History and Government Paper 2 Question Paper
KCSE CLUSTER TESTS 23
History and Government Paper 2
SECTION A (25 Marks)
Name two electronic sources of information on History and Government.
2 marks
Identify the main discovery of the early man during the Middle Stone Age.
1 marks
Name two methods of irrigation used in early agriculture in Egypt.
2 marks
Identify the earliest system of writing developed by the Sumerians.
1 marks
State two roles played by the Tuaregs in the Trans Saharan Trade.
2 marks
State one way in which the railway transport contributed to
he industrial revolution in Europe.
1 marks
Give two advantages of the smoke signal as a means of communication.
1 marks
Identify the main source of energy in Europe from mid-19th Century.
1 marks
State two scientific inventions of the 20th –Century that led to a reduction of death
2 marks
State one advantage of metals over stones.
1 marks
State two functions of a constitution.
2 marks
Name the territory given to King Leopold II after the Berlin Conference of 1884-85.
1 marks
Identify two systems of administration used by the French to administer their colonies in Africa.
2 marks
List one treaty signed between the Ndebele and the British in the 19th Century.
1 marks
Give two economic reasons that made European powers to scramble for Africa.
2 marks
Name one guerilla movement that fought for independence in Mozambique.
1 marks
Give one factor which undermined the company rule in Africa during the 19th Century.
1 marks
SECTION B (45 Marks)
a) Identify five ways in which the early man used stone tools. (5 marks)
b) Explain five effects of the development of early agriculture in Egypt. (10 marks)
15 marks
a) State three inventions that improved the textile industry in Britain in the 18th Century.(3marks)
b) Describe the working conditions of factory workers in Britain during the Industrial Revolution. (12 marks)
15 marks
a) Give five functions of Cairo as an early urban centre in Africa. (5 marks)
b) Explain five problems facing Nairobi as a modern urban centre in Africa. (10 marks)
15 marks
a) State five factors for the Lozi collaboration with the British. (5 marks)
b) Explain five ways through which the Chimurenga Wars affected the people of Southern Rhodesia. (10 marks)
15 marks
SECTION C (30 Marks)
a) State five methods used by African nationalists to fight for political liberation in South Africa. (5 marks)
b) Explain five contributions of Nelson Mandela in the struggle for independence in South Africa. (10 marks)
15 marks
a) Give three reasons for the rise of the Asante Empire in the 19th Century. (3 marks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Asante Empire during the 19th Century. (12 marks)
15 marks
a) Identify three communes in Senegal where the assimilation policy was successful. (3 marks) b) Explain six factors that led to the failure of the policy of assimilation in the French West Africa. (12 marks)
15 marks