KNEC KCSE History and Government Paper 2 Question Paper / 2015 KCSE Kericho West Joint Examination
2015 KCSE Kericho West Joint Examination
History and Government Paper 2
SECTION A (25 Marks)
Answer All questions in this section
1.
State two distinct characteristics of Homo Erectus.
2 marks
2.
Identify the methods used to make Sangoan tools.
1 marks
3.
What foam of writing emerged in Egypt as a result of early agriculture?
1 marks
4.
Identify any two slave ports on the West of Africa Coast during the Trans-Saharan trade.
2 marks
5.
Name one early iron working centers in West Africa.
1 marks
6.
Name one engineer credited with the construction on Roman roads.
1 marks
7.
State two inventions in the textile industry in Britain during the 19th Century.
2 marks
8.
State the main factor for the growth of Athens as an urban center.
1 marks
9.
What was the importance of the black stool in the Asante empire?
1 marks
10.
Differentiate between “scramble “and “Petition” of Africa.
1 marks
11.
Who was the first Senegalese to be elected to the French chamber of Deputies.
1 marks
12.
Give two reforms introduced by Germans after then MajiMaji rebellion in Tanganyika.
2 marks
13.
State the immediate cause of the Second World War.
1 marks
14.
Identify two financial institutions that were established by the African union to support its activities.
2 marks
15.
State two functions of the UNO secretariat.
2 marks
16.
Identify any two aspects of the Arusha Declaration of 1967.
2 marks
17.
State two sources of the British constitution.
2 marks
SECTION B (45 Marks)
Answer any Three questions from this section
18.
a) State five factors that favoured the beginning of early agriculture during the New Stone Age. 5mks
b) Explain five effects of early agriculture in Egypt. 10mks
15 marks
19.
a) Identify three similarities between the political organization of the Shona and the Asante in the 19th Century.
3mks
b) Describe the social organization of the Asante in the 19th Century. 12mks
15 marks
20.
a) List three roles played by religion in the growth of Athens. 3mks
b) Explain six factors that contributed to the emergence of the early urban centers in Africa. 12mks
15 marks
21.
a) State five terms of the Lewanika Coryndon Treaty of 1900. 5mks
b) Explain the consequences of Lewanika coryndon Treaty of 1900. 10mks
15 marks
SECTION C (30 Marks)
Answer any two questions in this section
22.
a) Outline three terms of the Versaille’s Treaty. 3mks
b) Explain six political effects of the Second World War. 12mks
15 marks
23.
a) Identify five common features of the Commonwealth Organization. 5mks
b) Discuss five achievements of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS). 10mks
15 marks
24.
a) Explain five ways in which power of an American president are checked. 5mks
b) What is the significance of the British Monarch? 10mks
