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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 311/2
TIME: 2 ½ Hours
MECS CLUSTER JOINT EXAMINATION
FORM FOUR END OF TERM ONE2023
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided above.
b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
c) Candidates should answer the questions in English.
d) The paper contains three sections A,B and C
FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY.
Q1-17 Q18 Q19 Q20 Q21 Q22 Q23 Q24 Candidates
SCORE
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SECTION A (25 MARKS) answer all questions in this section
1. Identify one form of monarchical government. 1mk
2. Give two uses of tools during the New Stone Age period. 2mks
3. State two characteristics of agriculture in Europe before Agrarian Revolution. 2mks
4. Differentiate between barter and currency system of trade. 2mks
5. Identify the main reason for the decline of the trans-Atlantic trade. 1mk
6. Mention two factors that popularized the use of steamships in the 19th Century. 2mks
7. List one major disadvantage of cellphones as a means of communication. 1mk
8. State two ways in which iron culture spread in Africa. 2mks
9. Give one use of solar energy during the industrial revolution in Europe. 1mk
10. Identify one negative consequence of urbanization in Europe in the 19th Century. 1mk
11. State one function of Odwira festival among the Asante in the 19th Century. 1mk
12. Identify one type of democracy. 1mk
13. State one contribution of trade to the scramble for colonies in Africa. 1mk
14. Mention two areas in Senegal where the French policy of assimilation succeeded. 2mks
15. Give one nationalist movement in Mozambique during the struggle for independence. 1mk
16. State two reasons for the entry of the USA into the First World War. 2mks
17. Name two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. 2mks
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SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions in this section
18. a) State three improvements on life that man made in the Neolithic Age. 3mks
b) Explain six solutions to food shortages in the Third World. 12mks
19. a) State five roles of the Tuaregs in the Trans-Saharan trade. 5mks
b) Explain the factors that contributed to the decline of the Trans-Saharan trade. 10mks
20. a) State three reasons for the rise of Scientific revolution. 3mks
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b) Explain the factors that influenced the growth of London. 12mks
21. a) State five reasons for the defeat of African resistance to European colonizers. 5mks
b) Explain the shortcomings of British indirect rule in Northern Nigeria. 10mks
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section
22. a) State three functions of the Lukiiko in the Buganda kingdom before colonialism. 3mks
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b) Describe the political organization of the Shona in the 19th Century. 12mks
23. a) State three terms of the Treaty of Versailles. 3mks
b) Explain six political results of the World War II. 12mks
24 a) State three ways in which world nations relate. 3mks
b) Explain the achievements of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM). 12mks
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