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Thika District Mock - History Paper 2 Question Paper

Thika District Mock - History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2010
2 ½ HOURS
THIKA PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS EXAMINATION – 2010
PAPER 2
Instructions to candidates
_ This paper consists of THREE sections A, B and C.
_ Answer ALL the questions in section A, three questions in section B and
two questions from Section C.
_ Answers to the questions must be written in the answer booklet provided
_ This paper consists of 4 printed pages.
_ Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are
printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
SECTION A – 25 MARKS
Answer all the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. Name one electronic source of history and government. (1mk)
2. State two processes through which evolution took place according to Charles Darwin.
(2mks)
3. Identify two uses of the wheel among the Sumerians. (2mks)
4. Name two advantages of metal tools over stone tools. (2mks)
5. State one theory that explains the spread of iron working in Africa during the 15th century.
(1mk)
6. Give one role of omanilenes amongst the Asante in the 19th century. (1mk)
7. Identify two chartered companies which were used to administer European possessions in
Africa. (2mks)
8. Name one strategic factor which led to the scramble for colonies in Africa in the 19th century.
(1mk)
9. Name one area in Senegal where the policy of assimilation was successful. (1mk)
10. Identify two political developments in South Africa between 1990 to 1994. (2mks)
11. Give the reason why the United States of America joined the allied powers in the Second
World War. (1mk)
12. State two objectives of the non-aligned movement. (2mks)
13. Name the International organization formed after the First World War. (1mk)
14. Name two organs of the East African Community established in 2001. (2mks)
15. State one aim of the Arusha declaration in Tanzania. (1mk)
16. Identify two conditions one must fulfill to be elected president in India. (2mks)
17. Name one major political party in Britain. (1mk)
SECTION B – 45 MARKS
Answer any three questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
18. (a) State three inventions that promoted Agrarian Revolution in Britain. (3mks)
(b) Explain the effects of Agrarian Revolution in U.S.A. (12mks)
19. (a) Give three characteristics of Regional trade during 18th Century. (3mks)
(b) What are the factors that led to the decline of trans-Saharan trade? (12mks)
20. (a) Identify three factors that led to the decline of Meroe as an early urban centre. (3mks)
(b) Discuss five factors that led to the development of early urban centres in Africa. (12mks)
21. (a) Give five terms of the coryndom treaty of 1900 between Lewanika of Lozi and the British.
(15mks)
(b) What were the results of collaboration between Lewanika of Lozi and the British in the 19th century? (10mks)
SECTION C – 30MKS
Answer any TWO questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
22. (a) What made the Pan-African Congress of 1945 in Manchester unique? (3mks)
(b) Explain five achievements of the Pan-African Movement. (12mks)
23. (a) Identify the weapons that were used during the cold war. (3mks)
(b) Explain six factors that led to the easing of the cold war. (12mks)
24. (a) Outline the main features of the U.S.A. constitution. (3mks)
(b) Explain six functions of the federal government of the U.S.A. (10mks)

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