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Gatundu District Mock - History Paper 2 Question Paper

Gatundu District Mock - History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

311/2
HISTORY & GOVERNMENT
PAPER II
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS
KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
FORM FOUR EVALUATION EXAMINATION
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
-This paper consists of THREE Sections A,B &C
-Answer ALL the questions in section A, three questions from B and two questions from section C.
- Answers to all questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
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SECTION A(25 MARKS)
1. Name TWO electronic sources of information on History and Government. (2 marks)
2. Identify two method of dating fossils (2 mark)
3. Give two cultural practices of homosapiens (2 marks)
4. What aspects of agriculture can African Countries borrow from North America to cub food crisis?
(2 marks)
5. Give one limitation of barter as a method of trade. (1 mark)
6. Identify the Main Source of industrial energy in Europe from mid-20th Century (1 mark)
7. Give two functions of Buganda traditional parliament.. (2 marks)
8. State TWO factors that led to the development of Kilwa into a town (2 marks)
9. Identify two ways in which the invention of the wheel promoted early transport. (2 marks)
10. Identify one advantage of beating drumsas a form of communication over the use of smoke signals in
Africa during pre-colonial period. (1 mark)
11. What was the contribution of Alexander Graham Bell in Communication. (1 mark)
12. Name the territories acquired from France by Germany during Franco-Prussian war of 1870.
(2 marks)
13. Mention the role of religion in Chimurenga uprising. (1 mark)
14. Other than assimilation name another French administration policy in Africa. ( 1 mark)
15. Name two sources of the British unwritten constitution. (2 marks)
16. State the MAIN function of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) (1 mark)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any THREE questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
17. a) Outline five ways in which Tuaregs contributed to the development of Tran Saharan trade.
(5 marks)
b) Explain five ways in which Tran Saharan Trade led to the development of Kingdoms in Western Sudan. (10 marks)
18. a) Mention THREE early written forms of communication (3 marks)
b) Discuss ways through which the modern society has benefited from the development in
Telecommunications. .(12 marks)
19. a) Give THREE economic factors which contributed to the growth of Asante kingdom in the
Pre-colonial period. (3 marks)
20. a) Name THREE communes in Senegal where the French system of Assimilation was successfully applied. (3 marks)
b) Explain six factors which undermined the application of the French policy of assimilation in West
Africa. (12 marks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any TWO questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
21. a) Why was pan-African movement not active in Africa until 1945? (5
marks)
b) Explain the challenges that have faced the common market of Eastern and Southern Africa
(COMESA) since its inception. (10 marks)
22. a) State FIVE features or characteristics of the Cold War. (5 marks)
b) What were the effects of the Cold War on international relations? (10 marks)
23. a) Give FIVE ways in which the powers of the president are checked in the USA (5 marks)
b) Explain the advantages of federal system of government USA. (10 marks)

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