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Homabay-Suba Districts Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Homabay-Suba Districts Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2008

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 2
July / August 2008
2 ½ Hours
HOMABAY – SUBA DISTRICTS MOCK EXAMINATION - 2008
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 2
July / August 2008
2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
This paper consists of THREE sections, A, B and C.
Answer ALL the 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 booklet provided.
This paper consists of 4 printed pages
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the printed pages are printed as indicated and no
questions are missing.
SECTION A – ( 25 MARKS)
Answer ALL questions from this section
1. Give two limitations of using archaeology as a source of information in History and
Government. (1mk)
2. State two characteristics of Homo Erectus. (2mks)
3. Identify one way in which early man used stone tools. (1mk)
4. List two uses of the wheel in Mesopatamia. (2mks)
5. Give the main disadvantage of Barter Trade. (1mk)
6. Name two materials on which the earliest messages were written. (2mks)
7. Give one reason why continental Europe lagged behind in industrialization. (1mk)
8. List two disadvantages of the use of coal as a source of energy. (2mks)
9. What was the main contribution of Edward Jenner to the field of science. (1mk)
10. State two functionsof the Lukiko among the Baganda in the pre-colonial period. (2mks)
11. Name two sources of Samori Toure’s arms during the Franco-Mandinka war. (2mks)
12. State two methods that were used by the European powers to acquire colonies in Africa.
(2mks)
13. What was the main reason why the U.S.A. joined the second world war on the side of the
allies? (2mks)
14. State two aims of the Non-Aligned movement at the time of its formation. (2mks)
15. Identify the main factor that led to the collapse of the cold war. (1mk)
16. Who heads the state in Britain? (1mk)
SECTION B ( 45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section
17. a)Give the disadvantages of the open field of system of agriculture in Britain before 1750.
(5mks)
b) Explain five effects of the Agrarian revolution in Britain. (10mks)
18. a) State five factors that facilitated the development on the Trans-Atlantic trade.
b) Explain reasons for the decline of the Trans Atlantic trade in the 19th century. (10mks)
19. a) Identify the methods that the South Africans Nationalists used in the struggle for
independence. (7mks)
b) What problems did the South Africans face in their struggle against the white minority rule.
(8mks)
20. a)State three duties of the Emirs in Nigeria in the colonial period. (3mks)
b) Discuss the differences between the British system of indirect rule and the French policy of
assimilation. (12mks)
SECTION C ( 30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section.
21. a) Identify five economic activities of the Shona in the 19th century. (3mks)
b) Describe the social organization of the Shona in the pre-colonial period. (10mks)
22. a) State ways in which the Pan African Congress held in Manchester in 1945 was different
from the earlier ones. (3mks)
b) Explain six factors that undermined the performance of the Pan African movement.
(12mks)
23. a) List three categories of members of parliament in India. (3mks)
b) Explain the functions of the Indian Legislature. (12mks)
END

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