Kakamega South District Mock Examination - 2008

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PAPER 2

JULY / AUGUST - 2008

Time: 2 ½ Hours

History and Government

KAKAMEGA SOUTH DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION - 2008

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

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PAPER 2

JULY / AUGUST - 2008

Time: 2 ½ Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

This paper consists of THREE sections A, B and C
Answer all questions in section A; THREE questions from B and TWO questions from section C

This paper consists of 4 printed pages.

Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all

pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing

SECTION A

Answer ALL questions in this section

1. Give two limitations of using written records as a source of African history.(2mks)

2. Name two species of Australopithecus (2mks)

3. State two theories that explain the origin of iron working in Africa

2mks)

4. Identify one way in which man used stone tools (1 mk)

5. List two forms of communication used to send messages to distant places

in the shortest time possible. (2mks)

6. State two characteristics of macadamized roads (2mks)

7. Name two cash crops that were grown in North America during

Agrarian Revolution(2mks)

8. Give two results of the land enclosure system in Britain

2mks)

9. Give two inventions that improved textile manufacturing industry

in Britain in the 18th century. (2 mks)

10. What method did the European powers use to acquire colonies in Africa (1 mk)

11. State one method which the international community used to

hasten the attainment of majority rule in South Africa (1 mk)

12. Give the main reason why the British were able to suppress the

Ndebele uprising in Zimbabwe (1 mk)

13. Name one system of colonial administration which was used by

the British to administer their colonies in Africa(1 mk)

14. State the factor that helped the Shona to expand as an empire(Imk)

15. State one function of the monarch in Britain.(Imk)

16. Identify the main reason why the League of Nations was formed(Imk)

17. State one achievement of Pan-Africa between 1945-1963 (1 mk)

SECTION B

Answer any THREE questions from this section

18(a) Statesevenreasons why industrial revolution first took place in Britain (7mks)

(b) Explain the social problems brought about by the industrial revolution in Europe. (8 mks)

19(a) Identify threefactors that led to abolition of slave trade in the 19 century

(3mks)

(b) Explain sixeffects of the Trans-Atlantic slave Trade on West Africa

(12 mks)

20(a) What were the terms of the Berlin conference of 1884-1885

(5mks)

(b) Discuss the immediate results of the partition of Africa by Europeans(10 mks)

21a)Name three features of the cold war ( 3mks )

b) Explain the effects of the cold war (12mks)

SECTION C

Answer any TWO questions from this section

22(a) State the internal factors that led to the rise of Nationalism in Africa

(5mks)

(b) Discuss five causes of Nationalism in Ghana (l0mks)

23(a) State five constitutional powers of a president in India (5mks)

(b) Describe the functions of the British parliament (10 mks)

24(a) What were the objectives of the U.N (5 mks)

(b) Explain fivefactors that led to the collapse of the East Africa community (5 mks)