Questions
Instructions to candidates
- This paper consists of three sections: A, B and C.
- Answer all the questions in section A, three questions from section B and two questions from Section C.
SECTION A – (25 MARKS)
Answer all the questions from this section
- Differentiate between pre-history and History. (1mk)
- State any two uses of fire as a method of hunting in the Middle Stone age. (2mks)
- Give two ways in which HIV/AIDS has contributed to food shortage in the Third World Countries. (2mks)
- Mention two Arab families that administered the city states of the East Africa Coast. (2mks)
- Identify the main challenge of sailing ships as a means of transport. (1mk)
- Name two theories that explain the origin and spread of Agriculture in Africa. (2mks)
- Give two examples of regional trade in Africa. (2mks)
- Mention one early source of energy. (1mks)
- Give two ways by which poor transport hinders industrialization in Third World countries. (2mks)
- State two factors that led to the growth of Athens. (2mks)
- Name the official who represented the judicial arm of the Buganda Kingdom. (1mk)
- Identify two chartered companies that were used to administer European colonies in Africa. (2mks)
- What was the main reason for the Maji Maji rebellion? (1mk)
- Name two leaders who spearheaded the re-birth of the East African community. (2mks)
- Give one member of Triple Alliance. (1mk)
- Name one founder member of the Non Aligned Movement. (NAM) (1mk)
- Identify the executive organ of the East African Community (2001) (1mk)
SECTION B(45 MARKS )
Answer any THREE questions from this section
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- Identify the first five stages of evolution of man. (5mks)
- Describe five aspects of social organization of man during the middle stone age. (10mks)
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- State five social effects of modern forms of transport. (5mks)
- Explain five advantages of using the internet as a source of information on History and Government. (10mks)
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- State five factors that led to Nationalism in Mozambique. (5mks)
- Discuss five results of the partition of Africa on Africans. (10mks)
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- Name three officials who assisted the Mwene Mutapa to run the kingdom. (3mks)
- Explain six reasons for the Chimurenga War of (1896 – 1897) (12mks)
SECTION C – (30 MARKS)
Answer any TWO questions from this section.
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- Outline three conditions given to Serbia by the Austrian government after the Sarajevo assassination. (3mks)
- Discuss five political effects of the Second World War. (12mks)
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- Identify five economic challenges that have faced Tanzania since independence. (5mks)
- Explain five factors that derailed the smooth running of the Pan African Movement. (10mks)
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- Identify any five powers of the President in India. (5mks)
- Explain five checks and balances applied on the United States of America presidency. (10mks)
Marking Scheme
- Differentiate between pre-history and History. (1mk)
- Pre history is the period in man’s existence before the discovery of reading and writing material while history is the period when man’s past events were recorded down in writing.
- State any two uses of fire as a method of hunting in the Middle Stone age. (2mks)
- The fire was lit to scare the animals on top of the cliffs then forced downwards to break their limbs. This made it easy to hunt.
- The fire would be lit around a herd of wild animals, scaring them and making it easy to hunt.
- Fire was used to harden the tips of tools.
- Give two ways in which HIV/AIDS has contributed to food shortage in the Third World Countries. (2mks)
- HIV/AIDs has led to the death of many young people who are economically productive and skilled to work in the Agricultural sector.
- Most of the third world countries spend a lot of money to treat the HIV/AIDS victims rather than on the improvement agricultural sectors.
- Most families spend a lot of time and money caring for the HIV/AIDS patients at the expenses of developing agricultural activities.
- Mention two Arab families that administered the city states of the East Africa Coast. (2mks)
- Busaidi family
- Nabahan family
- Al Mazrui family
- Identify the main challenge of sailing ships as a means of transport. (1mk)
- It relied on the availability of wind.
- Name two theories that explain the origin and spread of Agriculture in Africa. (2mks)
- The diffusion which states that agriculture started in the middle East (Mesopotamia) from where it spread to other parts of the world.
- The independent theory which suggest that agriculture developed independently in different parts of the world.
- Give two examples of regional trade in Africa. (2mks)
- Long distance trade in East Africa.
- The Trans – sharan trade in West Africa.
- Mention one early source of energy. (1mks)
- Wind
- Wood
- Water
- Give two ways by which poor transport hinders industrialization in Third World countries. (2mks)
- Machineries needed in the industries cannot reach the industries.
- Raw Materials cannot reach the industries.
- It limits the movement of industrial workers to the industry.
- Sources of energy may not reach the industry.
- State two factors that led to the growth of Athens. (2mks)
- Athenians traded with their neighbors.
- Athens was a cultural center/sports center.
- Athens was surrounded by rivers source of water.
- Religion attracted people.
- It was an education center.
- Port of Athens made it transport center.
- It had a Strong army that protected it from attacks.
- It was Strategic located.
- Name the official who represented the judicial arm of the Buganda Kingdom.
- Omulamuzi
- Chief Justice. (1mk)
- Give two methods that European powers used to occupy Africa during the 19th century. (2mks)
- They signed treaties between European and Africa leaders.
- They used military expeditions force.
- They used treachery / tricks.
- Divide and rule where they played communities against each other.
- They used chartered companies
- They bleneled diplomacy and force.
- What was the main reason for the Maji Maji rebellion? (1mk)
- The need for independence.
- Name two leaders who spearheaded the re-birth of the East African community. (2mks)
- Daniel Arap Moi
- Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
- Benjamin Mkapa
- Give one member of Triple Alliance. (1mk)
- Germany
- Australia – Hungary
- Italy
- Name one founder member of the Non Aligned Movement. (NAM) (1mk)
- Jawarharlal Nehru of India
- Surkano of Indonesia
- Gamal Nasser of Egypt.
- Chou En-Lai of Chaina.
- Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia.
- Identify the executive organ of the East African Community (2001) (1mk)
- The Secretariat.
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- Identify the first five stages of evolution of man. (5mks)
- Aegyptopithecus/ The Egyptian Ape.
- Dryophithecus/ Proconsul.
- Kenyapithecus / Ramapithecus
- Australopithecus
- Homo Habilis
- Describe five aspects of social organization of man during the middle Stone Age. (10mks)
- He ate cooked food.
- He wore animal skins as clothes.
- He painted himself with red ochre and oil.
- He lived in semi circular stone structures rock shelters.
- He later lived in caves for security reasons.
- He did some rock painting especially those animals they hunted.
- They developed a form of language.
- They lived in groups of 50 people with a leader.
- Identify the first five stages of evolution of man. (5mks)
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- State five social effects of modern forms of transport. (5mks)
- Population migration and settlement in other areas have been encouraged.
- It has promoted diffusion of ideas on science and technology, religion and culture.
- The world has become a global village its easy to reach different parts of the world.
- Good transport has led to development of social amenities such as schools, hospitals as they are easily accessible.
- Movement of goods and people is faster because towns and rural areas are easily linked.
- Humanitarian assistance has been promoted especially in disaster situation eg. Distribution of relief food.
- Explain five advantages of using the internet as a source of information on History and Government. (10mks)
- It has promoted efficiency in government operations in areas such as tax filling/ provision of various services.
- If has promoted education programs as information can be accessed online.
- It has promoted trade of goods/ services can be sold bought through internet /online shopping/ diverse transaction.
- Job/ employment adverts/ job interviews can be made through internet they by minimizing wastage of time/ resources.
- it has enhanced communication as peoples could send / receive message online.
- It has promoted research activities as it prorates information in various fields .
- It has enhanced quicker/ faster communication through use of social media such as whatsApp/face book/ messenger.
- It has promoted/ enhanced storage of information through use of drop box / cloud storage.
- It is used for entertainment as one is able to watch videos/ play games / online music.
- It has enhanced security system in many countries of the world.
- State five social effects of modern forms of transport. (5mks)
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- State five factors that led to Nationalism in Mozambique. (5mks)
- Africans were unhappy with replacement of their traditional leaders by the Portuguese.
- Africans resisted forced taxation.
- Africans wanted their alienated land back.
- Africans resisted forced labour.
- Africans were against erosion of their culture.
- Africans resented racial discrimination.
- Africans resisted the extreme restriction imposed on them which limited their freedom of expression and intellectual advancement.
- Cruelty by security police made them unpopular among Africans.
- Discuss five results of the partition of Africa on Africans. (10mks)
- The boundaries which were drawn led to border disputes.
- Foreign languages were introduced to African eg English, French
- African communities were split eventually leading to some of them finding themselves in two countries eg Somalis, Maasai, Ewe in Ghana.
- African Countries adopted foreign systems and structures of administration.
- African economies were disrupted as they were exploited economically by the Europeans.
- Africans continued to have closer ties with European Countries through, trade education and diplomatic relations.
- Some African Kingdoms were disrupted and they collapsed Eg. Asante, Dahomey, Buganda.
- African culture was eroded through missionary work, western language, and western education.
- State five factors that led to Nationalism in Mozambique. (5mks)
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- Name three officials who assisted the Mwene Mutapa to run the Shona kingdom. (3mks)
- The Queen Mother.
- The Queen Sister.
- The Emperors none principal wives.
- The head drummer.
- The head door keeper/butler.
- The head cook.
- Explain six reasons for the Chimurenga War of (1896 – 1897) . (12mks)
- The Ndebele wanted to regain their independence.
- The Ndebele wanted to retain their traditional leaders.
- The Ndebele wanted to regain their alienated land.
- .They were against the confiscation of their cattle which left them with little food.
- The Ndebele wanted to maintain their culture. Eg the clan system.
- The Shona were not happy with the companies interference with their trading activities which limited their profits.
- .The Ndebele resented the appointment of the Shona into the Native police force.
- Both resented forced labour.
- They both disliked the brutality of Europeans.
- They attributed the natural calamities to the presence of the Europeans.
- Both communities were against the hut tax.
- They were urged by their religious leaders to rebel.
- Name three officials who assisted the Mwene Mutapa to run the Shona kingdom. (3mks)
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- Outline three conditions given to Serbia by the Austrian government after the Sarajevo assassination. (3mks)
- The Australian government demanded explanation for the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.
- Austria demanded that Serbia should apologise to Austria – Hungary over the assassination of the prince.
- That Serbia should suppress all anti – Australian publications and organizations.
- Austria demanded that their officials should participate in the enquiry of those who killed the Austrian Prince.
- That Serbia should allow Austrian police into Serbian territory to ensure that their demands were met.
- Discuss five political effects of the Second World War. (12mks)
- Led to the emergence of U.S.A and USSR as World super powers.
- Led to the division of Europe into Western and Eastern blocs with the communist controlling almost half of Europe.
- The WW 2 led to the division of Germany into East and West Germany and Berlin into East and west.
- It gave rise to the cold war which involved the super powers winning allies through ideologies, military, technical and economic assistance.
- It led to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 to enable settling of the Jews who were scattered across the world.
- The war promoted nationalism and decolonization process by many countries in Asia and Africa.
- It stimulated development in technology eg development of nuclear weapons.
- It led to political changes in Europe as citizens had lost trust in the existing governments.
- It led to the formation of UNO in 1945 to maintain world peace and security.
- Outline three conditions given to Serbia by the Austrian government after the Sarajevo assassination. (3mks)
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- Identify five economic challenges that have faced Tanzania since independence. (5mks)
- The Nationalization policy forced many lucrative foreign countries to leave for neighboring countries for better investments.
- The Tanzanian shilling became unstable due to fluctuation in prices of Tanzania’s main cash crops at the world market.
- Socialism led to an increase in the numbers of African entrepreneurs which further caused a wide gap between the rich African and poor Africans after the ujamaa policies were relaxed.
- The Ujamaa programs led to a decline in production because some areas in Tanzania had unfavorable climate.
- The salary reduction and recruiting of young people into the national youth service was strongly resisted by the elite.
- Natural calamities and mismanagement of the agricultural sectors led to a decline in the income and economic growth.
- The collapse of the East Africa Community in 1977 denied Tanzania a large common market for her goods.
- Corruption contradicted the idea of Ujamaa.
- There was poor infrastructure.
- Nyerere did not believe in foreign assistance which affected donor funding.
- There was poor infrastructure to cover the vast area in Tanzania which greatly affected the economic growth.
- Tanzanian farmers lacked farming autonomy in the mid 80’s leading to a serious trade imbalance with exports exceeding imports with profits being repatriated out of the country.
- Explain five factors that undermined the smooth running of the Pan African Movement. (10mks)
- The leaders could not agree on the best strategy of uplifting the welfare of Africans.
- The European nationals fought the activities of the Pan – Africanist.
- Many African countries were still under colonization and could not participate in the activities of the organization.
- Lack of education and economic empowerment made the Africans not to participate effectively in Pan- African activities.
- The Pan – African activities were restricted to African continent. There was no financial support by the African – Americans.
- The Pan – African policies were being undermined by the international media which was under the control of the Europeans.
- .There were ideological differences between the radical and conservative leaders and the Francophone and Anglophone countries.
- Identify five economic challenges that have faced Tanzania since independence. (5mks)
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- Identify any five powers of the President in India. (5mks)
- Power to dissolve Parliament
- Power to declare an emergency in a state and rule that state by a decree.
- Power to assent or Veto a Bill.
- Commander – in – Chief of the armed forces.
- Power to appoint state governors and Supreme Court judges, prime minister.
- President is a symbol of National power.
- Power to Pardon convicts.
- Explain five checks and balances applied on the United States of America presidency. (10mks)
- The congress approves most of the president’s appointments.
- Congress can refuse to approve the use of government funds for foreign policies.
- Congress can impeach a sitting president.
- Supreme court may declare the president to have acted unconstitutionally thus demanding his status.
- Constitutions limit any individual to two, four year terms as president.
- Mass Media monitors the President’s actions.
- Opinion polls in U.S.A reflects the wishes and feelings of the American people.
- Representative democracy in U.S.A limits the actions of the President.
- Identify any five powers of the President in India. (5mks)
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