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Trans-Nzoia West District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Trans-Nzoia West District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2008

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311/2
HISTORY
Paper 2
July / August – 2008
Time: 2 ½ Hours
TRANS – NZOIA WEST DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION - 2008
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/2
HISTORY
Paper 2
July / August – 2008
Time: 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 all the questions must be written in the answer booklets provided.
.
This paper consists of 4 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the
Pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
SECTION A (25 Marks)
Answer ALL questions in this section.
1. State two available tangible evidence that researchers use to determine the origin or date of man.
(2 mks)
2. State two ways how early man evaded predator. (2 mks)
3. State two sub – species of homosapiens. (2 mks)
4. Give two results of the development of the steamship in Europe. (2 mks)
5. Identify two social problems brought about by industrial revolution in Europe. (2 mks)
6. Identify the uses of bronze in ancient Benin Kingdom. (2 mks)
7. Mention two social reasons that made the Europeans to colonise Africa. (2 mks)
8. Mention two emerging health problems facing the world organization (WHO) (2 mks)
9. Identify two ways in which Samori Toure acquired fire arms. (2 mks)
10. State two considerations that the colonists took into account in determining colonial
administration. (2 mks)
11. State the hereditary head of the British political system. (1 mks)
12. Identify Democratic Republic of Congo first prime minister. (1 mk)
13. Identify two permanent members of United Nations organization with veto powers. (2 mks)
14. Which bloc collapsed in the cold war in 1990 – 1991. (1 mk)
SECTION B (45 Marks)
15. a) List five items that archaelogists use to reconstruct the activities of the pre-historic people.
(5 mks)
b) What were the effects of neolithic revolution on early society? (10 mks)
16. a) How did the Sumerians benefit from the invention of the wheel. (5 mks)
b) State the functions of Cairo town. (5 mks)
c) What were the effects of local trade. (5 mks)
17. a) Identify any three nationalists who promoted the growth of nationalism in Ghana.
(3 mks)
b) Explain six factors that contributed to the development of nationalism in Ghana.
(12 mks)
18. a) Describe the social organization of the Shona during the pre – colonial period. (5 mks)
b) Explain the political organization of the Mwene Mutapa Kingdom during the pre-colonial
period. (10 mks)
SECTION C (30 Marks)
Answer any three questions from this section
19. a) Give five reasons why the First World War was referred to as the greatest war ever fought by 1914. (5 mks)
b) Explain the effects of the cold – war. (10 mks)
20 a) State the characteristics of the commonwealth nations.
b) Explain why the PAN-AFRICAN movement took long to be established in Africa.(10 mks)
21. a) Identify three political parties represented in the us congress. (3 mks)
b) Explain the functions of the prime minister in Britain. (12 mks)

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