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History And Government Paper 2 Form 4 Trial Examination Question Paper

History And Government Paper 2 Form 4 Trial Examination

Course:History And Government

Exam Year:2015

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 2
May – June 2015
Time: 1/2 hours
Kenya certificate of secondary education – Trial Examination

Instructions to candidates
1. This paper consists of three sections A, B and C.
2. Answer all the questions in Section A, three in section B and any two in section C.
3. Answers to all the questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
4. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that the question are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.

This paper consists of 3 printed pages

SECTION A (25 marks)
Answer all the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. Identify two limitations of linguistics as a source of information on history.
(2 marks)
2. Give one reason why the period of early man is referred to as the Stone Age.
(1 mark)
3. Give the meaning of Agrarian Revolution.
(1 mark)
4. Name two goods from the North during the Trans – Saharan trade.
(2 marks)
5. Give two advantages of metal over stones in the making of tools.
(2 marks)
6. Identify two ways in which Industrial Revolution in Europe promote colonialism.
(2 marks)
7. Name two communities that did not take part in the MajiMaji rebellion in Tanganyika.
(2 marks)

8. Give one reason why Kabaka Mwanza collaborated with the British.
(1 mark)
9. Identify two war weapons that were used in the 1st World War.
(2 marks)
10. Name two agencies of the UN which are concerned with development
(2 marks)
11. Name the organ of the United Nations that admits, suspend and expels members.
(1 mark)

12. Identify the disease that has been eradicated by the United Nations Agencies.
(1 mark)
13. Why did South Africa withdraw from the commonwealth Association in 1961?
(1 mark)
14. Name the organization that was replaced by COMESA.
(1 mark)
15. State two challenges that resulted from the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
(2 marks)
16. What is regarded to be the foundation of the British Parliamentary system?
(1 mark)
17. Name the leader of state in the United States of America.
(1 mark)

SECTION B (45 marks)
Answer any three questions from this section in the booklet provided.

18. (a) Identify five ways in which man used stone tools during the Old Stone Age.
(5 marks)
b) What were the benefits of domesticated animals to early man?
(15 marks)

19. (a) State three characteristics of local trade.
(3 marks)
b) Explain six negative effects of Trans – Atlantic trade on African Communities.
(12 marks)

20. a) Identify three limitations of early written messages.
(3 marks)
b) Describe six results of air transport today.
(12 marks)

21. a) State five terms of the Berlin Conference 1884 – 85.
(5 marks)
b) What were the results of the collaboration between Lewanika of Lozi and the British in the 19th century?
(10 marks)

SECTION C (30 marks)
Answer any two questions from this section in the booklet provided

22. (a) Give three reasons why the USA entered the First World War.
(3 marks)
b) Describe six results of the peace treaty at Versailles.
(12 marks)

23. (a) Identify five challenges facing COMESA.
(5 marks)
b) Explain five achievements of ECOWAS.
(10 marks)

24. (a) Give reasons why the legislature is the supreme organ in Britain.
(5 marks)
b) What factors limit the supremacy of parliament in Britain?
(10 marks)

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