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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
TERM 3 --2024
TIME: 2 hours 30min
Kenya Certificate of Secondary
PINNAC Education
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
LE
PAPER 2
FORM FOUR
NAME:
CLUSTE ………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL…………………..
R ADMIN NO:……..…... … STREAM….……...DATE:
………………INDEX NO….…….…….
EXAMS Instructions to candidates
(a) This paper consists of THREE sections; A, B and C.
(b) Answer all the questions in Section A, three questions from Section B and two questions
from Section C.
(c) This paper consists of two printed pages and questions 1-24. Candidates should check
the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no
questions are missing.
(d) ARRANGE YOUR WORK NEATLY
FOR EXAMINERS USE
Question Maximum score Candidate’s score
Section A 25
18 15
19 15
20 15
21 15
22 15
23 15
24 15
TOTAL 100%
1
Section A(25marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. Give one early manuscripts used as a source of information in history and government (1mark)
2. Which ancestor of man practiced rock art? (1mark)
3. Give two types of writing which emerged as a result of early agriculture (2marks)
4. State two main items of trade during the trans-Saharan trade (2marks)
5. List two devices used in telecommunication today (2marks)
6. Identify the main invention of Gottlieb Daimler in the field of transport (1mark)
7. State one use of steel during industrial revolution in Europe (1mark)
8. Name two officials who assisted Mwene Mutapa in the administration of his kingdom during the
pre-colonial period (2marks)
9. State the main economic activity practiced in Merowe (1mark)
10. Give two terms of the Berlin Treaty of 1884-1885 (2marks)
11. Identify one method used by the European powers to occupy Africa during in the 19thC (1mark)
12. State two economic factors which facilitated nationalism in Ghana during the colonial period
(2marks)
13. Mention two reasons why United States of America did not join World War One until 1917
14. State the main cause of Cold War (1mark)
15. Name two organs of the United Nations Organization (UNO) (2marks)
16. Give one main statesman who have been assassinated in Tanzania since independence (1mark)
17. Identify one house of parliament in Britain (1mark)
Section B (45marks)
Answer any three questions from this section
18. a) Identify five uses of tools by early man during the Stone Age period (5marks)
b) Describe the way of life of man during the Middle Stone Age period (10marks)
19. a) Give five factors for the growth of Cairo as an early urban center in Africa (5marks)
b) Explain five functions of London as an urban center in Europe (10marks)
20. a) Mention five reasons why the British used indirect rule in Northern Nigeria (5marks)
b) Explain six reasons why Samori Ture’s Mandinka community resisted the French rule for a
long time (12marks)
21. a) State five reasons why the British used direct rule in Zimbabwe (5marks)
b) Explain five problems faced in the implementation of French policy of assimilation in Senegal
(10marks)
Section C (30marks)
Answer any two questions from this section
22. a) Name three English speaking members of the Economic Community of West African states
(ECOWAS) (3marks)
b) Explain three challenges facing Commonwealth of Nations since its formation (12marks)
23. a) Give three causes of civil wars in Democratic Republic of Congo since independence (3marks)
b) Discuss six economic challenges that have faced Tanzania since independence (12marks)
24. a) Identify three requirements one has to fulfill in order to contest as a Presidential candidate in
the United States of America (USA) (3marks)
b) Explain six functions of the President of the United States of America (12marks)
