History and Government Paper 2 Question Paper
KCSE CLUSTER TESTS 25
History and Government Paper 2
SECTION A (25 Marks)
(ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS)Give two limitations of using written records as a source of African History
2 marks
State two ways in which the Agrarian Revolution contributed to the rural urban migration in Europe.
2 marks
State one limitation of barter trade
1 marks
State two advantages of the Macadamised roads.
2 marks
Give one advantage of drumbeating over the use of smoke signals in Africa during the pre- colonial period
1 marks
Give one disadvantage of using coal as a source of industrial energy.
1 marks
State two functions of Cairo as an early urban centre.
2 marks
Give one importance of the Odwira festival in the ancient kingdom of the Asante.
2 marks
Identify one way in which Africans reacted to the European colonization in Africa.
1 marks
Give two functions of chiefs in Zimbabwe during the colonial period.
2 marks
. Identify two peaceful methods used by nationalists in South Africa in the struggle for independence.
2 marks
. Identify the immediate course of the first world war.
2 marks
State two economic results of the 2nd world war.
2 marks
. Give the main reason for the failure of the league of nations.
2 marks
State two achievements of Pan-Africanism between 1963-1965.
2 marks
State any political challenges that faced Tanzania during the rule of president Nyerere
2 marks
Name one international Governmental Organisation.
1 marks
SECTION B (45 Marks)
Choose any three questionsa) Name ways in which man used tools during the old stone age.
b) Explain the importance of fire during the old stone age.
15 marks
. a) Give three methods used to acquire slaves during the Trans Atlantic trade
( b) Explain six factors that led to the decline of the Trans Atlantic trade.
15 marks
. a) Which factors facilitated the spread of Iron working in Africa?
b) Explain the consequences of Iron working in Africa.
15 marks
. a) What problems face industrialization in South Africa?
b) Give the social effects of industrial revolution.
15 marks
SECTION C (30 Marks)
Choose any two questions. a) Why did the British use indirect rule in Northern Nigeria?
b) Explain five reasons for the failure of the policy of assimilation.
15 marks
a) State five duties of the Kabaka among the Baganda.
b) Which factors led to the growth of a strong Buganda Kingdom?
15 marks
a) What were the objectives of ECOWAS?
b) What are the challenges that ECOWAS has faced?
15 marks