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Alliance High School Form One History And Government End Of Term 2, 2017 Question Paper

Alliance High School Form One History And Government End Of Term 2, 2017

Course:History And Government

Exam Year:2017

ALLIANCE HIGH SCHOOL
FORM ONE HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
END OF TERM 2, 2017

TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME: .................................................................... ADM NO: ........................ CLASS: .......
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided
1. Give the meaning of social history. (1mk)
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2. Differentiate between absolute monarchy and constitutional monarchy. (2mks)
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3. Name the method used by anthropologists to get information from the community under study. (1mk)
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4. Identify two limitations of using archaeology as a source of history in Kenya. (2mks)
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5. State two distinct characteristics of Homo erectus. (2mks)
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6. Identify the name given to the tools used in the second phase of the Old Stone Age period. (2mks)
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7. State the main characteristic of the Stone Age era. (1mk)
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8. Identify two natural disasters that forced early man to turn from hunting and gathering to agriculture. (2mks)
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9. Give one result of the invention of the wheel in Mesopotamia. (1mk)
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10. Identify any two towns associated with early agriculture in the Middle East. (2mks)
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11. Give the main reason why shadoof method of irrigation was important to man during the early agriculture in Egypt. (1mk)
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12. State two advantages of land enclosure system in Britain. (2mks)
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13. Identify one difficulty faced by the European immigrant farmers in North America in the pioneer years. (1mk)
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14. Give two major changes that marked the Agrarian revolution. (2mks)
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15. Give one major dispersal point of the Bantu entering Kenya. (1mk)
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16. Name the only remaining southern Cushitic community in Kenya. (1mk)
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17. Identify the original homeland of the Luo of Kenya. (1mk)
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18. Give the reason why the Luo, Maasai and Kalenjins are referred to as Nilotic Speakers. (1mk)
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19. (a) Identify five characteristics of Australopithecus. (5mks)
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(b) Explain the culture of early man during the Old Stone Age period. (10mks)
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20. (a) Identify how archaeologists and palaeontologists locate a historical site. (5mks)
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(b) Explain five limitations of Oral traditions as a source of history. (10mks)
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21. (a) Give five causes of food shortages in third world countries. (5mks)
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(b) Explain five measures Kenya has taken to solve the problem of food shortage.
(10mks)
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22. (a) State three ways how the knowledge of iron working helped migration of Bantus.
(3mks)
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(b) Explain six effects of Bantu migration to Kenya. (12mks)
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23. (a) Give three instances under which the right to life may be taken away. (3mks)
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(b) Explain six rights of an accused person. (12mks)
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