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Matungu District Mock- History Paper 2 Question Paper

Matungu District Mock- History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

311/2
HISTORY & GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2011
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)
History & Government
Paper 2
INSTRUCTIONS TO 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.
• All answers must be written in the separate answer sheets
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. What is archeology? (1mk)
2. State two reasons as to why Africa is considered the cradle of man. (2mks)
3. State two theories that try to explain the origin of Agriculture. (2mks)
4. Name the missionary society which was the first to start missionary work in East Africa in 1844.
(1mk)
5. Name one of the Early visitors to East African coast by 1500. (1mk)
6. State two factors which facilitated the process of acquiring slaves from the interior of Africa during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. (2mks)
7. State two challenges faced by space exploration. (2mks)
8. Name the earliest source of energy used by man. (1mk)
9. State two factors which contributed to the decline of the ancient Meroe city. (2mks)
10. Name the conference that facilitated the peaceful partition of Africa. (1mk)
11. Why did the British choose to use the policy of indirect rule in their colony in Northern Nigeria?
(1mk)
12. Name the political party under which Ghana achieved her independence in 1957. (1mk)
13. Who was the major nationalists in South Africa during the struggle for their independence? (1mk)
14. State two effects of the Franco Prussian war of 1870-1871. (2mks)
15. What was the main aim of the League of Nations? (1mk)
16. Name two countries who are permanent members of the security council of the United Nations organizations. (2mks)
17. State two reasons as to why the Ujama policy in Tanzania failed. (2mks)
SECTION B: (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section.
18. (a) State five physical changes which occurred in the early man (hominids) as he developed into the modern man. (5mks)
(b) Explain five reasons as to why the early man changed from hunting and gathering to
crop cultivation and livestock rearing. (10mks)
19. (a) State five reasons as to why the camel is the most suitable animal for carrying goods and people in arid and semi-arid areas. (5mks)
(b) State five developments which characterized the industrial revolution in Europe. (10mks)
20. (a) State three functions of Athens as an ancient city. (3mks)
(b) Describe the social organization of the Shona people in the 19th century. (12mks)
21. (a) What were the terms of the conference of 1884-1885? (5mks)
(b) State five effects of the British rule in Zimbabwe. (10mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section.
22. (a) State three of the demands contained in the ultimatum presented to Serbia by Austria
in 1914 leading to the outbreak of the first world war. (3mks)
(b) Why were the Allied forces able to defeat the Axis powers during the Second World War?
(12mks)
23. (a) What were the effects of the cold war. (5mks)
(b) State five challenges encountered by the organization of African unity. (10mks)
24. (a) What are the functions of the prime minister.

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