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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT.

PAPER 2.
JULY 201 7.
2 ½ HOURS.

3 G JOINT EVALUATION 2017

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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
JULY 2017
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS

Instructions to candidates

a) This paper consists of three Section: A, B and C.

b) Answer all the questions in sections A, three questions from section B and two questions from
section C.

c) Answers to all the questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.

d) This paper consists of 3 printed pages.

e) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.

f) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

This paper consists of 4 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages
are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.

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 SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section

1. Identify ONE type of artifact that is likely to be found in an archaeological site (1mk)
2. State TWO disadvantages of using caves as shelter by early human beings during the Stone Age
period. (2mks)
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3. State TWO negative effects of land enclosure system in Britain during the 18 century. ( 2 mks)

4. Give TWO contributions of the invention of steam engine to industry in the 18th century.
(2
marks)
5. State TWO disadvantages of the use of bronze in the pre-colonial African societies
(2
marks)
6. Give TWO inventions that revolutionalized the textile industry in Britain during the 18 th
century. (2 marks)
7. What was the MAIN economic activity of Buganda in the 19th Century? (1 mark)
8. State TWO factors why early urban centers were located near rivers. (2 marks)
9. Mention TWO reasons why direct rule was used in Zimbabwe by the British.(2 marks)
10. Mention ONE term of the Buganda agreement of 1900 (1 mark)
11. State ONE of the French communes in Senegal (1 mark)
12. Identify ONE role played by Convention People’s Party (CPP) in the struggle for
independence in Ghana. (1 mark)
13. State the MAIN cause of the outbreak of the cold war in Europe. (1 mark)

14. Give the MAIN reason why United States of America adopted the Marshall plan after the 2 nd
world war. (1 mrk)
15. State TWO benefits of international relations. (2 marks)

16. Identify TWO houses of the Indian parliament (2 marks)

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 SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section

17.a) Give FIVE disadvantages of hunting as an economic activity of the early man. 5mks)
b) Explain FIVE causes of food shortages to African today (10mks)

18. a) Identify THREE ways through which slave were obtained during the Trans-Atlantic trade.

(3mks)
b) Explain SIX challenges faced by Trans-Saharan traders. (12mks)

19. a) Identify FIVE economic activities of the Asante Empire during the pre-colonial period (5mks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Shona Kingdom (10mks)

20 a).Outline FIVE grievances by the African against apartheid in South Africa (5mks)

b).Explain FIVE challenges faced by the African nationalists in their struggle for a majority
rule in South Africa (10mks)

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 SECTION C (3OMKS)
Answer any two questions from this section

21. (a) Describe THREE factors that enabled the Allied powers to win the 2nd world war(3mks)

(b) Explain the results of the 2nd world war (12mks)

22 (a) State THREE ways in which the Manchester Pan African congress of 1945 was
different from the earlier ones (3mks)

(b) Explain SIX challenges that undermined the operation of the Pan African movement.

(12mks)

23.(a) State FIVE advantages of federal system of government as practiced in the united states of
America (5mks)

(b) Describe FIVE functions of the house of commons of the British parliament (10mks)

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