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History And Government Paper 2 Question Paper

History And Government Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2003

K.C.S.E HISTORY & GOVERNMENT PAPER 2 2003
SECTION A (25 marks)
Answer all the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided
1. Identify two ways in which early man used stone tools. (2 mks)
2. Give two factors that influenced the growth of early urban centres in Africa.
(2 mks)
3. State two disadvantages of using coal as a source of industrial energy (2 mks)
4. Identify one advantage of barter as a method of exchange in the Trans- Saharan
trade. (1 mk)
5. Give two ways in which the agrarian in Revolution England affected the lives of
small scale farmers?
6. Identify two ways in which the Agrarian Revolution contributed to European
expansion to Africa. (2 mks)
7. State one reason why internal Trade Agreement are signed. (1 mk)
8. State two religious practices of the Ancient Egyptians. (2 mks)
9. State two similarities between the Buganda and the Ndebele system of
government in the 19th century. (2mks)
10. Identify one way in which Africans reacted to European colonization of Africa.
(1 mk)
11. State one way through which the Europeans maintained peace among themselves
during the partition of Africa. (1 mk)
12. Name two main political changes that have faced the Democratic Republic of
Congo since independence. (2 mks)
13. Give one function of the monarchy in Britain. (1 mk)
14. State one advantage of a written constitution. (1 mk)
15. State two ways in which the treaty of Versailles signed in 1919 affected Germany.
(2 mks)
16. Identify one leader who was a founder member of the non-aligned movement.
(1 mk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
17. (a) What were the advantage of the discovery of fire by the early man?
(3 mks)
(b) Explain six ways in which agriculture changed the lives of early people.
(12 mks)
18. (a) Give three developments that have taken place in road transport systems
since 1750. (3 mks)
(b) Explain six ways through which the invention of the railway speeded up
industrialization in Europe. (12 mks)
19. (a) State three religious practices of the Yoruba (3 mks)
(b) Explain six effects of Christian missionary activities on Africans (12 mks)
20. (a) Describe the organization of the Trans- Atlantic Trade. (3 mks)
(b) What were the results of the Trans- Atlantic Trade in West Africa?
(12 mks)

SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
21. (a) Give three reasons why Samori Toure resisted French colonization in
West Africa. (3 mks)
(b) Explain six results of Samori Toure’s resistance against the French
occupation in West Africa between 1882 and 1898. (12 mks)
22. (a) Give three reasons why the preferential Trade Area (PTA) was formed.
(3 mks)
(b) Explain six challenges which Tanzania has faced since independence.
(12 mks)
23. (a) What are the features of stage government in the United States of
America? (3 mks)
(b) Explain six functions of the Federal government of the United States of
America. (12 mks)

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