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Nyamira District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Nyamira District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2009

NAME: ……………………………………. INDEX NUMBER: ……………………………….
SCHOOL: ………………………………… CANDIDATES SIGNATURE: …………………..
DATE: ……………………………………………..
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2009
2 ½ Hours
NYAMIRA DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 2009
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 2
Time: 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 Papers 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. State two limitations when dating fossils by historians (2mks)
2. Identify two ways in which man used stone tools (2mks)
3. Give two factors which influenced early man to begin domestication of animals (2mks)
4. Distinguish between barter and currency system of trade (2mks)
5. State one contribution of Joseph lister in the field of medicine in the 19th century (1mk)
6. Identify one form of picture writing during the early civilization (1mk)
7. Identify two functions of Athens before 338 BC (2mks)
8. Give one importance of Odwira festival in ancient kingdom of Ashanti (1mk)
9. Name one country in West Africa which is a member of the commonwealth (1mk)
10. State one contribution of religion in the Maji-Maji uprising against the Germans (1mk)
11. What event prompted the United States of America (USA) to join the Second world
war? (1mk)
12. Why did the British use direct rule in Zimbabwe? (1mk)
13. Identify two peaceful methods which the nationalists in South Africa used against
apartheid regime (2mks)
14. Give the main cause that led to the cold war (1mk)
15. State two political challenges that Tanzania faced during the reign of President Julius
Nyerere. (2mks)
16. Give two functions of the Security Council of the United Nations (2mks)
17. Who is the head of government in Britain? (1mk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section.
18. a) State three Agricultural Practices used in Europe before the Agrarian revolution (3mks)
b) Explain the impact of the Agrarian revolution in Europe.
19. a) State three ways in which the Tuaregs contributed to the Trans-saharan trade (3mks)
b) Explain six ways in which Trans-Saharan trade led to the development of kingdoms (12mks)
20. a) Describe the working conditions of factory workers in Britain during the industrial revolution.
b) Explain five factors which led Japan as an Industrial power after the second world war. (10mks)
21. a) Identify five factors which undermined the application of the French policy of assimilation in
West Africa. (5mks)
b) Explain five effects of the British rule in Zimbambwe (10mks)
SECTION C ( 30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
22. a) Identify five economic activities of the Ndebele during the 19th century. (5mks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Asante Empire during the 19th century (10mks)
23. a) State five objectives of the Non-Aligned Movement (5mks)
b) Explain the factors that undermine the activities of the non-aligned movement (NAM)
since 1947 (10mks)
24. a) State three functions of the House of Commons in Britain (3mks)
b) Explain six functions of the Queen of Britain (10mks)

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