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Borabu- Masaba District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Borabu- Masaba District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 2
JULY/AUG. 2010
Time: 2 ½ Hours
BORABU – MASABA NORTH DISTRICTS JOINT EVALUATION TEST – 2010
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 2
JULY/AUG. 2010
Time: 2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
This paper consists of THREE sections A , B and C
Answer ALL the questions in Section A, THREE questions in section B and TWO in section C
RUBRIC (Answering more than required) will be penalized
This paper consists of 2 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
SECTION A (25MARKS)
1. Identify two ways in which oral tradition as a source of history and government was passed
on from one generation to another (2mks)
2. State two ways through which early man adapted to the environment during the Stone Age period
(2mks)
3. Give one main reason why the early man abandoned stone tools for metals (1mk)
4. Give the greatest contribution of Alexander Graham Bell in the field of communication (1mk)
5. Name one colony of Portugal in Africa (1mk)
6. Identify two advantages of electricity as a modern source of energy (2mks)
7. Give two ways in which telecommunication has facilitated modern trade (2mks)
8. Name the main architect of indirect rule in Africa (1mk)
9. State two reasons why Kabaka Mutesa I welcomed Christian missionaries into his Kingdom
in the nineteenth century (2mks)
10. Name the political party that secured independence for Ghana (1mk)
11. State two demands made by Austria to Serbia after the assassination at Sarajevo (2mks)
12. Give the main reason why the golden stool was important to the Asante Empire (1mk)
13. Identify two political challenges that have faced the Democratic Republic of Congo
since independence (2mks)
14. State two factors limiting Parliamentary Supremacy in Britain (2mks)
15. Name one agency of the United Nations Organization which deals with the problems of health
(1mk)
16. Identify one constitutional powers of the President of India (1mk)
17. Name the main decision making institution of the East African Community of 2001 (1mk)
SECTION B. (45MARKS)
18. a) State three factors which show that Africa was the cradle of man (3mks)
b) Describe the way of life of Early Human beings during the middle Stone Age period
(12mks)
19. a) State five factors which led to the development of the Trans – Saharan Trade (5mks)
b) Explain five effects of the Trans – Saharan Trade on the people of Western Sudan
(10mks)
20. a) Give five ways in which the discovery of iron technology affected the lives of
African Communities during the pre colonial period (5mks)
b) Explain five factors which contributed to industrialization of Germany in the
nineteenth Century (10mks)
21. a) State five reasons why the British used direct rule to administer Zimbabwe (5mks)
b) Explain five ways in which the application of direct rule in Zimbabwe affected
the Africans (10mks)
SECTION C (30MARKS)
22. a) Describe the social organization of the Shona during the pre – colonial period (5mks)
b) Describe the political organization of Mwene Mutapa Kingdom (Shona Kingdom)
during the pre- colonial period (10mks)
23. a) State three reasons why Adolf Hitler of Germany was interested in Russia at the
beginning of Second World War. (3mks)
b) Explain the social effects of the Second World war 1939 – 1945 (12mks)
24. a) State five factors that limit the presidential powers in the United States of
America (U.S.A) (5mks)
b) Explain five functions of the United States of America Federal Government (10mks)
END

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