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Form One History And Government 2019 Term 1 Question Paper

Form One History And Government 2019 Term 1

Course:History And Government

Exam Year:2019

FORM ONE HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT,
Time: 2hours
Section A (25 marks)
Answer ALL questions in this section
1.Define the term history.
(1mark)
2.Which two areas of study does political history deal with?
(2marks)
3.Identify two limitation of using archaeology as a source of information on History and Government.
(2marks)
4.Identify one archaeological site in Tanzania.
(1mark)
5.Identify the specie of early man associated with Acheulian tools.
(1mark)
6.Identify two sources of information on the creation theory.
(2marks)
7.Identify one uses of fire by early man in the Middle Stone Age period.
(1mark)
8.State two method of irrigation that were used in ancient Egypt.
(2marks)
9.Give two ways in which the Sumerian in Mesopotamia reclaimed land for Agriculture. (2marks)
10.State two ways in which rivers Euphrates and Tigris influenced development of early agriculture in Mesopotamia. (2marks)
11.Give one function of the Agikuyu Council of Elders during the pre – colonial period. (1mark)
12.Give two disadvantages of open field system in Britain before Agrarian Revolution. (2marks)
13.State one way in which the Agrarian revolution contributed to Rural – urban migration in Europe.

(1mark)
14.Name the dispersal point for the Eastern Bantu.
(1mark)
15.State the main economic activity of the cushities in the pre- colonial period.
(1mark)
16.Identify the first settlement area of the river – Lake Nilotes during their migration from
Sudan.

(1 mark)
17.Give two factors that facilitated the coming of early visitors to the East Africa coast.
(2marks)

Section B (45marks)
Answer ALL questions

18. (a) Name five communities in Kenya that belong to Eastern Cushities. ( 5marks)
(b) Explain five results of the migration and settlement of Kenyan communities during the pre- colonial period.
(10marks)
19. (a) Give five functions of the Orkoyoit of the Nandi during the pre- colonial period.
(5marks)
(b) Describe the social organization of the Somali during the pre- colonial period.

(10marks)
20. (a) Give five steps taken by the Kenyan government to alleviate food shortage. (5marks)
(b) Explain five effects of food shortage in Africa today.
(10marks)
Section B (45marks)
Answer ALL questions
21. (a) Identify three unwritten sources of information in History and Government. (3marks)
(b) Explain six reasons why the study of government is important. (12marks)
22. (a) Give three changes that led to Agrarian Revolution in Britain.
(3marks)
(b) Explain five effects of the Agrarian Revolution in United State America (U.S.A)

(12marks)

Form One History And Government 2019 Term 1 question paper

Form One History And Government 2019 Term 1 Question Paper

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