QUESTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS
- Answer all questions in section A (25mks)
- Answer all the questions in section B (45MKS)
- Define ethnology(2mks)
- State three importance of studying history and government(3mks)
- Highlight 2 characteristics of woodland apes(2mks)
- List two factors that led to the development of early agriculture(2mks)
- Name the person who invented the steel plough(1mk)
- Apart from the Akamba name other two highland bantu(2mks)
- Name two early visitors to the coast(2mks)
- List any two exports from the east coast of Africa(2mks)
- State any two principal trade routes during the long distance trade (2mks)
- Name the two types of trade(2mks)
- List three traditional forms of transport(3mks)
- Highlight two traditional forms of communication(2mks)
SECTION B (45MKS)
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- List three sources of energy during the industrial revolution(3mks)
- explain six effects of the industrial revolution in Europe(12mks)
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- Name any 3 highland bantu(3mks)
- discuss six positive impacts of modern communication(12mks)
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- State three methods used in obtaining slaves(3mks)
- explain six reasons why seyyid said shifted his capital to Zanzibar in 1840(12mks)
MARKING SCHEME
- Define ethnology(2mks)
- it’s a branch of anthropology that helps historians to identify a people with a culture and political organization of the particular race or community.
- State three importance of studying history and government(3mks)
- it is cultural medium, thus helps us to appreciate and respect other people’s values and cultures.
- It fosters empathy
- Helps us appreciate why we need a government
- It instills in us a sense of patriotism and national pride.
- It helps to gain a wide range of educational skills.
- It enables us to get solutions and present problems after learning lessons from past human deeds.
- Highlight 2 characteristics of woodland apes(2mks)
- had quadrupedal movement
- Smooth forehead
- Projecting face.
- Had long canine teeth for eating fruit, tearing flesh and stripping backs of trees.
- List two factors that led to the development of early agriculture(2mks)
- population increase
- climatic changes.
- Inadequate wild food.
- Unreliability of hunting and gathering.
- Natural calamities.
- Name the person who invented the steel plough(1mk)
- John Deere
- Apart from the akamba name other two highland bantu(2mks)
- Agikuyu
- Ameru
- Aembu
- Mbeere
- Name two early visitors to the coast(2mks)
- greeks
- Indians
- Egyptiansmal
- Romans
- Chinese
- Turks
- Syrians
- Persians
- Arabs
- People from Burma-thailand
- spice island
- malasyia
- malsive islands
- srilanka
- List any two exports from the east coast of Africa(2mks)
- Ivory
- Slaves
- Gold
- Frankincense
- Copper
- Rhinoceros horn
- Tortoise shells
- Copal
- Palm oil
- Cinnamon
- Iron
- Beautiful skin of leopard and other animals
- State any two principal trade routes during the long distance trade (2mks)
- From Mombasa-mijikenda area onto taitataveta where it branced into two i.e Kilimanjaro and to the Victoria region.
- The other proceeded northward from taitatavetaacross the galena river into kamba-land,to mount Kenya region and western part of Kenya.
- From kilwa to yao, where it branched southwards to sewa in Zimbabwe.
- From baamoyo to tabora, where it branched northwards to baanda,with the western branch proceeding to ujiji and then to zaire.
- Name the two types of trade(2mks)
- local trade
- regional trade
- List three traditional forms of transport(3mks)
- land transport
- animal transport
- water transport
- Highlight two traditional forms of communication(2mks)
- fire and smoke
- drum beats
- Horn blowing
- messengers/runners
- screams/cries/shouts
- Visitors and traders
- Flags
- Bells
- whistles
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- List three sources of energy during the industrial revolution(3mks)
- coal
- petroleum/oil
- steam
- electricity
- Explain six effects of the industrial revolution in Europe (12mks)
- contributed to population growth inEurope
- Rural-urban migration.
- It led to collapse of cottage industries.
- it created new social groups.
- caused emergence and spread of new patterns of housing.
- Poor working conditions emerged with the industrial revolution.
- unemployment
- there were new forms of disputes
- led to scrambles of colonies in Africa
- improved transport and communication
- Led to development of international trade.
- There was pollution of the environment from industrial emissions and factory
- List three sources of energy during the industrial revolution(3mks)
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- Name any 3 highland bantu(3mks)
- aembu
- mbeere
- akamba
- agikuyu
- ameru
- Discuss six positive impacts of modern communication(12mks)
- improved communication between countries
- provision of mass entertainment
- reduction of distances through use of satelites
- spread of ideas and information worldwide
- Promotion of trade and business transactions throughout the world.
- Improvement of security systems.
- Used in weather forecasting
- enhancing accessibility of remote areas.
- Transmission of live scenes thereby brining reality to viewers.
- generating employment opportunities.
- Promotin economic development
- Used in navigation
- Name any 3 highland bantu(3mks)
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- State three methods used in obtaining slaves(3mks)
- slave raids
- chiefs sold criminals to slave traders.
- kidnapping of children and lone travelers to slave raiders.
- defenseless and helpless people were taken as captives.
- Explain six reasons why seyyid said shifted his capital to Zanzibar in 1840(12mks)
- in order to control his east african dominions more effectively.
- Zanzibar was centrally located
- zanzibar had a cool pleasant climate compared to muskat which was hot and dry.
- Zanzibar had sufficient rainfall and fertile soils,favourable for ariculture,especially the cultivation of cloves.
- Its position made it more easy to safeguard.
- zanzibar had a good harbors,with deep waters and could be an international part of call for lare vessels.
- zanzibar had fresh clean water.
- He found Zanzibar of immense strategic importance which he would use to control
- State three methods used in obtaining slaves(3mks)
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