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History And Government Paper 2 Question Paper

History And Government Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2004

K.C.S.E HISTORY PAPER 2 2004
Answer all the questions in section A, three questions from section B and two questions
from section C.
SECTION A
1. Give one contribution of archeology to the study of History. (1 mk)
2. State two uses of fire by early man. (2 mks)
3. Give two uses of Bronze in Mesopotamia. (2 mks)
4. State two functions of early urban centers in Egypt. (2 mks)
5. Give two disadvantages of human transport. (1 mk)
6. Give two contributions of the inventions of the steam to industry in the 18th
century in Europe. (2 mks)
7. State one advantage of the telephones as a means of communication. (1 mk)
8. State two results of the construction of the Suez Canal. ( 2 mks)
9. Identify tow problems that may hinder the effective operation of international
Trade Agreements. (2 mks)
10. Why was Ethiopia not colonized by the Europeans in the 19th century? (1mk)
11. State one social reason for the coming of Europeans to Africa in the 19th Century.
(1 mk)
12. Give two functions of chiefs in Zimbabwe during the colonial period. (2 mks)
13. Identify the role that the government convention people’s Party (CPP) played in
the struggle for independence in China. (1 mk)
14. State one aim of the Arusha Declaration in Tanzania. ( 1 mk)
15. Identify one way in which a person may become a member of the House of Lords
in Britain. (1 mk )
16. Give one factor that led to the end of the cold war. (1 mk)
17. State two reasons for the establishment of the United Nations Organization
(UNO). (2 mks)
SECTION B
18. (a) What made the early man to domesticate crops and animals? (3 mks)
(b) Explain the causes of food shortages in the third world counties (12 mks)
19. (a) Describe five religious practices of the Maya. (5 mks)
(b) Discuss the importance of the religious among the Maya. (5 mks)
20. (a) What were the terms of the Berlin Conference for 1884- 1885? (5 mks)
(b) Discuss the immediate results of the partition of African by Europeans.
(10 mks)
21. (a) What was the role of the Tuaregs in the trans- Saharan trade? (3 mks)
(b) Explain six effects of the trans-Saharan trade on the people of Western Sudan.
(12 mks)

SECTION C
Answer any TWO questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
22. (a) What were the economic activities of the Buganda during the pre- colonial
period? (3 mks)
(b) Describe the political organization of Buganda during the pre- colonial
period. (12 mks)
23. (a) What were the causes of the first World War ( 1914 – 1918) (5 mks)
(b) Discuss the results of the First World War (1914 – 1918) (10 mks)
24. (a) Describe the functions of the council of ministers of the organization of
African Unity. (3 mks)
(b) Explain six achievement of the organization of African Unity (OAU) since
its formation. (12 mks)

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