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Trans-Nzoia District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Trans-Nzoia District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2006

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
SECTION A (25MKS)
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. State two advantages of written records as a source of historical information (2mks) *TRZ*
2. State two characteristics of the Aegyptopithcus (2mks) *TRZ*
3. Name two earliest sources of information about the history of East Africa Coast (2mks) *TRZ*
4. Identify two limitations of electronic sources of history and government (2mks) *TRZ*
5. Give one result of the invention of the wheel in Mesopotamia (1mk) *TRZ*
6. Identify two aspects of culture of the early man that had their origin in the late stone age (2mks) *TRZ*
7. Give two ways in which the invention of seed drill contributed to the development of Agrarian Revolution
in Europe (2mks) *TRZ*
8. Identify two disadvantages of silent trade (2mks) *TRZ*
9. Give two strategies employed by Samori Toure in his war of resistance against the French(2mks) *TRZ*
10. Who were the Bagalagala in pre-colonial Buganda kingdom (1mk) *TRZ*
11. Identify two effects of cold war (2mks) *TRZ*
12. Give the main function of the international court of justice (ICJ) (1mk) *TRZ*
13. Identify one major threat to world peace today (1mk) *TRZ*
14. State two functions of the security council of the United Nations (2mks) *TRZ*
15. Name the party that led Indians to independence in 1947 (1mk) *TRZ*
SECTION B (45MKS)
16. (a). Describe the culture of early man during the old stone age period (5mks) *TRZ*
(b). Explain five ways through which man adapted to the environment during the stone age (10mks) *TRZ*
17. (a). What factors led to the development of early agriculture in Mesopotamia (7mks) *TRZ*
(b). Explain the factors which have led to inadequate food supply in some Third world countries
(8mks) *TRZ*
18. (a). Describe three ways through which slaves were obtained during the trans Atlantic trade slave
(3mks) *TRZ*
(b). Explain six factors that led to the decline of the Trans Atlantic trade (12mks) *TRZ*
19. (a). Which scientific inventions of the twentieth century have led to a reduction in death rates (5mks) *TRZ*
(b). Explain the positive impact of scientific invention in industry (10mks) *TRZ*
SECTION C (30MKS)
20. (a). State five factors that facilitated the growth of the Asante kingdom during the precolonial period
(5mks) *TRZ*
(b). Describe the social organization of the Shona during the pre-colonial period (10mks) *TRZ*
21. (a). Describe three factors that enabled the allied forces/powers to win the second world war (3mks) *TRZ*
(b). Explain the results of the Second World War (12mks) *TRZ*
22. (a). Describe five important organs of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
(5mks) *TRZ*
(b). Explain five problems which faced the League of Nations (10mks) *TRZ*

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