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Bomet District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Bomet District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2007

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST 2007
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS.
BOMET DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education 2007
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST 2007
TIME 2 ½ HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES.
_ This paper consist 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 questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
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 in this section
1. State any two limitations of written sources of African history. (2mks)
2. List any two Homo-species of the early man. (2mks)
3. Give one feature of the British agriculture before 1750 AD. (1mk)
4. State one characteristics of local trade. (1mk)
5. State two uses of magazines in the modern world. (2mks)
6. Give one way in which the discovery and use of iron contributed to the growth of kingdoms in
Africa. (1mk)
7. List two factors which have hindered rapid industrialization in India. (2mks)
8. Outline any two problems which face the city of Nairobi today. (2mks)
9. State two factors for the growth of the Buganda kingdom in the 19th C. (2mks)
10. Identify the two main types of constitution. (2mks)
11. Give one principle of a democratic system of government. (1mk)
12. State two methods used by the Europeans to colonize Africa. (2mks)
13. Give one reason why the British applied the direct rule policy to rule Zimbabwe. (1mk)
14. What was the main incidence that brought the final end to the Second World War? (1mk)
15. What is meant by the term NON ALIGNMENT? (1mk)
16. State one challenge facing the common market for Eastern and southern Africa (COMESA) (1mk)
17. Name the two chambers of the US bicameral parliament. (1mk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer ANY THREE questions in this section.
18. (a) State five factors for the development of early agriculture in Mesopotamia. (5mks)
(b) Describe clearly five effects of early agriculture on human society. (10mks)
19. (a) What was the TRIANGULAR TRADE? (2mks)
(b) Name any three goods which were exported from West Africa during this trade. (3mks)
(c) Discuss five negative effects of this trade on the people of West Africa. (10mks)
20. (a) Define the term industrial revolution. (1mk)
(b) State two disadvantages of coal as a source of power during the industrial revolution. (2mks)
(c) Explain six factors for the emergence of the USA as an industrial power in the 19th C. (12mks)
21. (a) Why did Lewanika collaborate with the British colonialists? (5mks)
(b) Explain five results of the Lozi collaboration with the British. (10mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer ANY TWO questions in this section
22. (a) State three benefits enjoyed by assimilated Africans in Senegal during the French rule. (3mks)
(b) Name any two communes in Senegal during the French Assimilation. (2mks)
(c) Explain five reasons why the assimilation policy failed in West Africa. (10mks)
23. (a) Name any three nationalists in south Africa during apartheid. (3mks)
(b) State three methods used by the S. African nationalists in their struggle against colonial rule.
(3mks)
(c) List four problems which faced the South African nationalists during the independence
struggle. (4mks)
(d) Outline five results of the South African nationalism. (5mks)
24. (a) Name the four dominions of the commonwealth. (4mks)
(b) Name any two commonwealth organs. (2mks)
(c) Explain six achievement s of the commonwealth to the member states. (9mks)

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