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311/2 History And Government Paper 2 Question Paper

311/2 History And Government Paper 2

Course:History And Government

Exam Year:2016

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Date ............................................
311/2

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 2

July/August 2016

Time 2 ½ hours

WESTLANDS JOINT EXAMINATION

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 2 - (311/2)
July/August 2016
Time: 2½ hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

• This paper consists of THREE sections A, B and C
• Answer ALL questions in section A 25 marks
• Answer any THREE questions in section B 45 marks
• Answer any TWO questions in section C 30 marks
• All answers must be written in the answer booklet provided.
SECTION A (25 marks)
Answer ALL questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.

1. State two limitations of using anthropology as a source of information on History and Government.
(2 marks)

2. Identify one theory that explains the origin of man. (1 mark)

3. Give two inventions of farm machinery in the USA during the Agrarian Revolution. (2 marks)

4. State two methods of acquiring slaves during the Trans-Atlantic trade (1500-1700AD) (2 marks)

5. Give two uses of the wheel in Mesopotamia. (2 marks)

6. State one advantage of electricity as a source of energy. (1 mark)

7. Give two problems that faced London as an early urban centre. (2 marks)

8. Identify one category of the ancestral spirits among the Shona. (1 mark)

9. Give two characteristics of a good constitution. (2 marks)

10. Name two African signatories of the Buganda Agreement of 1900. (2 marks)

11. Name the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC) (1 mark)

12. State the main objective of the United Nations Organization (UNO). (1 mark)

13. State one political impact of the cold war on Germany. (1 mark)

14. Give two reasons why the Pan-African movement was not active in Africa before 1945. (2 marks)

15. Give one function of the Executive Secretariat of the ECOWAS. (1 mark)

16. Identify one social reform introduced by Mobutu Seseseko in DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo.)
(1 mark)

17. Name the body that conducts elections in India. (1 mark)

SECTION B (45 marks)
Answer ANY THREE questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.

18. a) State three physical changes that occurred in early man as he evolved from ape-like creature.
(3 marks)

b) Explain six uses of fire in the Middle Stone Age. (12 marks)

19. a) Identify three earliest forms of written messages (3 marks)

b) Explain six positive results of air transport. (12 marks)

20. a) State three terms of the Berlin Conference (1884 - 1885) (3 marks)

b) Explain six reasons for the African defeat during the Chimurenga war. (12 marks)

21. a) Identify three differences between the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and African Union. (AU)
(3 marks)

b) Explain six challenges facing COMESA today (12 marks)

SECTION C (30 marks)
Answer ANY TWO questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.

22. a) State five privileges enjoyed by the assimiles in West Africa. (5 marks)

b) Discuss five reasons for the failure of indirect rule in Southern Nigeria. (10 marks)

23. a) Give five reasons for the failure of the League of Nations.

b) Explain six factors that facilitated the Allied success in the World War II (1939 - 1945) (10 marks)

24. a) State five levels of elections in the USA. (5 marks)

b) Explain five functions of the British Monarch. (10 marks)

This paper consists of 3 printed pages

Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the
printed pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.

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