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Kericho District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Kericho 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.
KERICHO 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.
SECTION A (25 marks)
Answer all the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. State two advantages of written records as a source of history and government. (2mks)
2. Identify two features of Australopithecus. (2mks)
3. Define the term agrarian revolution. (1mk)
4. Give the main effect of the Land enclosure system in Britain. (1mk)
5. Mention two advantages of currency system of trade. (2mks)
6. Outline two roles of the Tuaregs in the Tran Saharan trade. (2mks)
7. Give one Engineer who improved road transport. (1mk)
8. Mention two disadvantages of using coal as a source of energy. (2mks)
9. Identify two ways in which scientific inventions have affected industry positively. (2mks)
10. Name one colony of France in North Africa. (1mk)
11. State one reason why the system of indirect rule became increasingly difficult for the British to
implement in Nigeria. (1mk)
12. Give two reasons for the formation of the United Nations. (2mks)
13. Identify one party in Ghana which assisted in the fight for independence. (1mk)
14. What is the cold War? (1mk)
15. Give two structures of African Union (AU) (2mks)
16. Who is the chief e executive of the British Government? (1mk)
17. State the main reason why Britain occupied Uganda in 1894 and Sudan in 1898. (1mk)
SECTION B (45 marks)
Answer any three questions from this section I n the answer booklet provided.
18. (a) Identify three theories advanced to explain the origin of man. (3mks)
(b) Describe the way of life of early human beings during the new stone age. (12mks)
19. (a) Identify any three forms of early transport. (3mks)
(b) In what six ways were the early means of transport limited? (12mks)
20. (a) Give five reasons why the Africans were defeated during the Maji Maji rebellion
(1905-1907) (5mks)
(b) Why did the assimilation policy fail in French West Africa? (10mks)
21. (a) Identify three groups that occupied South Africa and contributed to a unique form of nationalism. (3mks)
(b) Describe the problems encountered by the nationalists in South Africa. (12mks)
SECTION C (30 marks)
Answer any TWO questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
22. (a) Give three economic activities of the Baganda in the pre-colonial period. (3mks)
(b) Describe the political organization of the Buganda in the pre-colonial period. (12mks)
23. (a) Mention five problems facing the Non- Aligned movement. (5mks)
(b) Explain five results of the 1st world war. (10mks)
24. (a) Outline five reasons that led to the collapse of the East African community (EAC) by 1977. (5mks)
(b) What are the achievements of the EAC from 2001? (10mks)

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