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Sotik District Mock - History Paper 2 Question Paper

Sotik District Mock - History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

311/2
HISTORY & GOVERNMENT
PAPER2
JULY/AUGUST 2011
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)
History & Government
Paper2
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:-
• This paper consists of three sections; A, B, and C
• Answer all questions in section A, three questions in section B and any two questions in section C.
• Answers to all questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
This paper consists of 2 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that both pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. Give one reason why Homo Habilis was refered to as “Able man”. (1mk)
2 Name the original place where finger millet was first domesticated. (1mk)
3. Identify the method used to plant cereal crops when early Agriculture began. (1mk)
4. State two contributions of William Harvey to the scientific revolution. (2mks)
5. What are the disadvantages of using a messenger to pass on information? (2mks)
6. Name one African Chief who signed the Rudd concession in 1888. (1mk)
7. Identify two reasons that led to the decline of Meroe as an early urban centre. (2mks)
8. Mention the main policy making body of the organization of the common wealth. (1mk)
9. Name two colonies of Britain in West Africa. (2mks)
10. Mention one social condition put forward as a criteria for membership into the non-alligned movement in the 1950’s (1mk)
11. State the main reason why Nationalism developed in Ghana during the colonial period. (1mk)
12. Mention two places in Africa where the cold war was witnessed. (2mks)
13. Identify two social challenges faced by Tanzania since independence. (2mks)
14. Name the first president of the FRELIMO movement in Mozambique. (1mk)
15. Identify any two sources of the British constitution. (2mks)
16. Name two divisions of the Asante Empoire. (2mks)
17. Who is the head of government in India. (1mk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions in this section
18. (a) Outline five problems encountered by pioneer farmers in the USA. (5mks)
(b) Discuss the factors that promoted Large scale farming in Europe during the Agrarian
Revolution. (10mks)
19. (a) Identify five effects of Iron working technology on African communities during the
Iron Age. (5mks)
(b) Explain five factors that led to the emergence of Japan as an industrial powere after 1860’s (10mks)
20. (a) Give five reasons why Samori Toure resisted the French for a long time. (5mks)
(b) Explain the results of Samouri Toure’s resistance against the French. (10mks)
21. (a) Give reasons why Europeans defeated the Africans in their colonisation of Africa during the 19th Century. (5mks)
(b) Explain five roles played by missionaries in the colonisation of Africa. (10mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions in this section
22. (a) Give five achievements of the League of nations between 1919-1939. (5mks)
(b) Describe five functions of the United Nations General Assembly. (10mks)
23. (a) State five causes of the second world war between 1939 and 1945. (5mks)
(b) Explain five social effects of World War II (10mks)
24. (a) State three qualifications for one to be allowed to the contest as a presidential candidate in the USA. (3mks)
(b) Discuss six functions of the united Stares of America President. (12mks)

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