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Manga District Mock - History Paper 2 Question Paper

Manga District Mock - History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2008

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2009
2 ½ Hours
MANGA DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 2009
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2009
2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
- 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.
- Answers must be written in the answer booklet provided.
This paper consists of 2 printed pages, candidates should check
the questions to ensure that all pages are printed as
indicated and no questions are missing.
SECTION A (
Answer all the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. State two shortcomings of genetics as a source of history. (2mks)
2. Name one characteristic of Homo Erectus. (1mk)
3. Identify two factors which led to the development of early agriculture in Egypt. (2mks)
4. What was the main impact of air transport in the 20th century? (1mk)
5. State two disadvantages of the use of coal in industries during the industrial revolution. (2mks)
6. What was the contribution of Jethro Tull in the development of agriculture in the 18th C? (1mk)
7. Name two factors which led to the spread of iron working skills in pre-colonial Africa. (2mks)
8. Name two functions of the Omanhene in the ancient kingdom of Ghana (2mks)
9. State two methods used by the British to acquire colonies in Africa. (2mks)
10. Name one former Portuguese colony in West Africa. (1mk)
11. Give one effect of chimurenga wars (1mk)
12. State two problems that Monzambiqan Nationalists faced in the struggle against Portuguese
colonial rule. (1mk)
13. State the main reason for the collapse of the cold war. (1mk)
14. Identify two achievements of the common market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
(2mks)
15. State two reasons why Pan Africanism was not active in Africa before 1945. (2mks)
16. Give one function of congress in the United States of America (1mk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
17. (a) State five ways in which early man improved his way of life during the middle stone age
period. (5mks)
(b) Why did early human settlements occur along river valleys? (10mks)
18. (a) State three negative effects of the industrial Revolution in Europe in the 19th C. (3mks)
(b) Explain five challenges facing India in its desire to industrialize. (12mks)
19. (a) What three economic reasons made Britain to acquire colonies in Africa. (3mks)
(b) Explain the effects of partition of the Africa among European power in the 19th C. (12mks)
20. (a) What were the three principles upon which Ujamaa ideology of Tanzania was based?
(3mks)
(b) Describe five economic problems which Tanzania has been facing since 1964. (12mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer two questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
21. (a) Give three functions of the secretariat of the United Nations Organization. (3mks)
(b) Describe six challenges undermining the operations of the United Nations Organization.
(12mks)
22. (a) Give three objectives of the reborn East African community (3mks)
(b) Explain problems which have been facing the East African Community since 2001.
(12mks)
23. (a) Identify three ways in which one can become a member of the House of Lords in Britain.
(3mks)
(b) What are the functions of the British Monarch? (12mks)
END

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