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Laikipia District Mock- History Paper 2 Question Paper

Laikipia District Mock- History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
2½ HOURS
LAICOMET FORM FOUR EXAM 2010
Kenya certificate of secondary education
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
2½ HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
a) This paper consists of three sections A,B and C
b) Answer all the questions in section A, three questions from section B and two
questions from section C
c) Answers to all the questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
SECTION A (25MARKS)
Answer All questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. Identify two custodians of oral traditions (2mks)
2. State one place where the remains of Australopithecus were discovered in Africa
(1mk)
3. Name the types of writing invented in Mesopotamia and Egypt in ancient times
(2mks)
4. Identify two methods used to acquire slaves during the Trans – Atlantic trade
(2mks)
5. What were the features of Roman roads (2mks)
6. Why is the world referred to as ‘global village’ today? (1mk)
7. Which country pioneered industrial revolution in Europe (1mk)
8. List factors that favoured the development of Athens (2mks)
9. Differentiate between the golden and black stool in the Asante empire (2mks)
10. State the main political factor that sparked off the scramble and partition of
Africa among the European powers (1mk)
11. State two roles of locational heads (Chef de Canton) in French colonial
administration (2mks)
12. Name the political party that was founded by Kwameh Nkrumah in 1949
(1mk)
13. Give one major event that made 1917 the decisive year for the end of world war I
(1mk)
14. Identify two agencies of the United Nations which are concerned with
development (2mk)
15. Name the headquarter of the African Union (A.U) (1mk)
16. Mention the United Nations secretary general who perished in a plane crash
during the Congo crisis of 1960 (1mk)
17. Who is the chairman of the senate in the USA (1mk)
SECTION B (45MARKS)
Answer any Three questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
18. a) Give five reasons why man gradually changed his main economic activities
during the neo-lithic period (5mrks)
b) Discuss the factors behind the success of early agriculture in Egypt
(10mrks)
19. a) Name three treaties signed between Lewanika and the British representatives
(3mrks)
b) Explain six factors which influenced Lewanika of the Balozi to collaborate
with the British (12mrks)
20. a) State five factors that led to the growth of nationalism in Ghana (5mrks)
b) Describe the methods used by African nationalists to fight for political
liberation in South Africa (10mrks)
21. a)State five factors that have undermined scientific revolution in developing
countries (5mrks)
b) Explain the factors that led to the development of industrialization in brazil
(10mrks)
SECTION C (30MRKS)
Answer any two questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
22. a) Explain the factors for the rise and growth of the Buganda kingdom (5mrks)
b) Describe the social organization of the Shona in the pre colonial period
(10mrks)
23. a) Identify five aims of Non Aligned Movement (NAM) (5mrks)
b) Explain five challenges facing the Common Market For Eastern And Southern
Africa (COMESA) (10mks)
24. a) What are the features of the state governments in the USA (8mrks)
b) Describe the structure of the legislature in India (7mrks)

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