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Kisumu East District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Kisumu East District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2012

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2012
2 ½ HOURS.
KISUMU EAST AND NORTH DISTRICTS JOINT EVALUATION
TEST
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E) 2012
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2012
2 ½ HOURS
_ This paper consists of three sections A, B and C
_ Answer all questions in section A, three in section B and two in section C.
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions in this section.
1. Give two archeological dating methods used by Historians. (2mks)
2. State two ways through which early man adopted the environment during the Stone Age period.
(2mks)
3. Identify two ways in which iron technology spread in Africa. (2mks)
4. State two limitations of using rafts as means of water transport. (2mks)
5. State two social negative results of industrialization in Britain. (2mks)
6. State one social factor which made Europeans to occupy Africa in the 19th century. (1mk)
7. Give two ways through which trade contributed to the rise of the Asante kingdom in the 19th century.
(2mks)
8. State any two regions that attempted to break away from Congo during the 1960s Congo crisis.
(2mks)
9. Identify any two new fighting methods used in the First World War 1914 -1918. (2mks)
10. Identify the two policies used by the Non aligned movement to stop the cold war. (2mks)
11. Name two sources of laws for Britain’s unwritten constitution. (2mks)
12. State the main function of the international court of justice.
13. State two ways through which one can become a member of parliament in Britain. (2mks)
14. Give the main aim of the United Nations organization. (1mk)
SECTION B
Answer any THREE questions in this section.
15. a) Describe any three general characteristics of Neanderthal zone in the evolution tree.
(3mks)
b) Explain the cultural practices of the zone during the middle stone age period. (12mks)
16. a) State five factors that led to Agrarian Revolution in the U.S.A. (5mks)
b) Discuss the effect of the Agrarian Revolution in Britain. (10mks)
17. a) State three roles played by the Tuaregs in the Trans- Saharan trade. (3mks)
b) Discuss six results of the Trans-Sahara trade during the pre-colonial period West Africa.
(12mks)
18. a) Give three ways in which the 1st and second world wars contributed to nationalism in
Africa. (3mks)
b) Explain any six reasons why Mozambique’s (FRELIMO succeeded in its struggle against
Portuguese colonial rule. (12mks)
SECTION C
Answer any TWO questions h in this section.
19. a) Give three functions of the Asantehene of the Asante kingdom in the 17th century. (3mks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Asante kingdom in the pre- colonial period.
(12mks)
20. a) State five causes of the 2nd word war. (5mks)
b) Explain five effects of the 2nd world war in Europe. (10mks)
21. a) State any two major organs of the United Nations organization. (3mks)
b) Explain any six reasons why it has become difficult for the United Nations to successfully
achieve her goals in the world today. (12mks)

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