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K.C.S.E History &Amp; Government Paper 2 1996 Question Paper

K.C.S.E History &Amp; Government Paper 2 1996

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:1996

K.C.S.E HISTORY & GOVERNMENT PAPER 2 1996
SECTION A (25 marks)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided
1. Identify two sources of information which historians use to write the History
of Africa (2mks)
2. List two economic activities of early man during the stone Age period (2mks)
3. Give two factors which led to the early urbanization in Africa (2mks)
4. Identify one use of bronze in Ancient Benin (1mks)
5. List two forms of communication used to send messages to distant places in
the shortest possible time. (2mks)
6. Name two main cash crops that were grown in North America during the
Agrarian Revolution. (2mks)
7. a) What is barter trade? (1mk)
b) Identify one limitation of using barter as a method of trade. (1mk)
8. Give two functions of the Buganda traditional parliament (2mks)
9. Name the Empire that was rule by Samori Toure during the European invasion
of Africa (1mk)
10. Give two ways through which Islam had spread in Africa by the nineteenth
century (2mks)
11. Name two systems of colonial administration which were used by the British
to administer their colonies In Africa. (2mks)
12. What is constitution?
13. In which two ways did the organization of Africa Unity (OAU) contribute to
the liberation of the southern African countries? (2mks)
14. Name two agencies of the United Nations Organisation (UNO) which deal
with the problem of health.
SECTION B (45 marks)
Answer any three questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. a) In what ways did the development of the steam engine contribute to
the growth of industries in Europe during the nineteenth century.(3mks)
b) Explain six factors which led to the emergence of Japan as an
industrial power after the second world war.(12mks)
2. a) What factors led to the development of trade between North Africa
and West Africa during the pre-colonial period?(3mks)
b) Describe the effects of the Trans – Saharan trade of West African
societies? (12mks).
3. a) Explain three ways in which Macadamised roads are an improvement
to road transport. (3mks)
b) What were the results of the development of railway transport in
Europe up the end of the Nineteenth century? (12mks)
4. a) Why were African independent churches established? (3mks)
b) Explain six factors which promoted Christian missionary activities
in Africa during the nineteenth century. (12mks)
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SECTION C (30 mks)
Answer any two questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
5. a) What methods did the European powers use to acquire colonies in
Africa? (3mks)
b) Explain six factors which influenced Lewanika of the Balozi to
collaborate with the British.(12mks)
6. a) Describe the factors which facilitated the application of the French
policy of assimilation in the four communes in Senegal.(3mks)
b) Discuss the effects of the French policy of assimilation in Senegal
(12 mks)
7. a) What is the role of the prime minister in Britain? (3mks)
b) Explain six functions of the Federal Government of the United
States of America. (USA). (12mks)

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