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HISTORY

PAPER 2

JULY / AUGUST

TIME : 2 ½ HRS

BUSIA SUB-COUNTY FORM FOUR JOINT EXAMINATION – 2016

Kenya certificate of secondary school education (KCSE)

History and Government

Paper 2

Time 2 ½ hrs

Instructions to the candidates

This paper consist of three sections A,B and C

Answer all question in section A, three questions from section B, and two question from section C.

Answers to all questions must be written in a separate booklet provided.

SECTION A (25 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section.

1	State two distinct characteristics of Homo erectus.	(2 mks)

2	What was the major discovery made by man during the middle stone Age period.	(1 mk)

3	Name one river that was associated with early Agriculture in Mesopotamia.	(1 mk)

4	Name two trade routes used during the Trans-Sahara trade.	(2 mk)

5	Name two types of writing invented in Mesopotamia and Egypt in Ancient time.	(2 mks)

6	Why was the Odwira festival vital to the Asante people?	(1 mk)

7	Name two source of British constitution.	(2 mks)

8	Identify two uses of bronze in anciet Kingdom of Benin.	(2 mks)

9	State two uses of satellites in modern community.	(2 mks)

10	Name one country in North Africa that was colonize by British.	(1 mk)

11	Identify one role played by Kinjekitile in the outbreak of MajiMaji rebellion.	(1 mk)

12	State two demands issued by Austria-Hungary to Serbia in 1914.	(2 mks)

13	Identify the main administrative organ of the League of Nations.	(1 mk)

14	What name was given to Germany and her allies during the Second World war.?	(1 mk)

15	What was the main cause of cold war?	(1 mk)

16	State two reasons for the collapse of Ujamaa policy in Tanzania.	(2 mks)

17	Identify the ruling party in the USA today.	(1 mk)

SECTION B (45 MARKS)

Answer any three questions from this section.

18	a) State five ways used by archaeologists to locate a historical site.	(5 mks)

b) Describe five limitation of sing archaeology as a source of information in History and Governments.	(10 maks)

19	a) State three advantages of using barter as a method of trade.	(3 mks)

b) Explain six factors that led to the decline of Trans-Atlantic Trade.	(12 mks)

20	a) State five factors that led to the development of urban centres in Africa durig the Pre-Colonial Period.	(5 mks)

b) Discuss five challenges facing modern urban centres.	(10 mks)

21	a) Sate five terms of the Coryndon treaty of 1900 between Lewanika of the Lozi and the British.	(5 mks)

b) Explain five results of collaboration between Lewinika of the Lozi and the British in the 19th Century.	(10 mks)

SECTION C (30 MARKS)

Answer any two questions from this section.

22	a) Name three political parties involved in the struggle for independence in South Africa.	(3 mks)

b) Explain six factors that led to the development of Africa Nationalism in South Africa. (12 mks)

23	a) State five characteristics of the commonwealth member states.	(5 mks)

b) Explain five challenges facing commonwealth.	(10 mks)

24	a) State three categories of members of parliament in Britain.	(3 mks)

b) Explain six duties of the Prime Minister in Britain.	(12 mks)