‘A’ LEVEL HISTORY SEMINAR QUESTIONS

HISTORY P210/3 (EUROPE)

1. Examine the impact of the National Assembly in France up to 1791.

2. Why was Napoleon I at War with the third Coalition members between 1805
and 1807?

3. Discuss the significance of the 2nd Paris Peace treaty of November 1815 on
Europe.

4. Analyze the factors leading to the collapse of the French monarchy by 1830.

5. How successful was Napoleon III in his domestic policy?

6. Assess the significance of Metternich in Europe up to 1848.

7. Account for the down fall of Bismarck by 1890.

8. “The weakness of Turkey was the route cause of the political crisis between
1854 and 1856.” Discuss.

9. To what extend did Moroccan crisis between 1906 and 1911 responsible for
the global war in 1914?

10.“The weakness of Tserdom was primarily responsible for the occurrence of

Bolshevik revolution in 1917” . Discuss.

11.Examine the impact of the Versailles settlement on the relationship between

the victor and vanquished powers up to 1939.

12. Assess the performance of the League of Nations up to 1939.

13. Discuss the main features of economics depression between 1929 and 1933.

14.How far did the Spanish civil war 1936 – 1939 contribute to the outbreak of
World War II in 1939?

15. Examine the impact of the creation of NATO on Europe up to 1970.

 HISTORY P210/1
(AFRICA: NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND NEW STATES)

1. Examine the contributions of the colonial policy to the growth and

development of African nationalism.

2. To what extent did economic factors responsible for ethnic conflict in

Rwanda by 1959?

3. Assess the role of Kwame Nkrumah in the development of Pan Africanism.

4. How far did ECOWAS achieve the aims and objectives of its founder?

5. Discuss the factors responsible for the over throw of Ethiopian Monarchy in
1974.

6. Examine the events leading to the Black majority rule in South African
between 1989 and 1994.

7. Account for the collapse of the French West African Federation.

8. Why was the attempt to secede Katanga from Congo a total failure?

9. Examine the main features of Ujamma policy in Tanzania up to 1985.

10. “Economic war of 1972 in Uganda was inevitable.” Discuss.

11.Assess the contributions of PAIGC in the struggle against Portuguese rule

up to 1974.

12.Examine the Performance of N.R.M government in Uganda since 1986.

13.Analyze t the causes and effects of the unilateral declaration of independence

in Southern Rhodesia up 1980.

14. With any one new state of Africa discuss the methods adopted in the
preservation of African culture.

15. Assess the achievements of the military government in Libya between 1969
and 2011.
 HISTORY P210/6 (AFRICA)

1. Examine the political, social and economic organization of the Itesot before
the coming of Europeans.

2. Assess the impact of Pre-colonial trade in East Africa up to 1870.

3. To what extent can the 19th century be described as a period of crisis and
revolutions?

4. “The British occupation of Egypt was primarily responsible for the Partition
and Scrambled for Africa.” Discuss.

5. Assess the impact of mineral discovery on the whites and Africans in South
Africa.

6. Why did the Ethiopians that suffered defeat of Napier expedition were able
to challenge Italians at Adowa in 1896.

7. Assess the achievement of Mohammed Ali of Egypt.

8. Account for the French withdrawal during the conflict over Fashoda in
1896.

9. Compare the French system of rule with that of the British in West Africa.

10. Analyze the impact of the missionary activity in Nyasaland.

11. Assess the role of the chartered companies in the colonization of Africa.

12.Examine the causes and effects of the Shona – Ndebele war of 1893.

13.To what extent was Buganda Agreement an agreement?

14. Account for the Jihads movement in West Africa during the 19th century.

15. How far did the Liberians live to their Motto “the love for Liberty brought
us here”?