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Butere Mumias District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Butere Mumias District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2007

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HISTORY ANG GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
2 ½ HOURS
BUTERE –MUMIAS DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATIONS - 2007
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/2
HISTORY ANG GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
2 ½ HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
¨ This paper consists of three sections, A, B and C.
¨ Answer ALL questions in section A, THREE Questions from Section B
and TWO questions from section C.
¨ Answers to the questions MUST be written answer booklet provided.2
This paper consists of 4 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated
and no questions are missing
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer all questions from this section.
1 What is oral tradition as a source of information on history and government? (1mark)
2 Identify two aspect of the culture of early man that had their origin in the late stone age
(2mks)
3 Give two reasons for the development of early agriculture along the rivers valleys .
(2marks)
4 Identify the main commodity obtain from west Africa during the trans Saharan trade
(1mrk)
5 State one innovation in early transport that necessitated the constructions of roads .
(1marks)
6 Give two uses of Gold in Ancient Egypt. (2 marks)
7 Name the main reason that contributed to the growth of meroe as an urban center (1mark)
8 Give two reasons for the collapse of the Asante Empire (2mks)
9 List two ways in which indirect rule negatively affected traditional leaders in Nigeria
(2marks)
10 Mention one method used by the international community to hasten attainment of majority rule
in south Africa (1mk)
11 Identify one factor which contributed to the defeat of Germany in world war 11. (1mk)
12 State one social benefit of being a member of common wealth. (1mk)
13 State two goals of NEPAD. (2mks)
14 Identify two political challenges that the Democratic Republic of Congo has faced since
independence . (2mks)
15 Identify two political parties represented in the US congress (2mks)
16 Distinguish between a written and an unwritten constitution (2mks)3
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any THREE questions from this section.
17 (a) Give three reasons why it is important to study government. (3mks)
(b) Explain six limitations of using archaeology as a source of history. (12mks)
18 (a) State the role of Tuaregs in Trans –Saharan trade. (5mks)
(b) What were the effects of trans-Atlantic trade on the people of west Africa. (10 mks)
19 (a) State five ways through which the attainment of independence in Ghana contributed to
liberalization of other African countries from colonial rule. (5mks)
(b) Explain five methods used by South African nationalists in their struggle for liberation
from white minority rule. (10mks)
20 (a) Identify three economic factors that contributed to the scramble for colonies in African
(3mks)
(b) Explain why samori Toure’s resistances to the French was finally defeated in 1898 .
(12mks)4
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section
21 (a) what way the social organization of Mwene- Mutapa kingdom (3mks)
(b) Describe the political organization of the Mwene- Mutapa kingdom during pre- colonial
period (12mks)
22 (a) State any five factors that led to the development of the cold war in Europe. (5mks)
(b) Explain the effects of the cold war in the world . (10mks)
23 (a) list down five functions of political parties in the U.S.A. (5mks)
(b) Explain how the conduct of the president of the USA is checked. (10mks)

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