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Hist 111 2009/2010 Academic Year Question Paper

Hist 111 2009/2010 Academic Year

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2009

COURSE CODE: HIS 111
COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF KENYA UPTO 1895
STREAM: Y1S1
DAY: WEDNESDAY
TIME: 9.00 – 11.00 A.M.
DATE: 09/12/2009

Instructions
Answer any four questions, two from each section.

SECTION A
1. How important are Archaeology and oral tradition as sources of Kenyan history?
(171
/2 mks)
2. Critically examine the legacy of Stone Age period in the history of Kenya.
(171
/2mks)
3. Discuss the origins and impact of the early inhabitants of Kenya with reference to
early pastoralists. (171
/2mks)
4. Discuss the origins and migrations patterns and impact of the Luhya and the Luo from
1470s. (171
/2mks)

SECTION B
5. Explain the motives, pattern and consequences of Maasai migration and settlement
into the Rift Valley in the pre-colonial period. (171
/2mks)
6. Critically examine the trade that existed in the Central/Eastern Kenya between the
Kamba, Kikuyu and Mijikenda and the Coast before the colonial ear.
(171
/2mks)
7. Discuss the political system of the Kikuyu in the pre-colonial period.
(171
/2mks)
8. Explain the reasons why the Portuguese came to the Coast of Kenya and their effects
on the indigenous Coastal People. (171
/2mks)

Hist 111 2009/2010 Academic Year Question Paper

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