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History And Government Question Paper

History And Government

Course:Cre

Exam Year:2009

Paper 1
MARCH/APRIL 2009
Time: 2 1/2 Hours

KAPSABET HIGH -EVALUATION EXAMINATION - 2009
Paper 1
March/April 2009
Time: 2 1/2 Hours

Section A (25mks)

Answer all questions in this section

1. Name the remnant community of the southern Cushites (1mk)

2. Identify the two subgroups of the Maasai community (1mk)

3. Mention two sources of history of the East African Coast (2mks)

4. Identify the first missionary station in Kenya (1mk)

5. Mention the independent church formed in Nyanza during the colonial period (1mk)

6 State one development right of a child (1mk)

7 What do you understand by the term National Integration? (1mk)

8 Identify two features of political organizations formed in Kenya by 1939 (2mks)

9 Give two methods used by the colonial government to obtain land for settlers in Kenya (2mks)

10 State two functions of the governor in colonial Kenya (2mks)

11 Give two reasons why colonial chiefs were un-popular (2mks)

12 Name two Africans who served in the colonial administration as ministers in Kenya (3mks)

13 State two characteristics of human rights (2mks)

14 Give two methods of conflict resolution in Kenya today (2mks)

15 Identify one national activity in Kenya that promotes national unity (1mk)

16 State one way by which one can become a Kenyan citizen (1mk)

Section B (45mks)

Answer any three questions from this section

17 (a) Name any five sub-tribes of the Mijikenda (5mks)

(b) Describe the political organization of the Mijikenda in the pre-colonial period (10mks)

18 (a) Mention three western countries that signed trade treaties with the sultan of Zanzibar in the
19th century (3mks)
(b) Explain the factors that aided international trade in East Africa during the time of Said Seyyid
(12mks)
19 (a) Give reasons why the Nandi resistance against the British took too long (5mks)

(b) Explain the results of the Nandi resistance (10mks)

20 (a) What were the contribution of women during the mau mau war? (5mks)

(b) Explain give problems that hindered the mau mau activities (10mks)

Section C (30mks)

Answer any two questions from this section

21 (a) Give three circumstances under which the right to life can be denied (3mks)

(b) Explain the conditions under which one can be deprived of a Kenyan citizenship (5mks)

22 (a) Give five reasons for constitutional amendments in Kenya since independence (5mks)

(b) Explain five reasons why national integration is important (5mks)

23 (a) Give five importance of human rights (5mks)

(b) Explain the elements of good citizenship in Kenya today (10mks)

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