Form 2 History Question Paper

Form 2 History

Course:History And Government

Exam Year:2012

ST. BENARD SECONDARY SCHOOL
HISTORY
FORM TWO
END OF TERM I EXAMINATION

SECTION A ( 25 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section
1. What is government (2 mks)

2. State two ways in which the early man obtained food ( mks)

3. Give three theory that explains the origin of early man ( 3 mks)

4. Give two reasons why early urban centers in ancient Egypt developed in Nile valley (2 mks)

5. What is trade ( 1 mk)

6. State two uses of money over barter as a medium of exchange (1 mk)

7. Name two types of written materials used by historians as a source of history and government ( 2 mks)

8. Give two means of water transport used during the ancient times ( 2 mks)

9. Define the following terms (3 mks)
i) Archiology
ii) Linguistics
iii) Anthropology

10. State six importance of studying history and government (6 mks)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)

11. a) Define the following terms (5 mks)
i) Evolution
ii) Natural selection

b) give five reasons why Africa was considered as a cradle land of man (10mks)

12. a) Name two types of tools used during the old stone age period and whereby they were first discovered (5 mks)

b) Give five characteristics of new Stone Age. (10 mks)

13. a) Give three stages in evolution of man before Homo erectus (3 mks)
b) Describe six ways in which the discovering of fire by early man improved his ways of life (12 mks)

14. a) Where did Austropithecus discovered ( 3 mks)
b) Give the other name of zinfanthrropus ( 2 mks)
c) Give five types of Austropithecus (10 mks)
SECTION C ( 30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions in the section

15. a) Give three types of trade ( 3 mks)
b) State six factors that contribute to the development of trans-saharan trade ( 12 mks)

16. a) What is agriculture ( 1 mk)
b) Give four ways which man domesticated animals ( 4 mks)
c) Give five main reasons why man domesticated animals and crops ( 10 mks)

17. a) Give five factors which led to the development of Tran-Atlantic trade ( 5 mks)
b) Give ten impacts of Trans- Atlantic Trade. ( 10 mks)

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