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Bishop Okoth Ojolla Girls Secondary School Question Paper

Bishop Okoth Ojolla Girls Secondary School

Course:History And Government

Exam Year:2012

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT FORM1
END OF TERM TWO
NAME………………………………………………………. ADMISSION NUMBER………………
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
-Write name and admission number in the spaces provided
-Answer all questions in the spaces provided
1. Name two theories on the spread of Agriculture. (2mks)

2. Give one reason why it is essential to study History and Government. (1mk)

3. Name to urban centres which developed as a result of early Agriculture in Mesopotamia. (2mks)

4. Identify two historical sites in Kenya. (2mks)

5. State two advantages of using written materials as a source of History. (2mks)

6. Identify the hominid that is associated with the discovery of fire. (1mk)

7. Identify two aspects of the culture of early man that had their origin in the late Stone Age period. (2mks)

8. Identify two factors which favored the development of crop growing in ancient Egypt. (2mks)

9. Name two sources of history of the Kenyan communities during the Pre colonial period. (2mks)

10. Name two factors which influenced early man to start domesticating plants and animals. (2mks)

11. State two factors which led to the development of early Agriculture in Ancient Egypt. (2mks)

12. State two distinct characteristics of Homo erectus. (2mks)

13. State two ways in which Agrarian revolution contributed to development of urban centres in Europe. (2mks)

14. Identify five methods used by archaeologists to reconstruct the activities of people who lived in the pre historic time. (5mks)

15. State five factors that favored beginning of agriculture during the new Stone Age. (5mks)

16. State one scientific discovery in the field of medicine in the nineteenth century. (1mk)

17. Explain five ways in which Homo erectus tried to improve his way of life. (5mks)

18. Identify two similarities between early agriculture in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. (2mks)

19. Identify five types of oral tradition as a source of History. (5mks)

20. Identify two ways in Agrarian revolution in Europe affected the live of peasants. (2mks)

21. State two uses of fire by early man. (2mks)

22. State three stages in the development of tools by early people. (3mks)

23. State five effects of food shortage in Africa and 3rd world countries. (5mks)

24. Explain the five physical changes which occurred in early human beings as they evolved from ape like structure to modern man. (5mks)

25. State two reasons for studying government. (2mks)

26. Identify one branch in the study of History and Government. (1mks)

27. Give three stages of evolution of man before Homo erectus. (3mks)

28. Explain six factors which promoted plantation farming in Europe during the agrarian revolution. (6mks)

29. Explain the term feudalism which was realized in Western Europe.(1mks)

30. Explain six factors which may undermine justice in Kenya. (6mks)

31. State the four families of Australopithecus. (4mks)

32. Identify three publication by Charles Darwin during the process of scientific evolution. (3mks)

33. Name any five developing countries. (5mks)

34. Identify five factors that lead to food shortage in African countries. (5mks)

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