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2014 Kuria West Mock

History and Government Paper 2

SECTION A (25 Marks)

Answer ALL the questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
1.

Give two methods used by archaeologists to determine the age of fossils.

2 marks

2.

Give one reason why early people moved from forests to settle in grasslands.

1 marks

3.

Give the main reason why early agriculture developed in Egypt.

1 marks

4.

Name two main methods of trade.

2 marks

5.

Identify one invention that revolutionized food preservation during the 19th century.

1 marks

6.

Who are credited with the first use of iron?

1 marks

7.

Give two reasons that led to the decline of meroe as an early urban centre.

2 marks

8.

State the role of ‘golden stool’ in the Asante Kingdom during the 19th century.

1 marks

9.
Name two African countries that were not colonized.

2 marks

10.

Who was the first Senegalese deputy to the French chamber of deputies?

1 marks

11.

State two objectives of African national congress.

2 marks

12.

What was the immediate cause of Britain entry into the First World War?

1 marks

13.

What is the main duty of the United nations General Assembly?

1 marks

14.

Apart from political instability in Uganda during the reign of Idd Amin, state two other reasons for the collapse of the East African community in 1977.

2 marks

15.

State two achievements of the organization of African unity.

2 marks

16.

Which are the two major national political parties in the United States of America?

2 marks

17.

Who is the head of government in India?

1 marks

SECTION B (45 Marks)

Answer any three questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
18.

(a) State three ways in which the development of agriculture contributed to the establishment of government. (3mks)
(b) Explain six effects of the Agrarian revolution in Britain. (12mks)

15 marks

19.

(a) Identify three ways in which water was used in industries during the 19th century. (3mks)
(b) Explain six social effects of the industrial revolution in Europe during the 18th century. (12mks)

15 marks

20.

(a) State five factors that led to the emergence of trade. (5mks)
(b) Explain five challenges faced by the Trans-Saharan traders. (10mks)

15 marks

21.

(a) Give three duties of the native affairs department in Southern Rhodesia during the colonial period. (3mks)
(b) Explain six consequences of the land apportionment act of 1930 in Zimbabwe. (12mks)

15 marks

SECTION C (30 Marks)

Answer any Two questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
22.

(a) Give five achievements of the league of nations between 1919 and 1939. (5mks)
(b) Explain five reasons why the league of nations failed to maintain world peace. (10mks)

15 marks

23.

(a) State five aims of Pan-Africanism. (5mks)
(b) Explain five reasons why Pan-African Movement had not established itself on the African continent before 1945. (10mks)

15 marks

24.

(a) Give three political changes introduced by Mobutu Sese Seko which led to dictatorship in the democratic republic of Congo. (3mks)
(b) Explain six economic problems faced by the democratic republic of Congo since independence. (12mks)

15 marks

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