ST.

BERNARD KAKURIKIT SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM ONE

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

TERM 1 END TERM EXAM – 2023

MARKING SCHEME
SECTION A (20MKS)

Answer all questions in this section.

1. Define the government. (2mks)

 Refers to the political and administrative structure of a state.

2. Name two oral sources of information on history and government. (2mks)

 Legends
 Myths
 Songs
 Proverbs

3. Define the term citizenship. (2mks)

 The legal right that an individual has to belong to a given country or nation.

4. Identify two main methods of trade. (2mks)

 Currency trade
 Barter trade

6. Name the highest court in Kenya today. (1mk)

 The supreme court

7. Name two groups of the Luo who migrated and settled into Kenya. (2mks)

 Joka-jok
 Joka-owiny

9. Name two Christian missionaries at work in Kenya by the 19th century. (2mks)

 Ludwig craft
 Johann Rebmann

10. Give one environmental reason for the migration of Cushite into Kenya. (1mk)

 Natural calamities eg floods

12. Apart from Fort Ternan, name two other sites out of Kenya. (2mks)

 Omo valley in Ethiopia

 Olduvai gorge in Tanzania

14. State one source of information on history and government (1mk)

  Linguistics
 Archaeology

15. Who is the current cabinet secretary of education. (1mk)

 Ezekiel Machogu

SECTION B (30mks)

20. (a) State THREE symbols of National unity. (3mks)

 National flag
 National anthem
 National awards
 Coat of arms
 Loyalty pledge

(b) Discuss SIX factors that promote National unity. (12mks)

 Education
 National language
 The presidency
 Political parties
 Fair distribution of resources
 Equal employment

22. (a) Identify Five animals that were used for transport in the past. (5mks)

 Elephants
 Water buffalo
 Reindeer
 Dogs
 Camels
 Mules
 Llamas

(b) Explain the advantages of road transport. (10mks)

 Its cheap over short distances.

 Faster compared to water and rail.
 Roads are flexible.
 Reduces the cost of movement.
 Cheaper to construct than railways.

23. (a) State the goods that were exchanged during the Trans Saharan trade. (5mks)

 Gold
 Slaves
 Kola nuts
 Hides and skins
 Ivory
 Gum

(b) Identify and explain ways that were used to obtain slaves during the Trans-Atlantic Trade. (10mks)

 Selling of domestic slaves in exchange for goods like beads.

 Prisoners of war could be sold off.
 Porters were sometimes kidnapped, transported and sold off to the Arab traders.
 Raiding of villages.
 Tax offenders were sold off by the African chiefs.
 Through ambushes during hunting, travelling and gardening.
 Through intertribal wars.