks]

3.
a) Outline the trading activities of either the Kamba or the Mijikenda communities during
the colonial period. [10 marks]
b) What were the effects of trade on pre-colonial Kenyan communities? [10marks]

4. Discuss the major features of the history of the Kenyan coast before 1500? [20 marks]

5. a) What common interests did the Arabs and the Portuguese have on the East African Coast?
[5 marks]
b) What methods did the Portuguese use to gain and then retain control of the East African
coast? [5marks]
c) Account for the gradual decline of the Portuguese power and influence in East Africa
during the seventeenth century? [10 marks]

6. a) Examine critically the causes of the scramble and partition of Africa. [10 marks]
b) Discuss the process that led to Kenya being declared a British Protectorate on 1 July 1895?
[10 marks]

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